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. Part Caspar, part ancient Maya, parts that never left the the building. I don’t think anyone else around me ever noticed this face as I was the only [...]
Photo Of The Day: Tulum Touristas
Here they are. They start arriving everyday around 11am and tour the grounds in packs. They all always seem to look alike. They look like they belong together. When I took this photo I was beginning to feel surrounded and felt like gunning for the gate. I think I even got sucked in to taking [...]
Uxmal: The Place of Pentiful Harvests
I was leaving Merida a little later than I had expected that morning, having forgotten to charge the battery in my digital camera. Combined with the travel time of about an hour-and-a-half to get to Uxmal from Merida by bus, I landed in the middle of the Puuc just before the archaeological site witching hour, [...]
Chichen-Itza: Mouth of the Well of the Itzas
The unlit path leading through the jungle and up to Chichen-Itza was crowded with people, which formed a processional to the site. The quietness of everyone as they walked suggested solemnity. The darkness made everyone overly cautious of their steps as they walked with their heads down, watching as they stepped over tree roots, rocks, [...]
