Yucatan Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)

Pink Lake is located in Las Coloradas on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, about 270 km from Cancun. This pale pink lagoon is formed by the closure of the bay mouth of the shallow water bay, which can be connected to the sea when the tide is relatively large. The Pink Lake is actually a salt lake. In the days when there is no wind, it can be reflected like a mirror of the sky but a pink scene. The color of the Pink Lake is derived from plankton. The color of the lake is a bit like the feather of a flamingo. The lake is surrounded by a circle of white salt flats. This pink lake has inadvertently attracted the attention of countless visitors with its unique natural beauty. Transportation: 3 hours open time from Cancun to Las Coloradas: all day ticket: 50 pesos

Mexico has a pink lake, come here to explode friends circle La Las Colordas in Mexico's Eureka Peninsula is a pink salt lake, because there are a lot of red plankton in the lake, so under the light refraction The pink color of the girl's heart is presented. The four or five months of the year is the most beautiful time in Pink Lake, but we have been amazing when we went in January. The pink color visible to the naked eye, and occasionally a few flamingos flew over the lake, it is a real version of the fairy tale world! The area of is not too big. The most powdery piece needs to buy tickets to enter, but the locals will arrange a guide to follow, and the ticket will also limit the visit time, basically 30 minutes. Tour time. tips: 1. From Cancun to the car, the round trip is about 6 hours. Car rentals in Cancun are cheaper, but self-driving must pay attention to controlling the speed. The local police like to find a reason to deduct the fines of tourists. 2. The ultraviolet light in the powder lake is relatively strong and the wind is also very large. When the little fairies used to remember to do a good job of sun protection, if you want to take a photo of the beautiful beauty, remember to take the medicine with a hat, because the wind there is also very big, you can't take a good soap without a hat. 3. Our itinerary is from Chichen Itza to the Pink Lake and then return to Valladolid accommodation, the next day to return to Cancun from Valladolid, so you can also punch the world The pyramid of the Seven Wonders. 4. If you want to visit the Pink Lake, you usually fly to Cancun first, then drive or follow the group.

## Leaving Greenough, we went straight to Hutt Lagoon in Hutt Lagoon. In fact, it is also called Pink Lake, which is more than an hour away. When you saw this one and a half hour journey, was it scared, how big is Western Australia, can you feel it? However, I feel very worthwhile. This is completely different from the scenery you see in the United States and in Europe. The feeling can only be experienced personally. Navigation sent us to the entrance of Pink Lake (there is a P parking spot). In fact, this is not the best viewing point. I once saw on the Internet that there is less rain in Western Australia this year, so there is less water in Pink Lake. However, we found that the pink lake under the sun did not have the color it should have. If it was a move, would it be that the lake would be on the other side, so we drove around the parking spot, and surely there was a hole in it. It is estimated that few people know it. It will be so beautiful! The mirror-like lake surface is slightly red. Under the sun, there is no ripple on the lake. I think the tea lake salt lake in Qinghai is just that. . .

It took three hours to drive from Cancun and finally arrived at Rio Lagartos. If you drive by car, remember to navigate to Rio Lagartos Tours and you can reach the pier directly. Pick one of the many fishing boats waiting to pick up from the side, and talk about the price to board the boat. We randomly found one, quoted 900 pesos or 60 dollars, I did not pay much, but did not want to eat the exchange rate loss, talked about 50 dollars, and then calculate the environmental protection fee of one or two dollars on the way, and The 5 tip for the crew is no more than 60, and the whole journey is about 2 hours. There are many famous pink lakes in the world, except for the Las Coloradas in Yucatan, Pink Lake in Australia, Koyashskoye in Crimea, etc. They are almost all of them salt lakes. It is because of the high salt content that many red algae grow, so that the lake looks like a unique pink effect. Where there is a pink lake, there are often flamingos, because the algae and plankton in the salt lakes are their main source of food. The astaxanthin produced by these foods, after being decomposed by the flamingo's stomach fluid, will show the color of the shrimp after cooking, which is why the flamingo is red. The flamingos here are still very comfortable, can be seen from a bright red feather. Although the Caribbean red dragonfly to which they belong is itself the darkest of the flamingos.

Say yes to this cenote!

There are many cenote’s in Yucatan. The precise location of the #Selvamaya #cenote is Carretera Federal, Valladolid - Merida Km. 3.5, 97780 Valladolid, Yuc., Mexico. It is BEAUTIFUL! As you arrive, you’ll find a complex that contains shops, showers and a cafeteria. The staff will show you where to store your belongings and where to shower. Once you’ve rinsed off, you’ll follow a wooden staircase that descends into the cenote. A cenote is a natural sinkhole that exposes groundwater- it is basically a pit in the ground that houses fresh water and wildlife. They are wonderful swimming holes. This particular cenote is covered in vegetation. Colorful birds swoop down and nest on the walls of the cenote, which are dripping with fresh water. It literally feels like a movie. As you follow the stairs down, you’ll see numerous places to either jump in or to carefully step into the waters. A few fish swim around, but they are smaller than a person’s hand. Photographers will be ready to take photos, and you are allowed to relax and float in the water as long as you like. The cenote is wide open, so the warm Mexican sun shines into it, making it almost magical. This is truly one of the simplest and most breathtaking natural wonders that our world has to offer. After you’ve enjoyed your time in the cenote, you can follow the stairs back up, get dressed and enjoy a very tasty meal at the cafeteria. Their buffet is huge- complete with soup, salad, meat options and a variety of sides like beans, rice and tortillas. Drinks are served as well. Try the lime soup- it’s so good! A few shops offer small mementos if you’d like something to remember the experience aside from pictures. This cenote is reached by a ~2 hour ride from #cancun - we booked an excursion that includes the cenote. I would absolutely recommend visiting this cenote or another one- there are many in the #yucatan region of Mexico!

