Articles related to "Yucatan"
Merida: The "White City"
From colonial architecture and ancient ruins to beautiful beaches and cenotes, Merida offers all the treasures of the Mayan Riviera and more.
• merida travel • merida mexico • merida mayan riviera • merida chichen itza • merida paseo de montejo
From colonial architecture and ancient ruins to beautiful beaches and cenotes, Merida offers all the treasures of the Mayan Riviera and more.
• merida travel • merida mexico • merida mayan riviera • merida chichen itza • merida paseo de montejo
Explore and Dive the Mexican Yucatan
Mexico's Yucatan peninsula offers good diving, beaches, and ancient ruins.
• scuba • scuba • scuba diving • scuba diving • scuba diving
Mexico's Yucatan peninsula offers good diving, beaches, and ancient ruins.
• scuba • scuba • scuba diving • scuba diving • scuba diving
You Too Can Visit The Yucatan
Here's a few tips on how to get to the Yucatan Peninsula, where to stay, and which of the many ancient Mayan sites to visit on your first trip into the past.
• maya • ruins • yucatan • chichen itza • tulum
Here's a few tips on how to get to the Yucatan Peninsula, where to stay, and which of the many ancient Mayan sites to visit on your first trip into the past.
• maya • ruins • yucatan • chichen itza • tulum
Yucatan Ports of Call
With such a wide variety of things to do ashore, there isn't any need to stay on board when cruise ships are in port.
• mayan ruins at chichen itza • dolphins at the chankanaab park • xcaret nature park • jungle excursions by bike or atv • un-excavated mayan ruins at chacchoben
With such a wide variety of things to do ashore, there isn't any need to stay on board when cruise ships are in port.
• mayan ruins at chichen itza • dolphins at the chankanaab park • xcaret nature park • jungle excursions by bike or atv • un-excavated mayan ruins at chacchoben
Instead of Cancun, Chichén Itzá
Leave Cancun behind for the charms of this millennia-old city on the Yucatán Peninsula, a great place to begin a trek along the Riviera Maya.
• chichen itza • mayan ruins • cancun • riviera maya • yucatan peninsula
Leave Cancun behind for the charms of this millennia-old city on the Yucatán Peninsula, a great place to begin a trek along the Riviera Maya.
• chichen itza • mayan ruins • cancun • riviera maya • yucatan peninsula
Uxmal - Magical Mayan Pyramid
It’s called the Temple of the Magicians because it is so steep that the legend is this Mayan ruin in the Yucatan was built by a mystical dwarf.
• yucatan • mayan ruins • pyramids • mexico • chichen itza
It’s called the Temple of the Magicians because it is so steep that the legend is this Mayan ruin in the Yucatan was built by a mystical dwarf.
• yucatan • mayan ruins • pyramids • mexico • chichen itza
Where have all the hummers gone?
Ever wonder where the hummingbirds go? How can something so tiny travels such distances? This is a very condensed version of what they go through.
• hummingbirds • migration • birds • belize • yucatan
Ever wonder where the hummingbirds go? How can something so tiny travels such distances? This is a very condensed version of what they go through.
• hummingbirds • migration • birds • belize • yucatan
Affordable Mexican Vacation
Eco Paraiso, a great alternative to the hectic pace of Cancun and the Mayan Riviera. Find flocks of Pink Flamingos, explore Mayan ruins, and bask on deserted beaches.
• beaches • mexico • yucatan peninsula • nature • bird watchers
Eco Paraiso, a great alternative to the hectic pace of Cancun and the Mayan Riviera. Find flocks of Pink Flamingos, explore Mayan ruins, and bask on deserted beaches.
• beaches • mexico • yucatan peninsula • nature • bird watchers
Chichen Itza
The Yucatan city Chichen Itza was a six square mile city built starting in the seventh century AD. It was taken over by the Toltecs and later torn apart by a civil war.
• chichen itza • mayan • mexico • yucatan • toltec
The Yucatan city Chichen Itza was a six square mile city built starting in the seventh century AD. It was taken over by the Toltecs and later torn apart by a civil war.
• chichen itza • mayan • mexico • yucatan • toltec
Facts About Asteroids
Learn more about the thousands of miniature planets called asteroids that orbit the sun.
• asteroid facts • largest asteroids • size and mass of asteroids • discovery of asteroids • dwarf planets
Learn more about the thousands of miniature planets called asteroids that orbit the sun.
• asteroid facts • largest asteroids • size and mass of asteroids • discovery of asteroids • dwarf planets
Get a life IV
Given the right conditions, life started almost immediately; yet the road to complex organisms and to intelligence was probably more arduous and fraught with devastating incidents of which the sky was not absent.
• yucatan • ediacran • mitochondria • prokaryote • eukaryote
Given the right conditions, life started almost immediately; yet the road to complex organisms and to intelligence was probably more arduous and fraught with devastating incidents of which the sky was not absent.
