Mexico, Part 1: Nature Scenes

Just like in the Virgin Islands, giant lizards abound in coastal Mexico. These two were fighting, in case you can't tell!
View from a cliff at the Tulum ruins:

This tree had pretty peach-colored flowers and some sort of fruit:

Here is a shot of the whole tree. This is from our resort, Secrets Maroma. It is a new resort and the landscaping is still very young.

Another picture from the ruins. I wouldn't have minded being a watchman for this walled city!

I believe this is cigar plant:

Of course, palm trees were everywhere:

Are the white bead-like things seeds?

Here is more of the landscaping at our resort, which was very typical of the area:

The beach at our resort was so nice. Wide, with unbelievably soft sand. Clear, warm water. Ahhh!!!

HUGE Bougainvillea at the Tulum ruins (yes, Scott is pretending to be a monkey).

This is from the Tulum ruins. In retrospect, I'm not sure if it's a flowering shrub or a vine in a shrub.
These were everywhere, and huge. They reminded me of Dirt Princess - isn't this a cahaba lily?

Stay tuned for Part 2: Adventures (including a real monkey!)