Showing posts with label Tikal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tikal. Show all posts

Friday, May 04, 2007

Maya God Face

Cara Dios Maya

Maya God Face

A carved face of a Mayan God.
Impressive

Cara Dios Maya

El rostro de un dios maya, tallado en la piedra
Impresionante

Main Acropolis Tikal

Tikal Main Acropolis

Main Acropolis Tikal

Well this two photos were taken in the Main Acropolis in Tikal.

The temple in the top one, is one that can be seen from above the jungle trees.

I posted a 360 round view video over www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIXO3EA0FE

I enjoyed Tikal

Kisses
Jessica

Fox

Fox

Fox

While jumping around the Tikal Pyramids, I saw this little furry friend. Down from the back part.
Enough time to lay in the stone to take a couple of snaps.

Then he noticed someone was taking pics, so decided to look up, and with a smile, show she has captured something to eat, before going away.

Cute animalito.

Kisses
Jessica

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Tikal Temple

Tikal Temple



This is one of the tall Temples in Tikal.
Wow, they are really, really tall.
Good thing, they put those wood stairs one can climb, thats a great idea, that way, the original stone stairs doesn't get destroyed by thousands of tourists.
And they found a way to put them, that they do not ruin the view of the Pyramids.
As you can see, it was a long, long climb upstairs.

But really it's worth it to go up

Kisses
Jessica

Tikal Sunrise

Tikal Sunrise

Tikal Sunrise

Now to start with the images from Tikal.

There was this tour that, you have to be ready to go, at 3:30 am, but you were to see the sunrise, from the top of the Sun Temple.
A marvelous opportunity, so I decided to go with that.

Its amazing to walk in the Tikal Jungle, when it is still dark, and hear the sounds of animals all around you, without seen anything except few parts of the roads, from the few lamps.
Then one has to go up the temple, by climbing some wood stairs, when it is still a bit dark.
But one you arrive to the top, the view is amazing, you can see the jungle from a above, and just the tips of the tallest pyramids.

Unfortunately it was a bit cloudy that morning, so the sun was seeable, after it was a bit above the horizon, still for a little time, skiy had a little hint of orangish tone.

But the other great thing about that, is the sounds.
To hear how the jungle comes into life, as the sun rises, is amazing.
Every second, more and more birds, singing, saying Hello to the new day. And the ocassional ones flying around.
The far away sound of the howler monkeys.
It's amazing.

The photos, top, one of the first ones, that got a bit of sun reflect in the clouds.
The bottom one, a close-up of the pyramids tops, above the jungle.

I am posting a video I took with the old camera, over here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAwnble1r4I
if you decide to look at it, its much better if sound is active.

Kisses
Jessica, the Sun worshipper.