Zes pelikanen rusten op de zes palen in het water. Verder is er stilte. Het zeewater rolt ritmisch over het strand MAHAHUAL – Dagelijks meren er meerdere cruises aan in het Mexicaanse Mahahual. Dan wordt het minieme Caribische vissersdorpje overspoeld met vooral Amerikaanse senioren en schieten de prijzen van de horeca aan de fraaie boulevard automatisch […]
Izamal: village of three cultures in the middle of the jungle
The ‘yellow city’ Izamal is a village with about 15,000 inhabitants, in the middle of the Yucatan jungle and close to Mérida. Speaking of Mérida: Izamal was the capital of Yucatan before. Here the Mayan period transitions ‘seamlessly’ into the present time: in the center and just outside it are several pyramids, as part of […]
Calakmul, Yucatan’s Most Spectacular Secret
Monkeys swing from branch to branch. Constantly and everywhere there is rustling. Around the Pyramids, but especially in the woods. Those pyramids are proudly standing, although the traces of mother nature are there of course. Some old Mayan buildings are somewhat overgrown or full of moss. The largest pyramids have been cleaned, but here too […]