Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo is a state located in the eastern part of Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, this state is a mayor tourist attraction, it is actually Mexico´s number one touristic destination. This is a diversified state therefore it has many things to offer, such as different islands, which beaches have an exquisite cerulean blue consequently National Geographic consider Quintana Roo´s Beaches part of the best beaches in the world; The natural diversity also includes endemic species for instance fascinating colorful fishes, pretty asome butterflies, reptiles, turtles, along with others; however now a lot of this species are sadly in danger or extinction. Another reason that makes this state so atractive is the architecture, the most…

actions, then an unavoidable outcome can be reversed. The component of “magical thinking” signifies Didion’s experiences due to the trauma associated with the loss of her husband and the critical illness of their daughter. Witness the “magical thinking” Didion does in order to get through her daily life and the struggles with her identity in the memoir The Year of Magical Thinking. The Year of Magical Thinking is a memoir by Joan Didion in which she tells us about the year following the sudden…

Cancun, a Mexican city on the Yucatán Peninsula, bordering the Caribbean Sea, was discovered by the Mayan ("Cancun" 1). Since Cancun is a peninsula, it is normally a tropical climate. Specifically a tropical wet and dry climate, with temperature differences between seasons, but it is a rainy place. May, June, September, and October are the wettest months of the year, in the two months, there is an average of 9 inches each month. All though Cancun is warm year-around. It is basically like having…

One of the largest groups of modern Maya can be found in Mexico's Yucatán State and the neighboring states of Campeche, Quintana Roo and also the country Belize. They commonly identify themselves simply as "Maya" with no further ethnic subdivision (unlike in the Highlands of Western Guatemala). They speak the language which anthropologists term "Yucatec Maya", but is identified by speakers and Yucatecos simply as "Maya". Among Maya speakers Spanish is commonly spoken as a second or first…

1) Geography- Where were they located? What is the place called today? What effect did the geographic setting have on the civilization that grew there? Were they geographically isolated from other civilizations? Where they exposed to large bodies of water? Ancient Mayans were in the Yucatán, Quintana Roo was the entrance to where the Mayans lived. What that place is called today is Central America which now consists Yucatan, Guatemala, Belize and Southern Mexico (the Chiapas and Tabasco…

My visit to the island of Holbox Quintana Roo has been one of the best experiences I've had in my life. Holbox is a very small island but is visited by thousands of tourists from around the world, is known for its beautiful beaches, its tours to swim with the whale shark, and the learning oportunities to see ocean live. The island is very small but beautiful, not many hotels and a population of less than 1,500 inhabitants. Something very special about this island are the beaches. The color…

Afremov used a special knife palette technique which is a bit unusual and it makes his art easy to recognize. The artist was born on July 12, 1955 in Vitebsk, Belarus. He is a Russian-Israeli modern impressionistic artist who has developed a very unusual technique and style all of his own. Afremov is also unusual in that he has achieved most of his following through the use of the Internet and eBay sales. He does not perform many gallery showings. However, his career got off to a slow start and…

population grows with a requirement for more food and a higher necessity to support its members of society. Throughout the Americas societies have found several ways to gather food varying from hunting animals on lands to fishing the sea to finding fruits on trees to others having to experiment and grow crops on a variety of lands such as the Mayas, Incas and Aztecs. Although there aren't any pictures or videos to document how these empires lived exactly, technology, re-experimentation and…

Narrator: Roatan is sheltered by the second largest living coral reef in the world; it’s called the Mesoamerican Reef System. Here on the island, protection of this international treasure is entrusted to the Roatan Marine Park. Christi Etches: The Mesoamerican Reef System starts from Quintana Roo in Mexico, and it comes all the way down past Belize, past the little nook of Guatemala and onto the northern coast of Honduras. It’s the second largest barrier reef in the world. Narrator: The…

north up to Wisconsin then as far East as the Carolinas, where extensive archaeological excavations have taken place (Brandner 2014). For example, ancient Cherokee and Yuchi elders tell stories of how they migrated to the Carolinas and the south in four to five different migrations. There was also talk of travel up the Mississippi and woodland areas. These migrations influenced the cultures that would become the Cherokee and Yuchi peoples. There were always hints of Mayan influences in the…