Yucatan to Chiapas

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the main drag in Cancun

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at our hotel

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Dry monsoon scrub around the Bay of Campeche

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the murky cenote at Chichen Izza

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pyramid at Mayan city of Chichen Izza

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more Mayan monuments

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some views of Merida (Yucatan province)

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palm at Chichen Izza

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again

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some roadside palms near Campeche/Chiapas border

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street musicians in Merida

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Palenque is situated at the base of the eastern side of the mountainous spine that runs through Mexico

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and that's it from my very rushed visit to Mexico- next Ill show you Guatemala

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How could I forget the chicken wearing swine-proof face mask?

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this restaurant singer looked like a toreador

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Philip

thanks for sharing these photos. where you there for business or vacation?

anyone have an idea on what Sabals those are there?

[DoomsDave]

Great pictures!

You do travelogues right!

Do some more pictures, por favor?

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Philip

thanks for sharing these photos. where you there for business or vacation?

anyone have an idea on what Sabals those are there?

definitely vacation

as for the palms, I'll leave that to the experts

[Kim]

Thanks for the photos. Do you know if the tourism was down because of the swine flu? Chichen Itza doesn't appear to be too crowded in your pix.

[paulgila]

nice shots of the mayan ruins. i have become very interested lately since seeing a program on how scholars

finally learned to translate ancient mesoamerican writing.

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Thanks for the photos. Do you know if the tourism was down because of the swine flu? Chichen Itza doesn't appear to be too crowded in your pix.

Yes, I believe that's true, although it was still chaotic at the entrance.

One thing I noticed was how brazen people are in Mexico at attracting business. Our group stopped in Campeche to order a meal at a roadside restaurant, and a young man across the road started whistling to attract our attention, waved a menu in the air and said "over here, my friends". This was in spite of the fact that we had already ordered and been seated for some time. Meanwhile, our waiter looked across at him, stony-faced.

[amazondk]

Phil,

I am glad to see that they are protecting their automobile chickens from Swine flu. Thanks for the pictures.

dk

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Thanks for the photos. Do you know if the tourism was down because of the swine flu? Chichen Itza doesn't appear to be too crowded in your pix.

At Merida, there was a small semi-indoor pool at our hotel. There was a barman standing at a small bar by the pool. He was there when I left to go out at 8am, and still there when I got back at 4pm, and stood there for at least another hour while I was in the pool. I don't think anyone bought a drink the whole day, apart form me (I bought a Coke)

It appears that there is such an over-supply of labour in this part of the world that businesses run differently. I don't think this type of situation would be tenable in Australia.

[Zayin]

Great pics. I know that those are Sabals of some sort, based on the location I'm gonna guess S.gretheriae - its kind of hard to tell, cause most of those down there don't have trunks ( well, the ones I saw anyways.)