Travel with a Twist
- Clothing Optional Beaches?
After buying my first bathing suit in my adult life to take to The Yucatan, I wasn’t sure why I might need it, I just thought it might be polite to take it. Never having traveled in the jungle, it didn’t occur to me until I got there that I might use it while swimming […]
- The Rest of the Magical Story
The effects of working with Daniel Pool Pech were felt for months after our session at the Maya Spa …
- The Maya Spa at Copal
This rustic spa has something for everyone, from clay massages to mystical Mayan healings …
- Zahra, Slip Into Something Comfortable!
Winding down on Tulum Playa …
- Cenotes: Sacred Sites or Swimming Holes?
Cool off with a dip into an underground pool …
- The Color of Valladolid
Small observations of this colonial town.
Culture
- Tulum: The Walled City
sitting at the edge of the world, on the beach of Quintana Roo …
- Cobá: Water Stirred By The Wind
a pleasant walk through the jungle …
- Uxmal: The Place of Pentiful Harvests
an earthy site where the color of the local limestone is everywhere …
- Chichen-Itza: Mouth of the Well of the Itzas
or, if you would rather stand at, The Edge of the Well of the Itzas
- Ek Balam: The Black Jaguar
find one of the most unique Maya features - an angel …
Photo of the Day
- Photo Of The Day: The Ghost Of Tulum
The ghost peered out the door and across the ruins at me. I saw him from many different spots as I snaked my way through the site.
- Photo Of The Day: Tulum Touristas
Here they are. They start arriving everyday around 11am and tour the grounds in packs.
- Photo Of The Day: Textured Wall In Valladolid
My fascination with walls continue.
- Photo Of The Day: Merida Waiting Room
The room was just so retro and even though the design was very minimal, I could tell that a lot of effort had been made to make the room seem comfortable.
- Photo Of The Day: Bullfight Posters In Merida
The only thing that had ever seemed to change here were the bullfight posters layered one upon the other.
- Photo Of The Day: Palapa Roof
The roof in my cabana on Tulum Playa was made from woven palm fronds. The scent of the thatch is both airy and pleasantly earthy.
- Photo Of The Day: Painting In The Temple Of The Frescoes
One of the hard things to do when traveling through archaeological sites is imagining the artwork that was there.
Find a Flight
Outside Our Realm
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Browse Flickr: Type Yucatan in the tag search bar and then hit Go. It takes a minute to get used to it, but this nifty tool will keep you busy for as long as you can stand it!
Google Map of The Yucatan: Get a birdseye view of the peninsula.
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Sited
- The Wild Wild West of Tulum
Illegal Tulum land grab underlines need for stricter anti-corruption stance in Mexico
- Yucatan Heat in Bon Appetit
May 2008 article in Bon Appetit
- Cracking the Maya Code
Watch the full episode over at PBS.org
- Centuries-Old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved
One of the keys to solving the mystery of Maya Blue production was a three-footed pottery bowl containing rarely preserved copal dredged from the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá in 1904
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