A very long time ago, Tulum was a religious site of incredible beauty awash in mighty mystic energy. Later as war swept over the Mayan empire, the city was corroded by the merchant class who sought a safe place to do business. The fatal blow was struck by the brutish spaniards who saw fit to level the place in the hopes of finding gold where there was none to be found. Today there's little left of the once mighty Walled City ... but you can still see something if you squint really hard.

Entering the Walled City is a bit traumatic because the grounds are infested with tourrists. Here you can see Maria posing in front of the highest temple, the poor girl later suffered a severe sun burn as a result of wearing her tank-top.

It's hard to imagine what the city may have looked like when the empire was at its peak, because there were too many people lurking around everywhere.

Alexis did manage to take one unadulterated shot of Tulum, it must have been such a great place to meditate. There were tons of grey iguanas there to boot, quite the little gargoyles they seemed.

The odd things about Tulum today is that it's held together by cement. Even tough you are surrounded by a mosaic of stones that were handled by the old Mayas, you miss out on the taste of antiquity. While in Cozumel, we managed to visit a pure, as of yet unrestored ruin ... very different from what Indiana Jones would have you expect.