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 [...]
(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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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. [...]
Edit: Funny that the next day, after posting this, a hammock salesman tried to cheat me big time. One of his sales speaches was: “Come on, anything you want you got it.” I couldn’t help laughing. I Wasn’t even buying a hammock but I still wanted to test drive the world famous hammocks of Merida. [...]
