The Slow Road
Two Women Wandering the World
The small group of Mayan ruins in Tulum have a dramatic setting on a cliff over the sea
The Tulum settlement was thought to be an important coastal trading post
The Tulum compound was also a religious site dedicated to the rising and setting of the sun and Venus
A large iguana basking in the sun at the Tulum ruins
The beach below the ruins
Flowering trees obscure our room at the Posada los Mapaches hostel near the road to the ruins
Melissa and a hostel cat plan our travels in the Yucatan Peninsula
The north end of Tulum Beach, a 15-minute bike ride from our hostel
