everywhere and they make great trip photo subjects. They are
photogenic and active for video mementos. Please remember
to give them enough space when capturing them on celluloid,
tape or into digital image files. Getting too close just to get that
keeper shot is great for memories but not for your safety or their
stress level.
Tulum is a wonderful and quiet place. Far from the noise and
activity of other high tourist locations on the Yucatan Peninsula,
it has clean white beaches with very subdued and friendly locals
and tourist. Every morning the sand is raked and visitors are often
seen picking up litter washed onto the beach. It was cool to see
many respecting this picture postcard perfect place.
Unfortunately, just a few miles away from the eyes of visitors, is the
reality of what is truly the state of the beaches.
Below are beaches peppered with debris with plastics accounting
for almost 90% of it.
This is truly a horrifying spectacle. This garbage comes floating
in from the sea and illegal dumping. I think if we all pull together
and minimize the use of plastics in our daily lives, we can help
prevent further degradation of beaches like these worldwide.
It is an idealistic thought, but we need to start somewhere.
Below: The Grand Cenote. These subterranean sweet water ways
are spread across the Yucatan. Miles apart, they are all connected to
each other. Should one get polluted, they all will get polluted. When
visiting Cenotes, please do your best to keep the waters pristine by
not leaving anything in them. If possible, swim without sun screen
lotions or at the very least, use sun block rated to have the least amount
of environmental pollutants. I believe they have organic alternatives at
WholeFoods or other markets of the like.
Cenotes have beautiful emerald to turquoise waters. Some are in
open areas and others are in caves with stalactite ceilings. This
particular Cenote, is in an open area. The water entrance is of
modest size but quickly drops off to 30-40 feet. At the bottom,
underwater cave entrances lure divers to the dark unknown.
Below is a fun video summation of our trip to Tulum with the music
of What Made Milwaukee Famous, I hope they are cool with me
using their music :-).
In the video: Paolo A. Santos and Caroline Sicard
Music: "Sweet Lady" by What Made Milwaukee Famous - under BARSUK Records
Please visit them @: www.myspace.com/whatmademilwaukeefamous.com
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