The Maya Experience

After a long afternoon of grading in a freezing-cold room (our preparation for the return to ice country), the professors celebrated with di...

Celestun is a town located in the biosphere region of the Yucatan peninsula, along the Gulf coast.  It is home to tens of thousands of Flami...

Our hotel, El Caribe, was originally a Catholic seminary, built in the 1600s.  The rooms are quite basic, but comfortable and functional, an...

Our last archaeological site was the magnificent Chichen Itza.   It is another UNESCO World Heritage Site, known chiefly for the large pyram...

Black vulture on top of our hotel roof (overlooking the pool).  Mayapan is a "small" site located relatively near Merida.  Alt...

Uxmal is in the Puuc region (see also Kabah, below), and is a very large, ceremonial site.  It's one of the main places John Lloyd Steph...