Hot, hot, hot!

Although the thought of lazying around doing nothing was very appealing, we thought we'd better do something a bit more active before we moulded into the hammocks!

It's so hot during the day though so it's difficult to find the energy to do anything!

We decided we'd visit some Mayan ruins, the closest of which were about a one and a half hour drive from the hotel. Thankfully our car had air conditioning otherwise the trip would have been ruled out immediately! Although we'd had some hot weather in the USA, the heat in Mexico is different altogether. It's relentless and intense and there seems very little shade! At night it settles at about a sticky 28c.

Tulum Mayan Ruins

The Mayan ruins we visited were at Tulum. They aren't as big as the ruins at the major Mayan site of Chichen Itza, but that was a three and a half hour drive and with the Mexican roads (and drivers!) being as bad as they are (and the heat!) we didn't fancy it! We're glad we didn't go as we found out the next day that the temperature there was 46c! At least Tulum is on the coast so it has a sea breeze. The beach was gorgeous, the water was such a beautiful colour.

Lifesaving sea breeze!!

Sunstroke had already started to set in however, so we found it difficult to properly concentrate on what we were looking at or read the information signs. We'd drank so much water, worn hats, found shade, and put on so much suntan lotion, but we still got caught, and Paul spent the evening rubbing aftersun into his burnt feet and arms and Helen spent the evening in bed with heat exhaustion, topped off by a migraine and being sick!

The ruins were nice to see, although if we'd been feeling 100% we would have probably have got more out of it! As with everywhere else in Mexico, there were iguanas everywhere, sunbathing on the ruins and on the paths!

Iguanas!

Tulum, Mexico