The one year anniversary of the first date I ever had with my girlfriend recently snuck up on me – resulting in a hasty trip to HMV for some lame gifts. Despite my lapse in gift-giving extravagance, I can remember the date enough to know it involved a romantic walk by the river and some time spent sitting beneath the setting sun amidst some spectacular, old English ruins.

Ahh, it was a great moment. And definitely worth more than the couple of DVDs I bought her. Still, it is with this recollection of romantic ruins, and ignoring my obvious failings as a boyfriend, that I introduce another Show and Tell. An opportunity for us to show you some travellers in need and you to tell them what they need to know.

This time, the question comes from Onejungle in the AardvarkTravel.net forum. Onejungle’s looking for ‘extraordinary’ ruins to visit during a tour of the Yucatan – if you have any great advice, let him know here…