Day three is complete and was our first excursion outside of the resort. We went to two villages, Tulum and Coba, which were very important Mayan villages.

First we went to Tulum where the sun was shining and it was beyond hot. Here we saw a bunch of Mayan ruins like pyramids and other temples. This place is unique because it is the Mayan ruins that are located on a cliff above a neach. The tour included some time on the beach but we couldn't go because they were repairing thr access to the beach.

We left there and stopped by a present day area where a couple Mayan families live. We saw their houses, how they grow food and went to swim in a cenote. Cenotes are underground bodies of freshwater that are more or less only found in the Yucatan peninsula.

We then went to Coba to have lunch and see more ruins. We had seen everything except for the grand finale, the tallest pyramid in the Yucatan, when we hit hit with the first rain of the day. And it was a nice, big tropical storm rain. Everyone got soaked, except us because we brought our jackets, but that didn't stop people from climbing up the pyramid. Thankfully,there were no incidents. I could picture someone falling and it being like a scene from Apocalypto when the bodies are thrown down the pyramid after being sacrificed. I tried to be brave and climbed up 5 or 6 steps to take some pics but that was it. We saw some pics from people who went all the way to the top and they were amazing though. Coba is located in the middle of the jungle so the pics showed the immense green jungle canopy.

Overall the trip was ok. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be but we saw some unique things and met some nice people. Now I'm looking forward to our next excursion on Thursday to massive natural reserve. Tomorrow will be a resting day at the hotel with maybe a short trip to a nearby beach.