by Richard Quinn | Jan 15, 2016 | Mexico, Travel
An expatriate, or “expat”, is someone who has deliberately moved away from their native country for the specific purpose of establishing a new life in a foreign land. I’m not talking about a temporary relocation for work, or a semester abroad for...
by Richard Quinn | Jan 15, 2016 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
Visiting the Spanish Colonial cities of Mexico is almost like traveling back in time. Narrow cobblestone streets wind between buildings, facades, and stately old mansions that date back three hundred years or more. There are beautiful plazas, parks, and soaring...
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...
The Alaska Highway: Day 4: Beaver Creek to Fairbanks
Two-Foot High Kick: World Eskimo Indian Olympics
Tumaco: Snarling Beasts and Raging Demons
Alaska Road Trip: The Grand Circle: From Tok to Denali
A Serendipitous Sunset at Shiprock
The Many Moods of the Jefferson Memorial
The Mayan City of Edzná, First House of the Itzás
Kenai Fjords National Park: Exit Glacier: Up Close and Personal
A Sunset at White Sands
Canyon de Chelly: The North Rim Drive
Canyon de Chelly: The Oldest White House
Canadian Road Trips: Yoho National Park
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