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The Uxmal pyramid rising above the jungle canopy
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Yucatán & Quintana Roo, Mexico · 20.36° N · 89.77° W

Yucatán

Christmas Day at the Mayan pyramids of Uxmal, then Caribbean beaches and a resort full of new birds.

Rough draft: the full story is still being written.

Christmas in Mexico: a day among the Mayan ruins of Uxmal, then down to the Caribbean coast.

Uxmal

The Pyramid of the Magician is famous for its rounded, oval base, which is rare among Maya pyramids. What was it like spending Christmas Day there?

The coast

Beach days, the water, and what the resort was like.

Birds

Seven lifers, including a Great Kiskadee and Plain Chachalacas. Which one did you hear first?

Photos · 11

The rounded Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal under a blue skyThe Uxmal pyramid rising above the jungle canopyLooking through a stone Maya arch toward the ruins at UxmalThe Pyramid of the Magician under a blue sky with puffy cloudsTwo coatis rooting in the grass under palm frondsKids standing in the surf on a Caribbean beachTwo terns perched on the peak of a thatched palapa roofA group of brown birds strutting across a resort lawnA Neotropic Cormorant perched on a post above choppy waterA Great Kiskadee with a yellow belly perched in green leavesAn airplane wing over turquoise Caribbean water