Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Mexico Country Side - Taking a Side Street


The country side was full of multiple shades of dark luscious green. There were at least 10 to 12 intricate shades. The leaves were multiple forms from thick cactus spines to huge banana leaves. It was an intricite ecological niche. While I was flying over the landscape something kept bothering me about there was something missing from it.

When I was in the Mayan Archeaological Musuem, the mystery began revealing itself. One of the exhibits was on ecological landscpe and it was then that I noticed that there were no lakes or rivers, blue was missing from the visualization of the actual landscape. The whole Yucatan peninsula is made of limestone, which is just like cottage cheese. The Mayans got their water by aquafers, sink holes, and underground rivers. No wonder their religon has alot of underworld deities, for example the Jaguar the ruler of the Underworld.
The realy interesting feature was the small towns we went through. There were venders on the side streets selling delicious food and handmade items. The pottery was exquisite, with deep colors and very smooth and accented forms. I bought alot of my souveniers from them, because the money was going directly to them and not to a third party.

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