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Uxmal and Ruta Puuc

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Uxmal admission (p. 247) is now M$98, with no discount on Sundays.

The Ruta Puuc bus (p. 245) is now M$132.

Hacienda Yaxcopoil (p. 251) admission is M$50.

I don’t usually mention new items, but The Pickled Onion is a great addition to Santa Elena—it’s on the highway midway between the Flycatcher and Sacbe Bungalows. Great fresh food and a varied menu—local stuff, plus more international items.

Hacienda Tabi is still shut—no sign of it reopening. I’m leaving it out of the new edition entirely.

Flycatcher Inn

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

This nice B&B in Santa Elena, on the Ruta Puuc (p. 254), just sent me a little update about its facilities:

We are adding 2 new rooms, available in late November, which will each have one queen bed, at 500 pesos each. AC is optional at 100 pesos more. These rooms are in a separate structure, set lower in the garden/orchard area.

We also have put new mattresses in all the rooms, the pillow-top, orthopedic style, very nice ones.

Flycatcher does have a very nice garden area–lots of fruit trees!–so I imagine the new rooms will be in a good setting.

News from the Flycatcher Inn

Friday, May 12th, 2006

This little B&B in Santa Elena (p. 254) has a new website [www.flycatcherinn.com], and new email: contact[at]flycatcherinn[dot]com.

Additionally, the owners are putting a/c in five of the rooms, and the rates will go up M$100 on these rooms–but worth it, when you consider it’s been over 100 degrees for a long stretch already!

And, the owner says, in the fall a new restaurant will be opening just down the road, run by a Brit/Canadian woman. This definitely improves the eating options right around this area, particularly for people traveling without a car.