Guard House, Tulum, Yucatán, Mexico
Tulum was a smaller Mayan city on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It sits on small cliffs overlooking the sea, and is ringed by a wall, which features…
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Tulum was a smaller Mayan city on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It sits on small cliffs overlooking the sea, and is ringed by a wall, which features…
I was actually sitting around yesterday morning thinking. Yes, it happens some times. Of course, it doesn't do anyone else any good unless I somehow communicate those thoughts. “If only…
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Another couple of photos from the Cenote of Multún-Ha, near Cobá, Yucatán. Those rocks on the lower left of the photo are actually under about three meters of water. That's…
Since we've been in the Yucatán, the almost unanimous chorus of recommendations has been, “go to a cenote.” So, yesterday we suspended our “ruins tour” for an hour and did…
Much of what we know of the religious and war practices of the Mayans is inferred from the carvings on their monuments at sites such as Chichén Itzá. Here is…