Justin Bieber booted off Mayan archaeological site after climbing on ruins

Justin Bieber’s latest boo-boo in Latin America could be a lesson to remember for all: Stay off the ancient ruins.

After the Canadian pop star’s latest display of either cluelessness or disrespectful behaviour, Bieber was booted last Thursday from one of Mexico’s premier archaeological sites, the ancient city of Tulum on the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, according to the Associated Press and British and Mexican media reports.

His mistake: He was climbing around in the architectural ruins, despite signs forbidding it and despite warnings from security guards.

Maybe he didn’t understand enough Spanish but after first getting down, he clambered around in the ruins again, the reports said. Bad move.

An argument ensued. The guards called police, but by the time the cops showed up, the argument was over and Bieber and his party were escorted from the site, according to what local reporters were told by Adriana Velázquez of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, which oversees the country’s rich collection of pre-Columbian archaeological and historical sites.

Bieber has been on vacation with friends for the past week on the Yucatan Peninsula, as his Instagram page has shown. He’s been snorkeling, golfing, playing with dolphins and generally having a great time hanging out on some of the Yucatan’s prized beaches.