La Ruta Puuc (the Puuc Route, “puuc“ in Maya meaning hills or mounds) in the Yucatán jungle packs a lot of adventure into one day, as there are major Mayan cities, temples and pyramids every few kilometres. Our trusty driver, José Luis, picked us up from the casa at 8.30am, negotiated the downtown traffic, and…

The bells ring out early from the nearby churches of Santa Lucia and the Parroquia de Santiago which are packed with devoted locals all Sunday morning.  Dawn breaks to the song of White-Winged Doves which have an endless cooing call that sounds like ‘who cooks for you?’ https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/4038 The great-tailed grackles also start up early and…