I drank?
I drank, or is this that is a bit Curved?Eu bebi?
Eu bebi, ou é isto que está um bocado torto?
Eu bebi, ou é isto que está um bocado torto?
Puerto de Morelos. Mexico.
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2008-07-03
2008-07-02
I drank? | Eu bebi?
I drank?
I drank, or is this that is a bit Curved?
I drank, or is this that is a bit Curved?
Eu bebi?
Eu bebi, ou é isto que está um bocado torto?
Eu bebi, ou é isto que está um bocado torto?
Puerto de Morelos. Mexico.
2008-07-01
Dangerous Monsters | Monstros Perigosos
The dangerous monsters found in the sand. Snakes and crocodiles.
Os perigosos monstros encontrados na areia. Cobras e crocodilos.
2008-06-24
Do you marry me? | Casas comigo?
I can't give you, the most luxurious place in the world for marriage.
Não te posso dar o lugar mais luxuoso do mundo para o casamento.
2008-06-21
The hard life | A vida dura
The hard life in the Mexican beaches. Hotel Paradisus Riviera Maya.
A vida dura, nas praias mexicanas. Hotel Paradisus Riviera Maya.
Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
2008-06-18
My Little Paris | Minha Pequena Paris
A miniature of the Eiffel Tower, but at Hotel Paradisus Riviera Maya, Mexico, near the French restaurant.
Uma miniatura da Torre Eiffel, mas no Hotel Paradisus Riviera Maya, no México, junto ao restaurante Francês.
Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
2008-06-15
The Counters | Os Contadores
The Counters. And the incredible sense of security that has close it. Well, everything seems to be under control.
Os Contadores. E a incrível sensação de segurança que se tem perto disto. Bem, tudo parece estar sob controle.
Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
Worms | Bichinhos
Some animal species, found in the hotel in Mexico. At the hotel, but not in the room. Of course.
Algumas espécies animais, encontradas no hotel no México. No hotel, mas não no quarto. Bem entendido.
Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
2008-06-08
Chichen Itza - 09
One cenote near Chichen Itza.
Um cenote perto de Chichen Itza.
Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
2008-05-19
Chichen Itza - 08
Sacred Well (Cenote)
Poço Sagrado (Cenote)
A cenote (pronounced in Mexican Spanish [seˈnoˌte] and in English [səˈnəʊˌteɪ], plural: cenotes; from Yucatec Maya dzonot) is a type of sinkhole containing groundwater typically found in the Yucatán Peninsula and some nearby Caribbean islands. The term is derived from a word used by the low-land Maya to refer to any location where groundwater is accessible.
Definition and description
Cenotes are surface connections to subterranean water bodies [1]. While the most well-known cenotes are large open water pools measuring tens of metres in diameter, such as those at Chichén Itzá, the greatest number of cenotes are smaller sheltered sites and do not necessarily have any surface exposed water. The term cenote has also been used to describe similar karst features in other countries such as Cuba and Australia, in addition to the more generic term of sinkholes.
Cenote water is often very clear, as the water comes from rain water infiltrating slowly through the ground, and therefore contains very little suspended particulate matter. The groundwater flow rate within a cenote may be very slow at velocities ranging from 1 to 1000 meters per year. In many cases, cenotes are areas where sections of cave roof have collapsed revealing an underlying cave system and the water flow rates here may be much faster: up to 10,000 meters per day[2]. Cenotes around the world attract cave divers who have documented extensive flooded cave systems through them, some of which have been explored for lengths of 100 kilometers or more.
Cenotes and the Maya
Cenotes have long been the principal sources of water in much of the Yucatán Peninsula. The region has almost no rivers and only a few lakes, often marshy. Cenotes are widely distributed, and supply better-quality water year-round. Major Maya settlements required access to adequate water supplies, and therefore cities, including the famous Chichén Itzá, were built around these natural wells. Some cenotes like the Cenote of Sacrifice in Chichén Itzá played an important role in Maya rites. Believing that these pools were gateways to the other world, the Maya sometimes threw valuable items into them. The discovery of golden sacrificial artifacts in some cenotes led to the archaeological exploration of most cenotes in the first part of the 20th century. Edward Herbert Thompson, an American diplomat who had bought the Chichén Itzá site, began dredging the Sacred Cenote there in 1904. He discovered human skeletons and sacrificial objects confirming a local legend, the Cult of the Cenote, involving human sacrifice to the rain gods (Chaacs) by ritual casting of victims and objects into the cenote.
Font: Wikipédia.Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
2008-05-18
Chichen Itza - 07
The Warriors Temple.
O Templo dos Guerreiros.
Chichen Itza - 06
Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
2008-04-01
Chichen Itza - 06
The Warriors Temple.
O Templo dos Guerreiros.
This building owes its name to the row of pillars displaying relief carvings of warriors. Is was erected over an ancient structure known as the Temple of Chac Mool, upon whose walls and interior pillars there are richly colored carvings of plumed serpents, warriors, and priests. The upper building only partially reflects its true grandeur. There are three sculpted maks with extremely long noses on the outer walls and at the corners. On the inner walls of the vaults there were murals with scenes of war and daily life. Tha altar-tables and benches may have served as seats and thrones for dignitaries.
