Family Vacation Part 7: Caves, Colonial Towns, and a Travelling Zoo

Chichen Itza was checked off my bucket list and we were all ready to get out of the heat and down in the caves. There are hundreds of rivers running beneath the ground in magnificent caves and it was the perfect pit stop after sweating buckets at the ruins. 

Matthew: Hey! Look at the bats!
Rebekah: [ducks and grabs her head] Where?! Is it on me?

There is only so much you can do in a cave after getting over the initial sense of wonder. On to the next stop: Vallalodid. We had 30 minutes to power through this small colonial town before heading back to the resort and I was determined to make every second count. 

Me: Matty, what's in those trucks that everyone is honking at?
Matthew: Run! It's a zoo on wheels! I want pictures.

The architecture of this small town was fascinating-a hyrbid of Spanish colonialism and crumbling concrete facades built upon stones from the Mayan ruins.

It was an exhausting day but completely worth it. The rest of the vacation went a little like this: wake up, eat, read at the beach, eat, lounge at the pool, eat, sleep, repeat. In other words: perfect.