Izamal: The Magical Yellow Town

Izamal: The Magical Yellow Town

There are number of designated magical towns in Mexico - two of them are in the Yucatan Peninsul: Izamal and Valladolid.

Izamal is known as The Yellow Town. The Centro area of Izamal is painted yellow - all the colonial buildings, the market, the huge convent - everything!

Rio Lagartos & Salt & Pink Lakes!

Rio Lagartos & Salt & Pink Lakes!

Flamingos.

Shades of clear green and blue water.

Tour boats and fishing boats.

And, . . . salt ‘mountains’!

It was all a part of our day trip to Rio Lagartos.

Rio Lagartos is a small community that sits at the center of the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza

It’s one of the seven wonders of the world! (depending on which Seven Wonders list you read!)

We enjoyed a morning at Chichen Itza - a complex of Mayan Ruins in the center of the Yucatan Peninsula.

This ancient city thrived between 600 AD - 1200 AD.

Our Drive Thru Mexico

Our Drive Thru Mexico

We returned to Sisal, Mexico in early January - the same place we stayed thru April of last year. We will be here for two months.

And this time we drove from Iowa!

Some thought us crazy. Some cheered us on.