Cancun - Tulum

Tulum - A Mayan port city by the sea. This was a settlement that was built in a later period from Chichen Itza and provided an interesting insight for me on the development of the Mayan culture in the area.

In fact, after the trip, i made it a point to watch Apocalypto - the movie directed by Mel Gibson with a strong Mayan theme. The movie was constantly brought up & slammed by my tour guide which all the more made me want to watch it.



Just a top down overview of Tulum, from here, one can tell that this was a fortified city with walls built around the perimeter.