The Extraordinary Mayan City of Edzna

The Extraordinary Mayan City of Edzna

by | Dec 30, 2015 | Travel

Edzna (Edz-nah, pronounced just like it’s spelled) is one of the best kept secrets in the Yucatan. The average tourist has never heard of this particular Mayan ruin, so you would think, based on its lack of notoriety, that there’s nothing particularly...
Coba and Muyil: Mayan Cities in Quintana Roo

Coba and Muyil: Mayan Cities in Quintana Roo

by | Dec 13, 2015 | Maya, Mexico, Travel

The historic range of the Maya was a vast expanse that encompassed fully a third of the land area of Mesoamerica:  the entire Yucatan peninsula, much of the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco, all of modern day Guatemala and Belize, and the western sections of...
Tulum: The Mayan City by the Sea

Tulum: The Mayan City by the Sea

by | Dec 12, 2015 | Travel

Tulum is not all that large, as Mayan sites go, but its spectacular location, right on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, makes it one of the best known, and definitely one of the most picturesque. This was a late post-classic Maya site that was at it’s...