Mexico

Guatemala: By Bus and Boat

[I tried to take a pic of this bird while it sat on my hand, but when I stopped feeding him he …

The main stop on this Palenque area day trip was Agua Azul, a lengthy series of cascades in the Mexican state of …

[Bridge over Agua Clara] Agua Clara’s blue-green waters may make it worth viewing, but the real draw to this other 30-minute side …

[Approaching the Misol-Ha waterfall] With the sun shining down from the top of the waterfall, and the stone path leading down to …

[Palenque ruins - back door] Unknowingly, I entered the Palenque ruins site from the back door, which means I then got the …

[Random unrestored structure with tunnel] On entering Edzna, after trudging through a length of mud and jungle – during which time I …

[Campeche city gate] Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, the only reason Campeche ever made it on to my itinerary in the …

I was greeted by a series of signs as I entered Kabah. The first (above), which declared the site’s name, was only about …

The one guided tour I took was to Uxmal and Kabah. The pronounciation on Uxmal isÂ ”oosh-mal”, which translates from Mayan as “three …

The confusing thing for me, as I approached my first Mayan ruin, was that you couldn’t see ANYTHING from outside. In fact, …