ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, ART, CENTRAL AMERICA, GUATEMALA, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

ZACULEU

About five years ago I was in Huehuetenango, Guatemala having crossed the border from Méjico and rattled into town on a chicken bus.  It was getting late so I stayed in a sketchy little hotel near the bus station, probably cost around 40 queztales or five bucks American. Huehue is a kind of bustling town although […]

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, LATIN AMERICA, MEXICO, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

CUICUILCO

Cuicuilco is a lesser known archaeological site in the south of Mexico City.  It is probably the oldest prehispanic settlement site in the Valley of Mexico.  It covers only quite a small area and you probably only need an hour or so to have a pretty good look around.  Metrobus station Villa Olimpica on Avenida Insurgentes […]

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, GUATEMALA, VIDEO

TIKAL, GUATEMALA (VIDEOS)

I spent a long day at the amazing Mayan archaeological site of Tikal in the northern Guatemalan department of El Peten.  In between lots of walking, climbing pyramids and taking photographs I shot a couple of short videos as well, the first from the main central square and the second from the central acropolis to […]

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