Mexico journal: unpublished work
Throughout my journey I’ve seen and done many things - this lead to a bunch of images. A lot of these images don’t really fall into any particular category, so here is a dump, nicely captioned as there is no real cohesive story tying them together. Images are grouped in “galleries”, loosely related by themes.
Mexico journal: coconuts
When I was set on a path to Mexico, I expected many many things.
What I haven’t expected is that I’d fall in love and miss coconuts so much.
Mexico journal: Cancun
There is not much to say about Cancun; it is a prime tourist destination with the third busiest airport in the world during the pandemic. It also didn’t exist 50 years ago.
Mexico journal: Tulum
There are a few places in 2020 that do not give a fuck about a certain pandemic and Tulum is definitely one of them. Here is a brief journal from my day spent there with Tamy, Ana, and Hugo.
Mexico journal: markets
Markets are the reflection of a culture or something like that.
Which is why they are the best and the worst thing to visit when visiting a new place - they are the best place to learn about it, but also the easiest way to get scammed. Mercado 23 and 28 in Cancun are the polar opposites of each other - Mercado 23 is the market for the locals and Mercado 28 is for sort-of tourists.
Mexico journal: on culture (Xcaret part 2)
Yucatan is in itself is a fascinating place to have a discussion regarding culture. Remains of some of the most advanced civilisations can be found there […] Despite the rich history, the towns I spent time in didn’t exist 50 years ago. This is to say that Yucatan is not a place where what I know and think of the Mexican culture actually started. It is one large tourist scam with ancient ruins peppered around for good measure.
Mexico journal: Xcaret (part 1)
Tamy’s dad said that it’s the only piece of culture along the cost aside from the Mayan ruins, and I think that is exactly what Xcaret is - rather than (or maybe better said, in addition to) being a way to extract money from tourists, it a platform for cultural conservation of all regions of Mexico.