Cancun and Isla Mujeres

It may be overcrowded and uncharacterized by the mass amounts of mojito-and-daiquiri-drinkers and sun-soakers lying around along the beach. However, I must say I never saw a deeper turquoise color than the one… Read More →

Chichen Itzá

Despite the monumental and strikingly modern-like architecture revealing a high degree of cultural sophistication, we can sense in Chichen Itzá the atmosphere of violence that was present in day-to-day life of their inhabitants.… Read More →

Merida dancers, Mexico

All photographs by António Marques – © António Marques Photoblog

Tikal

Seeing the Mayan pyramids had always been a youth fantasy of mine. I´ve read all those books about the European and American explorers and the mysterious cities buried in the Central American jungle.… Read More →

Around Lake Atitlán and Chichicastenango

Lake Atitlan sits at 1500 meters high from sea level and is surrounded by three volcanoes, two of them with around 2ooo meters high. It took all words out of my mouth when… Read More →

Antígua de Guatemala

All photographs by António Marques – © António Marques Photoblog

Passing trough Belize

The town of Corozal was the first stop in Belize. I couldn’t possibly know that this place would be hit and badly damaged by a hurricane three weeks later. It’s a sleepy town… Read More →