The Found World of Quintana Roo

Adventures of a Father/Daughter team trekking the Mayan Coast of Mexico. Wendy Morrill is a research biochemist presently a lab manager for the Maine Institute for Human Genetics & Health in Bangor Maine involved in cancer research. She and her Dad, Richard Bailey, are avid hikers and explorers and recently hiked 450 miles along the coastal Yucatan Mexico, from Cancun to Belize. She would like to raise $5000 of donations for cancer research, once they cross the Central American Border.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Details of the Hike

Years 2005 and 2006: hiked (on day hikes) from Puerto Morelos to Playa Del Carmen, about 40 miles.
Year 2007: Paa Mul (just below Playa del Carmen/XCaret) to Tulum (about 120 miles in 8 days) Year 2008: Tulum to Santa Rosa Island (about 100 miles in 8 days)
Year 2009: Punta Pulticub (part of Punta Herrero coast) to Punta Kanechaxh (120 miles)
Year 2010 (May): Punta Kanechaxh to San Pedro Belize (100 miles?)

We hike about 15-20 miles a day. When we need to get to the area where we left off the previous year, we always travel like the locals: using collectivos, hitch hiking, riding in back of pick up trucks or chicken buses. I like to practice my Spanish, it is cheaper, exciting, and adventurous!