by Richard Quinn | Mar 26, 2023 | Maya, Mexico, Travel
Edzná (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 special about it. In reality,...
by Richard Quinn | Oct 14, 2023 | Maya, Mexico, Travel
The Temple of Kukulkan, the Feathered Serpent, is the largest structure in the ancient city of Chichén Itzá. Often referred to as the Castillo, it is perhaps the most perfect example of a Mayan step pyramid to have survived into our modern age, and it’s so well...
by Richard Quinn | Apr 16, 2024 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 13: All Roads Lead to COBÁ! On the 13th day of our road trip, we spent the morning making a follow-up visit to the Mayan ruins at Tulum. (See my previous post: Mexican Road Trip: Cancun, Tulum, and the Riviera Maya). As for the afternoon, our plan called for a...
by Richard Quinn | Jan 21, 2020
Books and Articles Back in 2016, I had a terrific idea for a new kind of travel guide, a book that would encourage people to tour the back roads, the same way I do it, with a focus on the journey, rather than on the destinations. The idea came together even better...
by Richard Quinn | Dec 2, 2023 | Travel, Tribal Lands
This is the third page of a longer article about Canyon del Muerto. If you’d like to begin at the beginning, click the button to return to Page 1: Click to return to Page 1 The canyon was quite lovely in this area. Wind-sculpted sandstone cliffs rising eighty to...
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