Ever been to a place called Coba, in the Yucatan? The Conquistadores missed it when they came passing by, because it had already been abandoned and reclaimed by the jungle. Since then just enough has been cleared so you can see how impressive it is...
Whilst the view from the top is simply amazing, or rather was. A beautiful unspoilt verdant green canopy of Mexican jungle, flat as a pancake, as far as the eye can see in any direction. And, with the air so unpolluted and clear, you could see a pretty long way.
I deliberately said 'was', because since then a big railway line, and also an even bigger motorway/freeway able to take big cars and lorries has been carved through the Mexican jungle as far down as Tulum, where they have been building a new airport and further ruining what unspoilt jungle and mangrove swamps remained....
Still, I guess I was glad to photograph it before it all got ruined...
BTW if you look very closely you can just about make out another smaller, Mexican pyramid poking through the jungle tree-tops...
Sadly, I understand that smaller one has now been demolished to make way for the new motorway/freeway, although they did do a full archaelogical sweep of the site first.
Whilst the view from the top is simply amazing, or rather was. A beautiful unspoilt verdant green canopy of Mexican jungle, flat as a pancake, as far as the eye can see in any direction. And, with the air so unpolluted and clear, you could see a pretty long way.
I deliberately said 'was', because since then a big railway line, and also an even bigger motorway/freeway able to take big cars and lorries has been carved through the Mexican jungle as far down as Tulum, where they have been building a new airport and further ruining what unspoilt jungle and mangrove swamps remained....
Still, I guess I was glad to photograph it before it all got ruined...
BTW if you look very closely you can just about make out another smaller, Mexican pyramid poking through the jungle tree-tops...
Sadly, I understand that smaller one has now been demolished to make way for the new motorway/freeway, although they did do a full archaelogical sweep of the site first.
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