Posts Tagged ‘mexico’
Friday photos: The Faces of Ek Chua — Maya mythology at Mexico’s Xcaret park
// June 22nd, 2012 // 5 Comments » // Places
[Quintana Roo, Mexico] — Xcaret is kind of like Disneyland, if Disneyland were a pre-Hispanic theme park. But instead of Mickey Mouse, here you’ll find Ek Chuah (the God of Cocoa), Rattlesnake, Jaguar, Owl, and White Death. You gotta love White Death, if only for the name (just try and imagine a Disney character with a name …read more…
Friday photos: Sunset – Riviera Maya, Mexico at Hacienda Tres Rios
// June 14th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Places
[Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico] — It had been raining off and on throughout the day, but right around sunset, a slight break in the clouds permitted the sun to peek through, creating the picture-perfect “golden hour” photographers dream of. I was with a group of travel writers and photographers in Riviera Maya for SATW’s …read more…
Friday photo: Sunrise at Tulum, Riviera Maya, Mexico
// June 8th, 2012 // 4 Comments » // Places
[Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico] — Here on the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, an hour from Playa del Carmen on the Riviera Maya, sits the only Mayan archaeological site overlooking the Caribbean’s turquoise waters. The city of Tulum was constructed by the Maya around 1200 AD and thrived until shortly after the Spanish conquest …read more…
Adventures in Mexico City’s Zócalo
// March 20th, 2011 // 16 Comments » // Places
Mexico City, Mexico — “Es un problema. Un problema grande,” the hard-eyed, grubby little man announced sharply, pointing to my camera. The man held a walkie-talkie, but he hardly looked like policia, or anyone official for that matter. I immediately got it that he didn’t want me taking pictures in his corner of Mexico City’s …read more…
Motoring in Mexico: A Voyage to the Volcanoes of Puebla
// April 1st, 2010 // 3 Comments » // Places, RoadTales
It’s hard to find a Harley to rent in Mexico, if you’re not in one of the major tourist areas. For me, that turned out to be a good thing. When my wife Ana and I planned a recent trip to Puebla (March 2010), I searched in vain for a rental, so I could …read more…
