Today, February 5, Mexico Constitution Day.

Constitution Day in Mexico is a holiday every 5 February to commemorate the approval of the Mexican constitution by the Mexican constitutional congress in 1917, signalling an end of an era of grave discrimination, unfair labor laws, and gross inequalities for Mexican citizens.

The Mexican Constitution of 1917 is an impressive document as it was the first of the known world to outline social rights. Because of this, it became a model for comparable documents of other nations including the Russian Constitution of 1918 and the Weimar Constitution of 1919.

Famingos in Mexico

Mexico has a huge diversity of wildlife in the world. The pink flamingo is one of the most beautiful birds that made its natural habitat in the northern Yucatan Peninsula. The best places to watch flamingos in Mexico are Celestun, a quiet fishermen village located northwest of the city of Merida. Not only flamingos can be found in the place, also could be seen turtles, spider monkeys, jaguars and tapirs.
The other place is Rio Lagartos, located north of the city of Tizimin in Yucatan. Also, it is a habitat of crocodiles, deers, racoons, jaguars and ocelots.
Finally, Isla Pajaros (bird island) located in Holbox, Quintana Roo. Each year between the months of April and October, around 40,000 flamingos get to the island to feed and nest.
Although the above places mentioned above are the best to watch these animals due to the big flock of birds, sometimes it is possible to watch some small flocks along the whole coast of Yucatan, Campeche and the north of Quintana Roo.

Table of Distances from Cancun

This is a useful table to calculate distances from Cancun City to the main touristic places in the Yucatan Peninsula. Choose the location that you wish to calculate in the vertical column, and then look at your destination in the horizontal row, then follow the vertical and horizontal lines until they reach a point, that is the distance you are looking for.

From	Cancun	Merida	Puerto Morelos	Playa del Carmen	Puerto Aventuras	Tulum	Akumal	Campeche	Chetumal	Chichen Itza	Xcaret	Xel Ha
Cancun		320 197	36 22	68 42	98 60	131 81	102 63	515 317	382 235	205 126	72 44	122 75
Merida	320 197		356 219	388 239	418 257	451 278	422 260	196 121	302 186	107 66	392 241	422 260
Puerto Morelos	36 22	356 219		32 20	66 41	99 61	70 43	552 340	346 213	241 148	36 22	65 40
Playa del Carmen	68 42	388 239	32 20		30 18	63 39	34 21	584 359	314 193	273 168	4 2	33 20
Puerto Aventuras	98 60	418 257	98 60	30 18		33 20	4 2	614 378	284 175	303 186	26 16	35 22
Tulum	131 81	451 278	99 61	63 39	33 20		29 18	647 398	251 154	336 207	59 36	9 6
Akumal	102 63	422 260	70 43	34 21	4 2	29 18		676 416	280 172	310 191	31 19	17 10
Campeche	515 317	196 121	552 340	584 359	614 378	647 398	676 416		315 194	303 186	588 362	638 393
Chetumal	382 235	302 186	346 213	314 193	284 175	251 154	280 172	315 194		587 361	310 191	260 160
Chichen Itza	205 126	107 66	241 148	273 168	303 186	336 207	310 191	303 186	587 361		277 170	327 201
Xcaret	72 44	392 241	36 22	4 2	26 16	59 36	31 19	588 362	310 191	277 170		49 30
Xel Ha	122 75	422 260	65 40	33 20	3 2	9 6	17 10	638 393	260 160	327 201	49 30

Numbers: Red = Kilometers – Black = Miles

Mayan Ruins in Cancun City?

Believe it or not, that is true. Many travelers around the world think that the only ruins in the Mexican Caribbean are Tulum and Coba, but in Cancun city you can explore the Ruinas del Rey and El Meco. Although both places are smaller than Tulum, nonetheless, they were very important in the Mayan Culture.

1.- Ruinas del Rey (The King) is located at the hotel zone of Cancun across the breathtaking Playa Delfines beach. In 1909 British travelers Channing Arnold and Frederick Frost visited the site and found an anthropomorphous sculpture that resembled a member of the nobility, like a king and they named the place “The King Ruins”. The archaeologists believe that it was an administrative center of maritime trade.

2.- El Meco, this place is located north of Cancun city in the Mujeres Bay, it had a relevant roll in the Mayan navigation routes along the coast. In 600-800 AD, the place was bonded to Coba as a fishermen village and was an important trade port that controlled the access to the sanctuary of Isla Mujeres.

The sites are small but worth visiting, and you can explore the whole places in a maximum two hours. Both places are easy to reach from your hotel, ask your concierge for directions.

The schedule of both sites is from 8:00 AM to 16:00PM, and the entrance cost is around USD $3.00.

Video Credits: Will Lees & Dixon Pictures