Dec 06

Travel to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico – Episode 163

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Zora O’Neil who is one of the co-authors of the Rough Guide in the Yucatan guide book. Zora talks about this very beautiful, very tropical and very isolated part of Mexico. Learn about the beach communities (Riviera Maya – Cancun, Tulum, Playa del Carmen; Costa Maya – Majahual, Xcalak; Isla Holbox), getting around, the food (Xni Pec, Achiote), the colonial cities (Merida) and the Mayan ruins (the Ruta Puc, Uxmal, Calakmul).

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Show Notes

The Roving Gastronome – Zora’s blog
Rough Guide to the Yucatan UPDATE
Yucatan road trips
Mayan Civilization
Yucatan map
Whale Shark
Henequin

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by Chris Christensen

Chris Christensen is the host of the Amateur Traveler. Chris left his day job in January 2010 to focus on consulting, podcasting and blogging . He was the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations for a company in Silicon Valley (LiveWorld) that runs online communities for companies like eBay, Marriott, American Express, Campbells, Kimberly Clark, A&E, and Mini Cooper.

8 Responses to “Travel to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico – Episode 163”

Gloria

Says:
December 7th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

That interesting place. Greetings from Argentina

John

Says:
December 10th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Hey Chris! Great show as always! Just so you know, its Tulum not “Talum”

chris2x

Says:
December 10th, 2008 at 11:26 pm

Thanks John

Miguel

Says:
December 12th, 2008 at 7:42 am

I´ve never been to Mexico, but I know that Mexico has a lot of amazing places to visit such as Yucutan. Your blog is great.

lottie

Says:
February 5th, 2009 at 8:24 pm

Hey Chris
Thanks for such a great show. My husband and I are planning a trip to the Yucatan this April so I really appreciated all the great input. We’re renting a car so it was great to hear from Zora that it’s not as scary as some people make it sound. We ordered Zora’s book after listening to the show. thanks again for all the hard work. I’ve really appreciated all the great shows.

Becky

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August 6th, 2009 at 7:39 pm

Still catching up on old shows… how is the water in Mexico/Yucatan these days? When I was in Cancun in 2006, we were told to boil water or use only bottled water. We were also told not to eat raw salsa (which was so sad, because I figured it would be great there) since veggies are grown with the local water and caused Montezuma’s Revenge a few days later(bad diarrhea, stomach upset). Since there was no mention of it, but Cancun was covered in this episode, I just wondered if this had changed since I went or if this was still the case. I loved Cancun, but our party of 4, in order to not get sick, ended up avoiding a lot of raw foods because of this.

chris2x

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August 6th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

At the resort I stayed at the water out of the tap was safe to drink. They were desalinating and purifying much of the water the hotel was using.

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