Vance and Liz's trip to Mexico, 17-31 Jan 2002
Day 1
Liz getting sand off her feet?
Liz eating at the Cenote
Liz and Vance eating at the Cenote
The Cenote
The Cenote with people
Day 1 - Chichen-Itza
A view from the top of the pyramid
Liz going down the pyramid
Liz on the pyramid steps
Columns - about 10' high
Columns and a jumble of rocks
The pyramid
The ball court
The skull wall
Vance being eaten by the snake
Day 2 - Palenque
Vance in front of the pyramid
Dense jungle (a bad picture...)
Palenque
Palenque
The rabbit skull
Liz in front of the pyramid
The palace
A Liz imitation
A bas-relief
Liz and Vance
Jungle and Palenque
Vegetation
Our camp at Palenque
Josh, our intrepid driver
Day 3 - Misol Ha
Vance under the waterfall
Liz in front of the waterfall
On the road
Day 4 - Aqua Azul
The
Mayan
stuff
The water falls
The river emerges from this little gorge
People at play in the river
Liz at play in the river
Liz at play in the river still
Day 5 - Calakmul
Liz on a pyramid
Vegetation covered the pyramids
Here the trees have damaged the rocks
Vance on a minor ruin
Vance at a major ruin - the 5 acre pyramid
Some wood is visible in this shot - pre 900AD
Another ruin
A tree in the forest
Our camp - the dish washing water is in the foreground
Day 6 - Tulum
The ruins at Tulum
Vance at Tulum
The ruins at Tulum
Liz on the beach at Tulum
Day 7 - Goodbye to the Green Tortoise
April, Carrie, and Mark
Ken and Carrie take off from Tulum
Ken and Carrie take off from Tulum
Bill, after a hard night
Birds on the beach
Brett on the beach
Steve and Marcos
Marcos takes a dip in the well
Our drivers - Josh and Ted
The entire crew (less Ken and Carrie)
The entire crew #2
Days 8 and 9 - Cozumel
Vance and Carlos (my instructor) getting ready to dive
In the water
Out of the water!
Me under water #1
Me under water #2
Me under water #3
A fish
Another fish
More fish
Me under water #4
A better fish
A fish and coral
Christmas tree worm
Beautiful coral
???
Me and coral
An angelfish
Another angelfish
Angelfish again
A view of the reef
A sea snake
Sea snake again
A bat ray
A bat ray again
A fish?
Carlos, who took the underwater shots - thanks!
Liz hard at work while I'm diving
Day 9 - Life in Cozumel
Liz retrieving some laundry
Mission accomplished!
Vance at the waterfront in Cozumel
Our hotel
Siesta time
Sidewalk art with shadows
The fiesta (a bad picture)
The fiesta - a glorious costume on stage
The fiesta - you can see the costume a little better
The fiesta - the MC of the show
The fiesta - action off stage
Days 10 and 11 - Diving Palancar and Columbia reefs
???, Senior Dave (the dive master) and Bob
Me in the boat
Ready to go!
Day 12 - goodbye to Cozumel, back to Cancun
Liz loaded and walking
The beach in Cancun
A bimbo
