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On the balcony of our hotel room |
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Anuj sitting on a saddle chair at the poolside bar |
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The beach |
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Pretty hibiscus plants and the pool |
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Ashish and Jyoti |
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Ashish s Clones |
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Speedboat on the water |
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Aditi and Anuj in the pool |
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Jyoti and Anuj in the pool |
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Jyoti getting an ice-cold pina colada at the pool bar |
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Aditi in the hotel lobby |
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Aditi and Jyoti under the dome of the mall |
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Driving in the Hotel Zone |
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Driving in the hotel zone |
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Outside our hotel |
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On the Oasis beach |
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Aditi at the Oasis beach |
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Attempting to eat with chopsticks. That was probably the only time the food got into the mouth without dropping it |
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There are actually people sitting up there on the pole. They are playing music up there. It is a traditional Mayan entertainment show at a place called Tulum. |
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Then, the people jump down and spin around. It really is fascinating to watch |
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At the entrance to Tulum, an ancient Mayan ruin |
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One of the ruins at Tulum |
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Tulum. The Pre-Columbian walled city of the Maya civilization located on the Caribbean Sea coast of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. |
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Tulum |
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At Tulum, there are wild iguanas everywhere |
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The best part about Tulum is the beautiful beach |
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This is the true blue Caribbean water |
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On the way down to the beach |
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Ahh the water is cold |
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Having fun at the beach |
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Jyoti s slipper kept on floating away |
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Can you see the iguana next to Ashish s ear |
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Xel-Ha. Parrots |
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Xel-Ha. Getting ready to go snorkeling |
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Xel-ha. Jyoti in the lagoon |
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Jyoti at Xel-ha |
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Xel-ha. Bhandari family with exotic birds! |
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The Lagoon at Xel-ha |
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So beautiful!. Xel-Ha at mexican caribbean sea |
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Wow! |
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Walking on the floating bridge at Xel-ha. The bridge moves with the water, so it is really dizzy to walk across |
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Just got off the floating bridge |
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Xel-Ha. In an ancient, underwater Mayan cave |
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The sea at Xel-ha |
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Jyoti of the Jungle |
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A pond in the jungle |
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Jyoti and the pond |
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The river at Xel-Ha. |
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Relaxing... |
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Ahhh, nice breeze! |
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Anuj taking a cold shower at Xel-Ha |
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Aditi and her favorite tree (Gulmohar) |
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A little town next to Playa del Carmen |
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Strolling along..Playa del Carmen. |
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The town at Playa del Carmen |
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The town at night |
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Water aerobics at the hotel Oasis |
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Water aerobics |
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View from our balcony |
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Anuj |
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The evening show... Viva Mexico! |
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Ashish and a couple of the dancers |
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Jyoti, Aditi, and Anuj with some dancers |
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Mexican Dancing |
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Traditional Mexican outfits |
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Ashish and Jyoti and the pool at night |
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Ashish in our room |
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Real Mexico |
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Real Mexico |
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Real Mexico |
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Driving in Mexico. We drove over 1000 kilometers in Mexico |
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Welcome to Chichen Itza Mexico, one of the seven wonders of the world! |
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Chichen Itza |
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Chichen Itza Mexico. Around 200 Kilometers from Cancun |
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Chichen Itza |
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Chichen Itza |
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Chichen Itza. The largest of the Pre-Columbian archaeological sites in Yucatán, Mexico. The city was built by the Maya civilization. |
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Chichen Itza |
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These dancers were dancing with full glass bottles on their heads |
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One of those talented dancers in Mayan outfit! |
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This woman can dance with a metal tray on her head with three glasses and a full glass bottle |
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Chichen Itza |
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Driving through little towns in Mexico |
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A little shop in a little town |
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The beach at our hotel |
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Going down to the beach |
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Playing at the beach |
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The beach |
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Getting all wet! |
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Surfing!! |
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Jyoti and Ashish |
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Jyoti |
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the pool |
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The tiki hut bar |
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Wow.. blue! |
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Jyoti |
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Jyoti, Aditi, and Anuj |
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Ashish and Jyoti |
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Tired and tan after a fun vacation in Cancun |
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We left Mexico on Monday 8-20-2007 morning and Hurricane Dean hit the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday morning |