Time for Tikal: Stay on Site
As we did at Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatan, we allowed three nights’ stay right inside the site of Tikal in northern Guatemala. We wanted to be sure to have … Read more
As we did at Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatan, we allowed three nights’ stay right inside the site of Tikal in northern Guatemala. We wanted to be sure to have … Read more
The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was famous for her sense of style. She always dressed in some variation based on the clothing of her native Oaxaca. When Frida Kahlo and … Read more
Tikal is one of the largest Mayan sites in the “Mundo Maya” which extends through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Tikal was once a city of 90,000 people and flourished … Read more
A family of howler monkeys, we’re told, usually consists of a male, a few females, and the offspring. The family that lives in the jungle which surrounds our hotel inside … Read more
Traveling up the New River in Belize to the Mayan ruins at Lamanai includes great views of wildlife.
The ATM cave in Belize is a sacred Mayan sacrificial site which was used infrequently from around 600 to 900 C.E.
Tulúm, the Mayan ruins by the sea, guarded the approach to the major Mayan city of Cobá, 50 kilometers inland. The Temple of the Wind, it seemed to me, also … Read more
One of the best things about the ruins at Tulúm was their compactness. They’re only spread over a few acres and the site can be easily seen in a little … Read more
One of the recurring motifs at many Mayan sites is the curved nose of the rain god, Chaak. The curve, in the sense that it both descends and ascends, represents … Read more
On our way to the Mayan sites of Uxmal and Kabáh, we stopped briefly in Umán to look at the Sixteenth Century Church and stroll the local market. The main … Read more