Uxmal (pronounced oosh-mall) is up there with Chichen Itza as one of the larger site of Mayan ruins. I liked it a lot more than Chichen Itza, though. There were no souvenir vendors, fewer people, and an overall more peaceful feeling. You could also get right up to the ruins, which you couldn’t do at Chichen Itza. […]
I’ve been in Mexico for more than 8 months, and I leave in the morning. It’s sad. The people are great, the food is fantastic, the history is fascinating, and the sights are amazing. I love Mexico. […]
Merida is the Capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan, and it’s the largest city on the Yucatan Peninsula. I spent five days there and used it as a base to explore Campeche, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, and Izamal. […]
Many of the cities in Mexico were founded and colonized several hundred years ago by the Spaniards. This colonial heritage is preserved better in some places than others, and the city of Campeche is known for its colonial-era architecture. It’s even been deemed a World Heritage Site. […]
Almost all of the development on the Mexican island of Cozumel is on the west side. That’s where the island’s only town is, and hotels, bars, and restaurants pepper the west coast as you move north and south from the town. The water on this side of the island is crystal clear and calm. […]
Chichen Itza is probably the biggest tourist attraction in the Yucatan Peninsula. It’s a series of pyramids and other buildings in the jungle, most of which were built around 600 to 900 AD. […]
Izamal is a town an hour and a half east of Mérida, near the top of the Yucatan Peninsula. It’s known as The Yellow City, for reasons that should be apparent as you view the photos below. […]
I don’t know why, but today I was feeling very nostalgic for Ukrainian Christmas carols. Here are 5 of my favorites. […]
These are excerpts from my journal for the past couple days. […]
I ran across this today and loved it. It’s a prose poem from 1927 called Desiderata by American writer Max Ehrmann. […]