phorbesie Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 maybe people want their own threads for specific trips...in which case this will just be my own personal travel thread but feel free to add and share if you want! and yes, i DO miss the travel forum i thought i'd share a few pics of my trip to mexico last week. i've been to mexico lots of times, but this was my first time to the yucatan. it is so much different than west and central mexico to me, in that it is so lush and jungly, not dry and dusty! the hotel in cancun was nice, delicious food, prettiest water colour ever! i went diving at a site SW of isla mujeres, which is just offshore from cancun. the corals and schools of fish were so colourful. didn't see any really crazy creatures though. went back to the island to check it out another day. "woman" ilsand used to be a sacred place for mayan women to go (fertility rites?) but everything was completely destroyed by the spanish when they arrived. now the small island is touristy with a nice swimming beach and lots of little shops selling junk and souvenirs. it was a quaint place though, i enjoyed walking around looking at the mexican houses. i really wanted to see some mayan ruins, and decided on chichen itza, although tulum was closer and on the sea. it was a 2.5 hr bus ride to the site of chichen itza. first we visited the main ball court, where matches were played 4 times per year (there were many smaller ball courts). i should say that in all the buildings, windows were positioned to let light in according to the sun calendar, which would shine light in certain ways...as you know the mayans were expert astronomists. the buildings themselves were not ornate or carved in detail, pretty basic. still very impressive! the ball game was a mix of soccer and handball i believe. you couldn't hold the ball. the object was to get it through the ring. the winning scorer had the honour of being decapitated...nice. this is the ring on one side of the field the big pyramid, different views...there is actually a whole other intact pyramid INSIDE this one, with the original colours and artwork. we can't go in there though this is thought to have been a palace the observatory..notice the door is off centre, but it's that way in order to be angled towards the sun for a certain reason/day. it's called the 'caracol' cuz it looks like a snail. we also visited a cenote, an underground well, and went swimming in it. it was so cool and refreshing, and the water was drinkable! very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I like the last picture best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) me too i forgot to post a pic of the equinox at chichen itza (i found on the web) to give an example of the mayans design of the building. at the bottom of the steps (lower left) there are snakes heads of stone. on the equinox, the sun shines through the upper window and casts light along the side of the steps, one by one. it gives the impression that the snake is crawling down to the earth! neat. any skanks heading to a sunny place for a winter break this year? Edited January 18, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I am jonsing for another trip but we bought a car this year and are doing some minor house renos, so it's not in the cards yet.Great pictures phorbsie. Thanks for posting them. Looks absolutely beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I'll be off to the Dominican Republic in 8 weeks. Haven't had a sunny resort vacation in about 8 years, when I started spending all my vacation time on The Phish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 the travel forum still exists. it just wasn't being used. I could reenable it. but I think I moved all of the posts to the sanctuary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 i'll give you a break on that one today hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 but at least you know that someone else besides you is in favour of forums, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 maybe just make this YOUR travel thread, and blane can have his, and todd can be in yours or have his own???Just make the topic a favourite and you can access it anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 The only forums that are worth having IMO are:Food (love it!)SportsPoliticsGamersWTB/WTSThat's it, that's all.The Slip forum is ridiculous. For a couple of weeks there, there was a ton of Slip threads in the Cavern, it was a bit much, but the activity of that band just isn't justifying their own thread anymore. What are they doing a show a year now that we all get excited about? I always miss what little news goes on with them because it's in a dead forum.PS - Sorry to hijack your lovely thread, lovely Heather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) I'm going to do a merge of topics and clean some shit up. It used to be time consuming and difficult to manage forums and posts, but it's really easy now. Unfortunately, once I mass move a forum's topics via consolidation, there's no way to go back.No big deal though. A forum only needs to be created when there is a need for it. Edited January 18, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headymamamyrna Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I loved those pictures Heather especially the first and second!!!You are quite the traveller girl!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainsunshine Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Awesome! Thanks for sharing! I wish I could go thaw out somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagochips Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Those are great pictures, Heather. I spent three weeks in the Yucatan in 2000 at the end of my three month winter vacation. I really loved it there. Especially Tulum. Here are a few from the trip I did with Jay last summer: Lake Superior Provincial Park On top of Whistler's Mountain Colombia Icefield runnoff Stanley Park before the storm Long Beach Dinosaur Provincial Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagochips Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 One more,this tree was alive before Columbus first set sail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 the sky in that first one is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 great pics... and like hearing about travelsdinosaur park looks very cooldidn't know about the pyramid inside the pyramid or the snakes, neat indeedI'm plannin a journey... with my mind... could probably use a forum of its own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 The best place I went last year was Daytona Beach, FLA. I've never left North America (yet) but this is my favorite place so far, even if most Canadians aren't big fans of the states. Personally, I have a great time whenever I go. And I find that guys south of Dixie are incredibly polite and really know how to treat a woman. Daytona Beach The Best Way to Travel Although, I don't know if I would do it without a helmet again, I've held someone's head together after a bike accident where they were wearing no helmet. Modded Studebaker: you see the coolest cars in Daytona My Surfing Buddy: He's a surfing biker mechanic....I love some Americans! The World's Largest Harley Davidson Dealership Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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