Vallodolid

Next to Campeche, Vallodolid was our favorite town on the Yucatan. It is midway between Chichen Itza and our final ruin destination, Ek Balam. We arrived late in the afternoon after visiting Chichen Itza. We spent most of the afternoon enjoying the food at our hotel, napping, and walking around the town. There is a super art deco central plaza that looks out of place surrounded by the colonial cathedral and museum.


The plaza was surrounded by vendors. We saw this really curious fruit, a pitahaya, that we had to try. It reminded me a lot of kiwi.




We walked to see a cenote, but it was a little feo (and we got attacked by flesh-eating ants . . . twice).

The food at our hotel was so superb, we ate there again for dinner and breakfast the next day. The hotel itself was really neat too. It is a colonial building overlooking the central plaza. We could have stayed here a few more days, but, alas, we had to return our rental car to Cancun and head to our final destination.