The Riviera Maya is in Quintana Roo, a Mexican State in the Yucatan Peninsula. In the map of the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula, you can see that Cancun is in the state of Quintana Roo.
The Riviera Maya, a tourist designation, extends along the extreme eastern coast of Quintana Roo along the Caribbean Sea (also on the right).
Where the Maya live in Mexico has been an unknown for many people. With all the information on the Mayan Prophecies and the End of the World saturating the media during 2012, you would think that people worldwide would know where the Maya live. But, many people haven’t a clue where the Maya live in Mexico.
Well, the map shows where the Maya live, which is in the Yucatan Peninsula. It looks like a thumb sticking out into the Caribbean Sea.
Jumping Leaves, a GUEST BLOG from Kristine Ellingson, author, Tales from the Yucatan Jungle: Life in a Mayan Village:
Jumping Leaves
To Travel, To Move:
We fly. We taxi. We bus. We drive. We bike. We hike. We sail. We kayak. We canoe. We cruise. We hitch. We off-road. We take a “tuk-tuk.” We journey. We move.
We sit back and feel motion. Motion feels good. Motion feels great. Motion centers our mental being. Motion sets out our perspective, the perspective we require to get where we’re going. Motion separates us and draws us closer, simultaneously towards others and towards ourselves. Movement moves us from us and towards Us.
Steve Zikman, from The Power of Travel
The Akumals, Quintana Roo, Mexico is one of most fascinating places in the Yucatan – culturally speaking. The “mega-highway” of Mexico 307 divides the small tourist resort community of Akumal with the small Mexican city of Akumal Centro.
The resort community of Akumal offers Eco-reserve, eco-tourism, white beaches, fancy, all-inclusive resorts, beach houses, English speakers, more expats than you can count, a bustling local economy, a bustling foreign economy, yoga, fried street food, and expensive wifi.
Just cross Mexico Highway 307 and you get the small Mexican city of Akumal Centro with its pesos wifi,
I have the amazing opportunity to use Rosetta Stone for free through the company for which I work. Until recently, I was under challenged by the simplicity of the exercises. Once hitting conversational level, there was no way of truly practicing conversation.I rated the program: Just for beginners.
Recently, we upgraded to Rosetta Stone’s TOTALE platform. In addition to the simple exercises, the platform offers games to do on your own, as well as other learners. The best part is that they offer one-on-one sessions with native speakers of the language you are learning. And made practice exercises compatible with hand-held devices and iPads.
They closed the conversation gap.
Hello World!
It has been way too long since visiting Yucatan, so I will live via memories until returning (hopefully this fall).
Here goes to welcoming culture, color, vibrancy, heat, tradition, respect, and “feeling alive” back into my life…via the internet (who knew?).