We leave Cancun in beautiful sunshine but very soon the weather changes and before we know it the heavens have opened and it’s pouring. We arrive on Mujeres wet and a little miserable but it’s only a couple of hours before things have dried out and the sun is shining again.
With just over two weeks left on the coast of Mexico there is not much left on our itinerary.
Merida is famous for its weekly celebrations held every weekend, where they close off the streets to traffic and have a bit of a knees up.
The site is much smaller than Tikal, but mainly because they have only uncovered around 5%, with the rest remaining below ground.
Fun Tikal fact – George Lucas came here in 1979 to shoot a scene for one of his Star Wars films.