Oxkutzcap & Maní (pueblo magico)

On the weekend Mariana (volunteer from Mexico) and me left to Oxkutzcab and Maní, two Mayan towns close to Mérida, to meet with other volunteers from other projects of the region. In Oxkutzcab we went out to the only place that was still open at night 🍹🍹 It is not a touristic town, so there was not much to see.

The next day and quite tired, we went to Maní, one of the pueblos mágicos, famous for its history, its Mayan legends and good food. An old man told us all about the legends of the Mayas and the cenote of the town and actually didn’t want to stop🧚🏻

The way back was an adventure. After catching one bus to the closest city we had to wait a long time for the next. This eventually even turned out to be the wrong one and so we ended up in a dark street in the middle of nowhere at night. Luckily we found a taxi that brought us back to our closest community, but from there nobody wanted to take us the last 10 min to the eco-touristic center. Last but not least, we asked some police officers 👮‍♀️ and they took us the last meters in their police car 🚓 (and told us all about the drug crime scene of the peninsula which takes place mainly in the cities of the coast). It was a loooong day! 😅Read more