Information in the local.
Temple of the Warriors
The Temple of the Warriors complex consists of a large stepped pyramid fronted and flanked by rows of carved columns depicting warriors. This complex is analogous to Temple B at the Toltec capital of Tula, and indicates some form of cultural contact between the two regions. The one at Chichen Itza, however, was constructed on a larger scale. At the top of the stairway on the pyramid’s summit (and leading towards the entrance of the pyramid’s temple) is a Chac Mool.
Near the Warriors is a large plaza surrounded by pillars called "The Great Market."
In Wikipedia.
2008-03-26
Chichen Itza - 05
El Caracol. (The Snail) Part 2 (Part 1)
Was an astronomical observatory.
O Caracol.
Era um observatório astronómico.
Related: Chichen Itza - 01 | Chichen Itza - 02 | Chichen Itza - 03
| Chichen Itza 04
2008-03-16
Chichen Itza - 04
El Caracol. (The Snail)
Was an astronomical observatory.
O Caracol.
Era um observatório astronómico.
To the north of Las Monjas is a round building on a large square platform nicknamed El Caracol or "the snail" for the stone spiral staircase inside. This structure was an observatory with its doors aligned to view the vernal equinox, the Moon's greatest northern and southern declinations, and other astronomical events sacred to Kukulcan, the feathered-serpent god of the wind and learning. The Maya used the shadows inside the room cast from the angle of the sun hitting the doorway to tell when the solstices would occur. Placed around the edge of El Caracol are large rock cups that they filled with water and would watch the reflection of the stars in the water to help determine their complex, but extremely accurate calendar system.
In Wikipédia.Related: Chichen Itza - 01 | Chichen Itza - 02 | Chichen Itza - 03
Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
2008-02-27
Chichen Itza - 03
The Football Field.
The captain of the loser team was the honor of the his decapitation. The baal must pass in the hole (picture 3) can't be shoted by head, hands or foots.
Campo de Futebol.
O capitão da equipa perdedora tinha a honra de ser decapitado. A tinha de passar pelo buraco (imagem 3) e não podia ser lançada com a cabeça, mãos nem pés.
The captain of the loser team was the honor of the his decapitation. The baal must pass in the hole (picture 3) can't be shoted by head, hands or foots.
Campo de Futebol.
O capitão da equipa perdedora tinha a honra de ser decapitado. A tinha de passar pelo buraco (imagem 3) e não podia ser lançada com a cabeça, mãos nem pés.
The Great Ball Court
Archaeologists have identified seven courts[citation needed] for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame in Chichén, but the Great Ball Court about 150 meters to the north-west of the Castillo is by far the most impressive. It is the largest ball court in ancient Mesoamerica. It measures 166 by 68 meters (545 by 232 feet). The imposing walls are 12 meters high, and in the center, high up on each of the long walls, are rings carved with intertwining serpents.[8]
At the base of the high interior walls are slanted benches with sculpted panels of teams of ball players. In one panel, one of the players has been decapitated and from the wound emits seven streams of blood; six become wriggling serpents and the center becomes a winding plant.
At one end of the Great Ball Court is the North Temple, popularly called the Temple of the Bearded Man. This small masonry building has detailed bas relief carving on the inner walls, including a center figure that has carving under his chin that resembles facial hair.[9] At the south end is another, much bigger temple, but in ruins.
Built into east wall are the Temples of the Jaguar. The Upper Temple of the Jaguar overlooks the ball court and has an entrance guarded by two, large columns carved in the familiar feathered serpent motif. Inside there is a large mural, much destroyed, which depicts a battle scene.
In the entrance to the Lower Temple of the Jaguar, which opens behind the ball court, is another jaguar throne, similar to the one in the inner temple of El Castillo, except that it is well worn and missing paint or other decoration. The outer columns and the walls inside the temple are covered with elaborate bas-relief carvings.
Behind this platform is a walled inscription which depicts a tzompantli (rack of impaled human skulls) in relief.
In Wikipédia.
Related: Chichen Itza - 02 | Chichen Itza - 01In Wikipédia.
Blog: Look the Photo.
2008-02-22
Chichen Itza - 02
The Castle - It's like a pyramid, the Temple of Kukulcan.
O Castelo - É como uma pirâmide, o Templo de Kukulcan.
El Castillo
Dominating the center of Chichén is the Temple of Kukulkan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl), often referred to as "El Castillo" (the castle). This step pyramid has a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the 4 sides to the temple on top. On the Spring and Fall equinox, at the rising and setting of the sun, the corner of the structure casts a shadow in the shape of a plumed serpent - Kukulcan, or Quetzalcoatl - along the side of the North staircase. On these two days, the shadows from the corner tiers slither down the northern side of the pyramid with the sun's movement.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber was a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade.
The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists. In 2006, INAH closed the throne room to the public.
In Wikipédia.
Blog: Look the Photo.
2008-02-19
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