Coba
SPOILER ALERT: If you are one of those people who cherishes the fact that you climbed the tallest Mayan pyramid at Coba, don’t read this post.
Those pesky tour operators do love their superlatives, don’t they? Yes, many visitors to Coba are told that they are going to climb the “world’s highest pyramid”, “the highest Mayan pyramid”, “the highest Mayan pyramid in Mexico”, “the highest pyramid on the Yucatan Peninsula”… I think you get the concept. (It might be the highest pyramid in the state of Quintana Roo if that makes anybody feel better.)
Coba is a beautiful Mayan site located between Tulum and Valladolid which should require no marketing manipulations to convince visitors to come. A sprawling set of ruins with multiple pyramids, weather-worn stelae, ball courts and a lovely jungle setting filled with birds and reptiles, Coba just feels more Continue…