Valladolid - amazing dancers

#mytripvlog #bucketlistreboot #tripblazers #mexico #mexicoculture #valladolid #dancers Amazing Mexican dancers in Valladolid, Yucatan Peninsula.

On the way to Mexico by car to Chichen Itza, we passed a colorful town: Valladolid, which also has a city of the same name in Spain. There are no high-rises in the town, and the central square and government buildings are colonial architecture. The streets have also been painted in color, and for a moment it seems to have come to Guanajuato or Cuba, and the streets often encounter retro buses and beetle cars. Most of the town's shops sell coco and Frida's surrounding souvenirs, and people live a slow life. There are many Mayan civilization sites in the surrounding area, which is a must for many self-driving tourists.

Mexico is fun, just visit the attractions, and only be active during the day

To be honest, there are indeed few tourists in Mexico, and the main cathedral in the capital has almost no tourists, all are locals. The Merida Cathedral, located in the center of the historical center, is a sight not to be missed while strolling through the city. It is not only very ornate, but its history dates back to the 1500s. If you have reached the Merida Cathedral, you can easily head to the Grand Plaza (right outside). Now, the plaza itself is one of the busiest areas in the center of Merida, making it a great place for a walking exploration. The Merida Maya World Museum has an admission fee (about 10 dollars) and is a center for displaying Mayan culture and history, which is worth a visit.

We came to a small, unique city called Isamar. This is not a popular destination. There is no introduction to this city on the Internet, but it is a place that makes me feel very comfortable. The reason why it is called Huangcheng is because every building in the city is bright yellow. It is 70 km from Merida and is a colonial style gem. Once, it was used to worship the Mayan Supreme God, Izumna, and built more than a dozen pyramids. Later Spanish colonists occupied here and built a giant Franciscan monastery. is rated as the world's nine color city. This is not a color palette that God has overturned, but a brush that is unique in the hands of the painter.

I'm about to go to the pyramid|But the first time did not leave to Egypt

|But the first time did not leave to Egypt.✓First of all, strongly push 'Revelation' if you like Mayan culture ✓Uxmal is the first stop of the Puuc Route ✓It's also the first time I've climbed a pyramid in my life 【Uxmal】 The meaning in Mayan is 'three times construction', in fact, Uxmal has been built five times to reach today's scale. Uxmal was built in AD 600 and was abandoned until AD 900. The preliminary judgment is drought, because the local water shortage was considered when it was built, so there are a large number of reservoirs Chultun in the ruins. After Uxmal was abandoned, the Xiu Dynasty moved the administrative center to Mani, 50 kilometers to the east. There is a small town nearby called Mani. 【House of the Sorcerer】Casa del Adivino Also called the Magician's Pyramid, it is 39 meters high and is a rare elliptical section. It is said to have been built by the high priest overnight. 【Quadrangle of the Nuns】Cuadrangulo de las Monjas You can see the rain god Chaac with a curled nose and glaring eyes in every corner. But experts still can't guess what this building with 74 rooms is for. 【Feathered Serpent】Kukulkan The gorgeous exterior walls all have the appearance of the feathered serpent god. The Totonac of the Mexican plateau and the Mayan feathered serpent god Kukulkan or Quetzalcoatl. Totonac in Mayan Nahuatl dialect means 'People of hot land' Quetzalcoatl 'Feathered Serpent God Kukulkan' also comes from the Mayan Nahuatl dialect, Quetzlli green feathers, Coatl means snake 【Governor's Palace】Palacio del Gobernador The Governor's Palace is also known as the 'Ruler's Palace', I think it is the most beautiful in the Uxmal ruins, after the House of the Sorcerer, the most representative is the magnificent relief exterior wall that is one hundred meters long. Mayan scholar Michael D Coe called the Governor's Palace the most superb architecture and the peak of Puuc style. The whole brick wall plus the broken brick relief base layer, smeared with limestone thin brick, plus cement repair, full of stylized and symbolic rain god Chaac, scroll decoration, geometric design and so on. 【Great Pyramid】Gran Piramide Only the north side has been repaired, the other sides are all unbearable dirt slopes, further west is the group of tombs, but they have not been repaired. 【Dovecote】El Palomar Standing on top of the Great Pyramid, you can see the Dovecote to the west, 9 arches like a Catholic church bell tower, standing on the hillside, it is said to have been a small part of a square building. 【Turtle House】Casa de las tortugas The northwest corner of the platform under the Governor's Palace (Ruler's Palace) is the Turtle House, named for the image of the rain god Chaac turning into a turtle on the eaves. In Mayan mythology, when people encounter drought, turtles also suffer from drought and will pray for rain to the rain god Chaac.