T. van den Brink

We wake up at 6, pack our bags and leave our cottage at 7. We have a six hour drive ahead of us, straight to the airport of Cancun. The hotel restaurant was not open yet at 7 and we finished the food we bought 2 days ago. As expected, there are no grocery shops…

It’s difficult to leave at 6:30 when you wake up at 6:40, but today we managed. We stare puzzled at our phones. Tim’s phone says it’s 6:40, Olga’s phone says 5:40. How do we know what’s right? We look up the time on the Internet, it’s 5:30 in our city. We’re close to the next…

We’re sad to leave our jungle cabin, with the marvelous bird songs, flowers, agouti’s, and crickets. There was some heavy rain last night and Tim tries to capture the dark clouds with his drone, before we pack our bags. Our first stop is the next door supermarket, as we expect to be in a food…

We had a fine night with the sounds of jungle crickets in the background. At 6, we’re woken up by the sounds of jungle birds and howler monkeys. We go out to hunt them with our camera’s, but they hide in the trees. We make breakfast instead and set course to the ruins of Palenque.…

We had a decent night sleep in our hotel room and go down for breakfast around 7.00. It’s a simple breakfast buffet but there is enough choice to satisfy all members of the family. Almost an hour later and Cleo finishes her breakfast. The only other guests seem to be members of the National Police,…

We wake up at 6:30 after a messy night with annoying airco’s, humid air, and crying children. The children want to start the day with their snacks, small bags of chips and cornflakes with big labels that warn for “exceso calorias” and “exceso azucares”. They are so excited with every bag of candy as they…

We have a slow morning, eating as much as we can from what’s left in our fridge: pineapple, water melon, papaya and cheese rolls that the landlord brought yesterday night to thank us for our stay. We jump in the pool, read a book, and pack our bags. We’re sad to leave this beautiful home,…

We wake up 3 minutes before the alarm would go off. There was a heavy rain last night, and it’s 10 degrees cooler now. The morning routine goes efficient and at 6:30 we’re heading towards Uxmal, 1,5 hour drive south. we will also visit Kabah, Labná, Sayil, and Xlapak, four more Maya towns. It will…

We need an alarm clock again, as we don’t wake up at 5 anymore. It’s 6:30 when we wake up, and we wanted to leave at 6:15 for a pyramide tour. We change our plans, finish another hand laundry, and leave at 7:45 instead, to visit Dzibilchaltun, 15 minutes from our apartment. It had just…

We leave our luxurious holiday home today, but not after a final dive in the pool, finishing the water melon, and packing our bags. We take it easy, and leave at 10, after short calls with Oma Tiny & Opa Jan and Opa Hans. We take the toll road to save 40 minutes for 237…

Our breakfast of champions this trip is oatmeal with banana and mango. The mango’s are always super sweet, no need to wait until they are soft and ripe. We enjoy it every day. Zeno is awake at 5, Cleo sleeps again tunil 6:30. She manages to sleep long since the very start of our trip,…