Sian Ka'an (the place where the sky is born)

Not many words needed to describe the beauty of an amazing sunset at the biosphere reserve
     

 

Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla, Hidalgo

This are very interesting basalt rock formations.

The columns were formed by sudden cooling of magma on the surface of the Earth. The very interesting part is that they can be pentagonal, hexagonal or heptagonal prisms.



In this particular place - Santa Maria Regla, near the town of Huasca de Ocampo, state of Hidalgo, México. the columns reach around 30 meters high and their diameter is around 1-1.5 meters, they form a little basin/canyon with waterfalls artificially feed by a man-made water reservoir.

If you are in the area of Pachuca, Hidalgo, it's just about 30 minutes to get to Huasca, a "Pueblo Mágico" and you can visit the old Haciendas of San Miguel Regla and Santa Maria Regla that serves a hotels this days.

Balam-Kú - the Bat volcano

If you see this sign in the higway

You are certainly on the Escarcega-Chetumal route near Calakmul.

The sign is serious, be aware (not afraid) of bats crossing the road after sunset.

There is a huge cave called Balam-Kú, residence of millions of bats.

Please SLOW-DOWN to 40 Km/h, yeah from those 120km/h you are doing in this brand-new super duper highway.

The speed reduction is needed for two things: avoiding an accident due to lossing control after hitting a bat and to avoid killing this amazing and very usefull animals.

Every night this millions of bats emerge from their cave to feed on the Calakmul biosphere forest. They are not looking to bite humans, but hunting for insects. Imagine what would happen if the bats didn't eat so many pests!!!!

The bats also pollinate flowers and when they eat the fruit, they help disseminate the seeds, so the forest gets three services from this usefull animal. Please don't kill them, they are harmless to humans and we need them a lot.

Interesting trees

Cenote Ik Kil, Yucatan

Nothing beats a dip in a very refreshing and very cool Cenote (sink hole).  In Yucatán there are no surface rivers, but underground ones and sometimes there is an opening to get them.

Uxmal, Yucatán

A very complex city, full of very amazing architecture.

The snake is present in almost all the constructions, a high deity. 

In the evening you are welcome to return for the Light show using the same ticket  you used in the morning.

The fire snake