Archivos por categoría: Mexico
La magia de Bacalar
A ladder leads into the blue waters of laguna Bacalar, close to Chetumal, during our last days in México.
¿Quién es esta gente?
An iguana, almost tame, lets us take a close-up in Tulum, a mayan archeological site by the sea. Tulum has been, by far, the busiest ruin we’ve visited.
Bajo la influencia de los estadounidenses
A pharmacy in Cancún offers all kinds of prescription drugs for tourists, often without a prescription. Most of the tourists in the area are from the United States, where it is harder to get certain drugs.
Temporada baja
View of the Meridien hotel and beach in Cancún. Most of the hotels in this very touristy area are packed one next to the other on the “zona hotelera”, away from town. Most of them were empty when we were there, pretending to be customers.
Marquesitas
A street vendor makes a Marquesita in Mérida. Marquesitas are similar to french crepes, but crispier.
¡Vamos a morir!
Mónica and Juan Carlos pretend to be scared as we ride our horse-pulled cart, on rails, back from the cenotes. The drivers will often push the carts and horses to their limits, and a sudden turn can throw you off the cart if it gets … Read More →
Totalmente seguros, parte dos
César looks up for the last time, before venturing down a ladder into the cenote.
Totalmente seguros, parte uno
Mónica and Juan Carlos, our friends from Mérida, enter a cenote using a very steep, wet and unsafe ladder.
Profundo y azul
César swims in a cenote close to Mérida. Cenotes are deep caves filled with sweet water, very common in the Yucatán peninsula.
Puesta de sol: Rosa