The Spanish were pretty brutal, but their fortresses were very pretty

The regional market outside of Campeche was where all the Mayan farmers brought their food, some had pretty bit stalls of vegetables, meat or fish, others just brought up 5 or 6 live Turkeys to be sold for Chirstmas. One lady was selling about 2 dozen honey cakes that caught…

The manager of the Hotel Colonial said we wouldn't want to stay in his hotel more than one night, and while very basic, with posted signs saying they offered no blankets, room service or TVs, we managed to stay for two. Still it was very clean, had lovely common areas…

Its hard to choose which shots of Campeche are prettiest. We also had a lot of fun exploring the city walls, and visiting the cities cafes, very upscale compared to the Mayan towns

Campeche, an old colonial Spanish town, was by far the prettiest we visited, and a UNESCO world heritage spot, it was all lit up for Chirstmas, with beautiful colored buildings in the old part of town, surrounded by city walls designed to stop it being taken over by pirates in…

The most fun part of every site was climbing the Mayan pyramids. This was our first, Coba, near Tulum, its hard to sense just how steep this was, (60meters) but at least they had a rope at this one. Coming down was the scariest part

Our favorite beach in Mexico was definitely one of our first, near the ancient Mayan port town of Tulum, the sand was perfect for building sandcastles which kept Miles busy for a while

Happy new year! Here we are at Agua Azul in Chiapas, a few days before the New Year. Agua Azul was amazing–an incredible series of very wide waterfalls and beautiful bright blue water (from minerals in the water.) Lots more photos to come!

Miles played the role of mr henry in christmas at oz