MEXICO

Old photos from travels on 1996 and 2000.

1. Pelican at Sunset, Tulum Plage.

2. Campeche

3. Usumacinta River

4. Sumidero Canyon

5. Yaxchilan, mayan site


6. Misol_Ha waterfall

7. / 8. Palenque mayan site

9. Celestun

10./ 11. Chichenn Itzà mayan site

12. Mayan fresqui of Bonampak

13./ 14.  San Cristobal de las Casas

15. Toninà, mayan site

Yaxchilan, Chiapas. MEXICO

Mayan jewel of the Usumacinta River. Old photo from 2000

Toniná. MEXICO

Toniná is a ruined city of the Maya civilization located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas, some 13 km (8.1 mi) east of the town of Ocosingo. Toniná was an aggressive state in the Late Classic, using warfare to develop a powerful kingdom. For much of its history, Toniná was engaged in sporadic warfare with Palenque, its greatest rival and one of the most important polities in the west of the Maya region, although Toniná eventually became the dominant city in the west.The city is notable for having the last known Long Count date on any Maya monument, marking the end of the Classic Maya period in AD 909. Photos from 2000.

Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas. MEXICO

Sumidero is a narrow and deep canyon surrounded by a national park, just north the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Photos from 2000.

The Usumacinta River. Chiapas. MEXICO

Photos from 2000

Campeche. Yucatan. MEXICO

Photos from 2000

Edzna, Yucatan. MEXICO

Edznà is a mayan archeological site, situated in the mexican state of Campeche. Photos from 2000

The many churches of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. MEXICO.

San Cristobal is one of the first Spanish settlements on the American continent. Founded in the XVI century, it's the capital of the province of Chiapas. Photos from 2000

1. Catedral

2. Santa Lucia

3. / 4. Santo Domingo de Guzman

5. San Juan de Chamula

6. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, on Guadalupe Virgin day.

Bonampak, Chiapas. MEXICO

The mysterious frescoes of Bonampak. Photo from 2000.

Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan. MEXICO

A wetland reserve that is home to vast flocks of flamingos, as well as many herons, thousands of pelicans and other bird species. Photos from 1996

Uxmal. MEXICO

An ancient Maya city from the classical period is located in the Puuc region, whose style is clearly recognizable for his ornated friezes and its omnipresent masks of stone representing the Rain God Chaac. Photos from 1996, some of them by Natxo Molinero.

Izamal Monastery. MEXICO

Already a Mayan city 8 centuries before Christ, Izamal is actually known as the « yellow  city » because of the color of its walls, especially inside and around  the monastery of San Antonio de Padua, with its gigantic atrium built in the 16th century. Photo from 1996.

Chichen Itzà, Yucatan. MEXICO

Between the 6th and the 12th century, this ancient capital was a major focal point of the Mayan civilization in the north of the Yucatan peninsula. Photos took during my first trip to Yucatan in 1996.

Tulum, Yucatan. MEXICO

One of the most visited Mayan sites; Tulum was an important port during the 12th century, the Mayan postclassical period. The site is located on the Caribbean Sea coast, and is surrounded by wonderful beaches, where the pelicans glide in the very morning. Some photos took in 1996, but most of them during my second visit to the place in 2000.