Saturday 21 April 2012

Ancient Mayan Canals



Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo (Yucatán Pensinsula), Mexico

16 comments:

Diane said...

That water is so green, it is quite amazing. Love this two shots. Diane

Halcyon said...

Beautiful! I really enjoyed seeing the Mayan ruins when I was in Mexico. A fascinating culture.

Sylvia K said...

Terrific captures as always! Brought back some memories -- I lived in San Miguel de Allende for over a year and traveled quite a bit. Hope your weekend is off to a great start, JM! Enjoy!

Carolina Louback said...

A área de mangue e de reserva é muito rica. Repare na cor da água... maravilha.

aotearoa said...

Amazing pictures :-)

jeanlivingsimple said...

Interesting that they were built by the Mayans.

Elisa N Viajes said...

Wonderful!
Have a nice weekend:)
Elisa

Lowell said...

This looks not unlike the Crystal River/Homossassa area here in central Florida. The green water is a bit different, though as are probably the critters living in that water. :-)

Cezar and Léia said...

These folks were pretty smart, their real weakness being their belief that their gods would come from the East...
God bless you!
Cezar

Ramakrishnan said...

Fascinating green water canals

Teamgsquare said...

Awesome shot and its really interesting to see a very ancient canal .

Anonymous said...

It's amazing that those canals remain from that fascinating culture.

Andrea said...

It is awesome that old ancient canals like these are not yet changed by civilization. Even the entrance of the canals is quite mysterious-looking! Have you sensed Quetzalcoatl?

Dom said...

Wow... awesome travel photos... It's been years since I've last seen water such as this

Francisca said...

The boat looks very different, but otherwise this canal, with the mangroves, looks much like Palawan in the Philippines.

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Lovely shots. The Mayans were an amazing civilisation...