There comes a point when not even washing a shirt makes the smell of concentrated sweat dissapear. This has happened to me before. The shirts I used for kickboxing could not be used outside our tatami. If I happened to wear one of those t-shirts on any other occasion I had to very careful since [...]
Lopussa itetehty video normipäivästä Meksikossa. Luen kuitenkin ensin kuinka nämä lammikot syntyi.
Luonnonmuokkaamien maauimaloiden syntyhistoria
65 miljoonaa vuotta sitten Mount Everestin kokoinen meteoriitti iskeytyi maahan reilun 70 000 kilometrin tuntivaihdilla, tuhoten 70% kaikesta elämästä. Samassa rytäkässä kuolivat myös dinosaurukset.
70-luvulla PEMEX, meksikolainen öljy-yhtiö tutki Yucatanin niemimaata öljyn toivossa. Yritys löysi merestä jälkiä kraaterista, joka oli yli 150km leveä [...]
(I wrote this on September 4th)
Today I left Merida Behind. I visited Uxmal and it was a gorgeous place. No words of mine will do justice for it.
Merida is a nice city. It’s the capital of Yucatan state. To my liking, after returning from the ruins of Uxmal, it seemed terrible polluted. The streets are [...]
Some years back someone organized a vote so that we could have 7 new wonders of the world. Well Chichen Itza was one of the lucky winners. The price: More tourism.
These ruins are impressive and the area where all the ruins are located is huge. A lot to see and a lot of tourism and [...]
I arrived to Mexico from Cuba and got sick of the first dinner I ate. So now I’m stuck inside my hostel. At least I have time to catch up with posting photos from Yucatan peninsula and Cuba. This week and next week probably as well, new post every day. From Cuba I have a [...]
These are probably my favourite ruins in the state of Yucatan. There aren’t that many tourists and it’s a really impressive place. I recommend taking some stuff to keep mosquitos away during the rainy season and lots of water. It’s a sweaty place in summer.
Read more about Uxmal from Wikipedia.
Better quality photos
I’m sorry I didn’t have time to inform you dear readers of this trip. I left kind of in a hurry and… Internet was out of reach for two weeks so there was no way of updating my blog.. Sorry.
More detailed report of the trip during this week.
Mexico won and secured it’s place on the world championships in South Africa next year.
(Sorry about the video quality. Next time I try a bit harder.)
Manuel sells handmade hammocks for living on the streets of Merida. He explained to me how there are different types of hammocks and how the best hammocks in the world are made in here. After all Merida is the capital of Hammocks. Manuel says he makes the hammocks himself and then sells them on street. [...]
