Cenote

This "sink hole" is about 45 feet (15 meters) below the surface. The setting is intriguing. The name of the place is something like Yakszadot, on the old Mayan road west towards Merida.

Hacienda Chichen & Naturalist Jim

December 31st 2010
My friend "Hammockman" Paul Rounds has put up a post at his blog about our November visit to Jim Conrad of BackyardNature.net . I'll now supplement that post with a few additional photos and recollections. Being only a junior-blogger wannabe, and newcomer, I felt it appropriate to let Paul break this story first; and he's done a fine job. He blogs from Merida, and can be found at HammockmanPaul. ... read more

North America » Mexico » Yucatán » Valladolid

The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

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