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 | Dec 14, 2023 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 4: AFTER THE ROADBLOCKS: THE ANCIENT MAYAN CITY OF PALENQUE As a photographer, my favorite subject has always been beautiful landscapes, of the sort that you find in our National Parks, but ruined buildings, especially those that are ancient and iconic, run a very...
by Richard Quinn | Mar 26, 2023 | Archaeology, Maya, Mexico, Travel
Edzná (Edz-nah, pronounced just like it’s spelled) is one of the best kept secrets in the Yucatan. The average tourist has never heard of this particular Mayan ruin, so you would think, based on its lack of notoriety, that there’s nothing special about it. In reality,...
by Richard Quinn | Jul 21, 2021 | Archaeology, Maya, Mexico, Travel
Palenque! This ruin of an ancient Mayan city, located in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, ranks among the most famous archaeological sites in the entire world. Just hearing the name conjures images of crumbling limestone pyramids rising up out of the the...
by Richard Quinn | Dec 19, 2015 | Archaeology, 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...
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