Cancun

We stayed at the Hyatt. The rooms were all accessed from balconies looking inward toward this great atrium. And they all had balconies looking out toward the sea, or towards town. I can attest this atrium is a fabulous place to test the design of your latest paper airplane. We were on the 12th floor so we had plenty of altitude.

Here's the view looking south from the hotel. Looks great, right. The spray from the surf reached our 12th floor room. The wiind did have one nice quality. It made the hot weather pleasant.

Chichen Itza: We rented a car and drove into Yucatan to visit this World Heritage Site. The great pyramid here has been partially restored. Some of the other ruins, too. And some have just been cleared of vegetation and appear to be works in progress.

Chichen Itza: We rented a car and drove into Yucatan to visit this World Heritage Site. The great pyramid here has been partially restored. Some of the other ruins, too. And some have just been cleared of vegetation and appear to be works in progress.

Chichen Itza: We rented a car and drove into Yucatan to visit this World Heritage Site. The great pyramid here has been partially restored. Some of the other ruins, too. And some have just been cleared of vegetation and appear to be works in progress.

Tulum: The other ruin we visited was Tulum, about 2 hours south of Cancun. This is the most visited of the Mayan ruins which are well presented and well maintained ... but less restored than Chichen Itza. The site is on the seashore and I can imaging the Mayans appreciating the views as we did. Maybe they appreciated the iguanas as a food source, we did not. There were sure a lot of them. And a lot of visitors. And it was bloody hot. We enjoyed the visit but didn't overstay our welcome.

Tulum: The other ruin we visited was Tulum, about 2 hours south of Cancun. This is the most visited of the Mayan ruins which are well presented and well maintained ... but less restored than Chichen Itza. The site is on the seashore and I can imaging the Mayans appreciating the views as we did. Maybe they appreciated the iguanas as a food source, we did not. There were sure a lot of them. And a lot of visitors. And it was bloody hot. We enjoyed the visit but didn't overstay our welcome.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Cancun Birds: Around the hotel were thousands of birds. Having time on my hands and plenty of sunscreen, I spent quite some time photographing them. They are wicked quick, difficult to focus on properly, and impossible to compose. So I set my camera to shoot very fast (1/3000 of a second), set it to continuously focus, set it to fire in rapid burst mode (5 frames per second) and took a LOT of photos. A few turned out.

Chichen Itza: When you walk around with a big, heavy, pro-style camera like a Nikon D3 - folks seem to trust you to take their picture. They thrust their camera into your hands and ask. Or sometimes I'll offer if the folks involved would seem to appreciate it. These two girls were "thrusters." I took one picture with each of their cameras, ... and one with mine :)