by Richard Quinn | Apr 17, 2023 | Maya, Mexico, Travel
Tulum is not all that large, as Mayan cities go, but its spectacular location, right on the Caribbean 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...
by Richard Quinn | Jan 27, 2024 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 9: Uxmal: A Tough Act to Follow Uxmal vs Chichén Itzá? There wasn’t really a competition between these two Mayan cities, it was more of a question that I’d been asking myself. I’d seen plenty of photographs of both, so I knew more or less what to...
by Richard Quinn | Jul 4, 2024 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 17: FROM CAMPECHE BACK TO PALENQUE The 17th day of our road trip started out exactly the same as our 16th day: we had breakfast at our hotel, the Hotel del Paseo (near the historic center of old Campeche); then we hit the road. Over the course of the previous...
by Richard Quinn | Aug 30, 2024 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 20: A World Class Drive! From: PALENQUE To: SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS I’m probably dating myself when I say this, but when I think of the Sierra Madre, the mountain range in Mexico, the image that pops into my mind is all black and white and shades of gray,...
by Richard Quinn | Sep 11, 2020 | Archaeology, South America
Bahia Concha, “Shell Bay,” is a sheltered cove on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, located in the Tayrona National Park, just ten miles as the condor flies from the city of Santa Marta. It’s part of a protected ecological preserve where development...
Mexican Road Trip: Crossing the Chiapas Highlands, to San Cristobal de las Casas
Puno Day Festival: A Centuries-Old Tradition on the Shores of Lake Titicaca
Photographer’s Assignment: Mount Rainier
Canyon de Chelly: A Timeless Journey into the Heart of the Navajo Nation
Canadian Road Trips: Banff and Kootenay National Parks
The Alaska Highway: Day 2: Fort Nelson to Whitehorse
Mexican Road Trip: The Road to Bonampak
Chena Hot Springs: A Fairbanks Original
Canyon de Chelly: Where Canyons Collide
Alaska Road Trip: The Grand Circle: From Tok to Denali
Uxmal: Architectural Perfection in the Land of the Maya
The Alaska Highway: Day 4: Beaver Creek to Fairbanks
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