by Richard Quinn | Dec 25, 2021 | Maya, Mexico, Travel
DOWN BY THE GUATEMALAN BORDER, …in a remote corner of the Mexican state of Chiapas, there’s a small Mayan ruin known as Bonampak. The ancient, long abandoned city, really more of a large town, boasts an acropolis, topped by a couple of smallish third rate...
by Richard Quinn | Jul 21, 2021 | Maya, Mexico, Travel
Palenque! This ruin of an ancient Mayan city, located in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, ranks among the most famous archaeological sites in the entire world. Just hearing the name conjures images of crumbling limestone pyramids rising up out of the the...
by Richard Quinn | Jan 4, 2016 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
Most of the Yucatan Peninsula is relentlessly flat, devoid of any geological feature much taller than a tree, but there is an area just inland from Campeche and Merida where the karstic limestone bedrock folds on itself, creating a jumbled range of low mountains known...
by Richard Quinn | Dec 19, 2015 | Maya, Mexico, Travel
The Rio Bec region includes most of the southeastern portion of the Yucatan, the area where the borders of modern-day Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala all come together. There are a number of important Maya sites in that region, and they share a common suite...
by Richard Quinn | 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...
by Richard Quinn | Dec 11, 2015 | Maya, Mexico, Photography, Travel
As photographers, we all have our specialties: the subjects, locations, or events that really get our creative juices flowing, and inspire our best work. For some, it’s wildlife photography. For others, landscapes. Or seascapes, sunsets, misty mornings. Sports!...
by Richard Quinn | Dec 4, 2015 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
MARCH 2024: Note that the information in this post has been significantly revised, updated, and expanded into a 14 part series, complete with hundreds of photographs. The series is still a work in progress, but quite a lot has been completed, so you might want to...
Mexican Road Trip: Adventures along the Puuc Route
Canyon de Chelly: Riding the Rainbow to the Universe: The Legend of Spider Woman
Mexican Road Trip: Zapatista Road Blocks in Chiapas
Antelope Canyon: Conjuring a Beam of Light: Take 2
Canyon de Chelly: Part 2: Chinle Wash to the Junction
Photographing the Sunrise at the Lincoln Memorial
Canyon de Chelly: The South Rim Drive
Tumaco: A Cultural Crossroads
Two-Foot High Kick: World Eskimo Indian Olympics
The Alaska Highway: Day 2: Fort Nelson to Whitehorse
Mexican Road Trip: Heading South, from Laredo to Villahermosa
Mexican Road Trip: Circling the Yucatan, from Quintana Roo to Campeche
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