Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Polaroids from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico Pt.2


This was shot in a small town on the way to Merida in a cemetary

Hola!
Continuing my journey of the Yucatan, when we left Merida it had taken us an hour to get out of the town to find the right highway. Anyone who has driven in Mexico knows that it's a pain to turn around to go the other direction. You have to drive at least five miles before you spot a turn-around.

Our next destination was to the ruins of Uxmul. It was an amazing place and way less people then at Chichen Itza. We showed up an hour before they closed so we had to go through it on super-fast mode. Didn't get to see everything either which was disappointing because out of the three ruins we visited I liked Uxmul the best.
Some Polaroids of Uxmul:


Transfer:

I will create an emulsion lift from Uxmul as well.


On our way traveling back along Hwy 184 to hit the coast we drove through several small towns. They were all very interesting. More cool doors to be noticed along with churches. We had reached a town, I forget the name, and got lost yet again. They didn't exactly make it very clear which way to go to continue on the main highway (we had to go around the square,no signs) I did get to shoot this door though because of our mishap.



After that long day of driving we finally decided to stop in the small town of Tzucacab. The hotel we stayed at actually wasn't too bad. It was very blue inside. The next morning sucked though because there was some very loud hammering and construction work going on before 8am! We ate some killer tacos here. On our way leaving town I noticed the huge cemetary they had and had to stop. I could have spent half the day there but everyone else didn't the feel the same, which is understandable. Here's some shots of that great cemetary:


Transfer


After a fairly long drive we finally reached our destination of Tulum. We ended up staying in a cabana right by the beach. The view was awesome and it was nice to be around water again.

Polaroids and photos of the Tulum ruins will be in the next blog as well as the end of the journey, part 3.

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