Tulum
8th-9th Abril 2012
From Valladolid came Tulum. This place has Mayan ruins on the beach baby, but i doubt they played beach volley ball like the Brazilians. That’s pretty much it for Tulum, it seemed. We stayed two days, chilling on the beach and riding around on the free bikes, supplied by our hostel, aptly named Bike Hostel. Great name. Screwed if someone stole their bikes though.
If I was around in Mayan times, I’d have lived here. The Mayans built a city right on the beach, then surrounded themselves with a wall. Allowing only two 4ft tall doorways for access and defensive purposes. If an army came, they would be forced to line up to get inside the city. Smart arsed Mayans.
These Mayans predicted that once the sea’s opened up, the world would change. How true it was. The Spanish came from the sea’s, guns blazing killing and demolishing, in a holy way of course, what was left of their civilisation. Even burning their history books and building their own cities on top of the destroyed Maya towns. Oh how their world changed.
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