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Great question - keep them coming! Its a combination of pre-trip planning, but also checking the night before based where I'm at, the weather the next day, the quality of the hotel the night before (and location - checking for rating and if bars are near by on Google), and then yes - also Booking (is my go-to site usually)
1 year agoThe lock you in overnight seems to be a Mexican/Central American thing. Of course it is a fire hazard, nut no one seems to care.
1 year agoAmazing to see that it’s still here. We crossed this ferry to visit the ruins twenty years ago.
1 year agoAre you finding these great hotels on Booking, or by some other magic?
1 year agoThanks Bob for the heads up! It should be viewable now.
I think I have a rain day coming up, and then I'll catch up with all the other comments from everyone. Thanks!
Ken, I’m enjoying following along. Looks like a great trip so far. I’ll just mention that your YouTube video is currently listed as ‘private’ so we can’t see it.
1 year agoA species of strangler fig taking over a small palm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangler_fig
Dead palm tree. Trunk rotted and only roots left.
1 year agoLooks like taro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro
I would love to visit Tulum some day!
1 year agoStrangler fig
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/316762-Ficus-cotinifolia/browse_photos
Black spiny tailed iguanas
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35303-Ctenosaura-similis
Gotta love the colorful layers in onyx!
1 year agoGotta admire how banyan tree roots reach down from the limbs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan
Ocellated turkeys. Tikal is the only place we’ve seen these.
1 year ago