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Mexico, photography, photos, travel, Tullum, Yucatan Peninsula
La route qui mène de Cobá à Tullum est en ligne droite et n’offre aucune difficulté. Toutefois, à l’arrivée à Tullum, l’entrée du site archéologique n’est pas très bien signalisée et, encore une fois, notre GPS n’a pas été très utile. Il y a deux petites routes qui sont signalisées comme donnant accès au site. Nous avons choisi la deuxième route pour nous sommes retrouvés dans un stationnement de tours guidés où les coûts étaient exhorbitants. Nous avons finalement retracé notre chemin vers la première route et nous avons finalement trouvé le stationnement public donnant accès au site.
Tullum était une ville maya fortifiée et un port commercial. Sa situation est spectaculaire sur le haut d’une falaise au bord de la mer. La visite du site a commencé sous un ciel radieux mais rapidement le ciel est devenu très menaçant donc nous avons un peu écourté notre visite. Nous avons bien fait car aussitôt revenu à la voiture, il est tombé une trombe d’eau. Heureusement, nous étions bien à l’abri dans l’auto.
The road which leads from Cobá to Tullum is a straight line and offers no difficulty. However, on arrival in Tullum the entrance to the archaeological site wasn’t very well signposted and again our GPS wasn’t very helpful. There are two small roads which are signposted as giving access to the site. We took the second road but ended up in a guided tour parking lot where the costs were outrageous. We finally retraced our steps to the first road and we finally found the public parking lot giving access to the site.
Tullum was a walled Mayan city and a trading port. Its location is spectacular on the top of a cliff by the sea. The site visit started under bright blue skies but quickly the sky became very threatening so we cut short our visit. That was the right decision because as as soon as we got back to the car, the sky opened. Fortunately, we were safe in the car and didn’t get wet.
Tullum
[Auteur/Author: Suzanne & Pierre]
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Là encore vous avez bénéficié de belles lumières orageuses, les ciels tourmentés font de belles images très souvent. Merci pour cette série axée sur les belles pierres des pyramides.
Merci Marie. Effectivement, on peut dire que nous avons été chanceux avec la lumière durant notre séjour au Mexique. C’est le thème principal de nos photos…et heureusement nous avons aussi été chanceux de ne pas nous faire tremper trop souvent!
Those threatening skies made for some great photos. Glad you were able to avoid getting wet.
Thanks Jacqui. We were lucky with skies during our stay in Mexico…and only got wet a few times during our stay. We were good at getting back to cover before the rain started…
That’s the nature of those more southern places. A midday rain storm is the norm. The added bonus is that you can see/feel them coming and the skies make great photos!
You are totally right. Only once did we misjudge the speed of the storm coming in and we got truly wet that time…
What wonderful photographs! You capture the details so well I can feel the storm coming and the sun on my arms!
Thanks Julia. Glad you enjoyed this series…
Although I also prefer clear blue skies when taking photos, sometimes clouds can add a dramatic effect to a photo, and this is exactly the case with the second image in this post. There’s so many things happening in just one frame. So beautiful!
Thanks Bama. Glad you enjoyed this series. I like interesting skies when taking photos. They become an actor in the photo…
The light was certainly the silver lining of the sudden storm. Dramatic skies seem to have followed you on this trip. All I can say is I’m enjoying them here but hope that 2022 brings you clear and sunny skies!
Thanks Mel. You are right; dramatic sky was the recurring theme of our stay in Playa del Carmen but as we never really got wet (only once); it was fine with us as it provided nice photo opportunities.