Mexico

Dec 2001 - January 2002

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Ciudad Cancun, Yucatán

Cigar shop
Mayan girl selling handmade textiles in Ciudad Cancun
Cigar stand
Mayan girl selling handmade textiles.
 

Chichén Itzá - the great Maya-Toltec ceremonial center, Yucatán

Mayan serpent head.

Animal statue
   
El Castillo
Ancient carved Mayan columns.
El Castillo - originally built before 800 AD.
   

Tzompantli, 'Temple of Skulls,' once held the heads of sacrificial victims.

Close up of the Tzompantli skull head carvings.
   
 
Replica of Mayan carving
 
   

Mérida, Yucatán

 

Tiled Virgin Mary outdoors

Old street signs
Virgin de Guadalupe made out of tile on local casa.
In Mérida some of the street corners have old street signs with images of animals and people.
   
El Perro street sign
El Perro Calle 59
Beheading street sign
   
Bed and Breakfast in Merida
Inside Hotel Trinidad
Bed and Breakfast
Inside Hotel Trinidad
   
Fountain in courtyard
Fountain in Hotel Trinidad courtyard
Woman in dress & umbrella street sign.
   
Merida chicken sign.
'Panama' hat handwoven in caves in Bechtel, Mexico
Merida chicken Calle 63
 
El Matadro Viejo street sign
El Conejo street sign
El Matador Viejo street sign.
El Conejo street sign
   
Violin street sign
Squirrel street sign
Violin street sign
Squirrel street sign
   

Palenque, Chiapas

Ruin 1

Templo de las Inscripciones

Ruins near Palenque entrance
   
House on the Hill
Misol-Ha waterfalls near Palenque
   

Tulum, Quintana Roo

 
   
souvenirs and crafts
Tulum - view from cabana
Mexican Day of the Dead figures, Guatemalan hand woven crafts and souvenirs
View from cabana at Papaya de Playa
   
Sunrise at beach in Tulum
fruit stand in Tulum
Sunrise on the beach
Fruit stand in Tulum
   
Mayan ruins near beach
Mayan ruins along coast
Mayan ruins near beach
   
Cabana at Papaya Playa
Sign for Papaya Playa
Cabana at Papaya Playa
   
Sunrise at the beach
Sunrise at the beach
Mayan ruins
   
Day of the Dead folk art
Inside cabana with mosquito net
Day of the Dead Mexican folk
   

last update March 24, 2007