• yucatan • ediacran • mitochondria • prokaryote • eukaryote
Ruby Throated Hummingbird pt.3,Migration and Habitats
The last in a series of three articles that covers the migration and breeding grounds of the ruby throated hummingbird. There are thirty-eight states and seven Canadian provinces that become summer homes for the ruby throated hummingbird. When migration begins, there is an amazing amount of flight miles to cover before reaching the wintering grounds in Central America, and Panama.
• ruby • throated • hummingbird • migration • breeding
The last in a series of three articles that covers the migration and breeding grounds of the ruby throated hummingbird. There are thirty-eight states and seven Canadian provinces that become summer homes for the ruby throated hummingbird. When migration begins, there is an amazing amount of flight miles to cover before reaching the wintering grounds in Central America, and Panama.
• ruby • throated • hummingbird • migration • breeding
The Magnificent Maya
Hidden deep beneath centuries of jungle overgrowth until the mid 1800s, the secret splendor of the magnificent Maya remains an enigma to researchers and scholars. Capable of complex civilization, art, astronomy, math and science dating back to 300 BC, the reasons for their rise and demise are still unclear, despite the fact that there are more than 4 million Maya alive today. What do we really know--and why don't we know more?
• maya • ancient • mesoamerica • stelae • hieroglyphics
Hidden deep beneath centuries of jungle overgrowth until the mid 1800s, the secret splendor of the magnificent Maya remains an enigma to researchers and scholars. Capable of complex civilization, art, astronomy, math and science dating back to 300 BC, the reasons for their rise and demise are still unclear, despite the fact that there are more than 4 million Maya alive today. What do we really know--and why don't we know more?
• maya • ancient • mesoamerica • stelae • hieroglyphics
Tula, Capital of the Toltecs
Tula (or Tollan) was the capital of the Toltec empire and followed Teotihuacan as the strongest power in Mesoamerica.
• toltecs • tula • tezcatlipoca • aztecs • mass human sacrifice
Tula (or Tollan) was the capital of the Toltec empire and followed Teotihuacan as the strongest power in Mesoamerica.
• toltecs • tula • tezcatlipoca • aztecs • mass human sacrifice
Darwinian Pool Room (Discussion Article)
Time may keep on slipping into the future, but does it do so of its own free will? Do we impose our own will on time, an otherwise abstract concept? Join us as we explore temporal qualities, evolution, Creation, and a friendly game of billiards with this little story by Isaac Asimov.
• darwinian pool room • isaac asimov short stories • review of darwinian pool room • evolution • creation
Time may keep on slipping into the future, but does it do so of its own free will? Do we impose our own will on time, an otherwise abstract concept? Join us as we explore temporal qualities, evolution, Creation, and a friendly game of billiards with this little story by Isaac Asimov.
• darwinian pool room • isaac asimov short stories • review of darwinian pool room • evolution • creation
Freedom Paradise, Hurricane Wilma, and Mexicana Airlines
A summary of my vacation at Freedom Paradise Resort on the Riviera Maya, a resort that used to advertise as being large size people friendly. The vacation was cut short by hurricane Wilma, but I made other interesting discoveries while in Mexico.
• freedom paradise • reservations • riviera maya • mexico • all inclusive resort
A summary of my vacation at Freedom Paradise Resort on the Riviera Maya, a resort that used to advertise as being large size people friendly. The vacation was cut short by hurricane Wilma, but I made other interesting discoveries while in Mexico.
• freedom paradise • reservations • riviera maya • mexico • all inclusive resort
Mexico Bed and Breakfasts
Planning a trip to Mexico and looking for a place to stay, then read on for a few suggestions from luxiurous bed and breakfasts to inexpensive hostels.
• bed and breakfasts • b&b • accommodations • guest lodging • private lodging
Planning a trip to Mexico and looking for a place to stay, then read on for a few suggestions from luxiurous bed and breakfasts to inexpensive hostels.
• bed and breakfasts • b&b • accommodations • guest lodging • private lodging
The New Seven Wonders of the World
Will it be the Acropolis? And Alhambra? Or Angkor? Or The Eiffel Tower? What about the Great Wall of China? Which sites will be named The New Seven Wonders of the World?
• new seven wonders of world • voting for the winning seven monuments • twenty -one finalists chosen from the original • original wonders of the ancient world • so cast your vote. alhambra – spain
Will it be the Acropolis? And Alhambra? Or Angkor? Or The Eiffel Tower? What about the Great Wall of China? Which sites will be named The New Seven Wonders of the World?
• new seven wonders of world • voting for the winning seven monuments • twenty -one finalists chosen from the original • original wonders of the ancient world • so cast your vote. alhambra – spain