I love OATs: Outdoors, Art & Travel
The most famous Mayan sites are in the Yucatan Peninsula, but the Mayan world spread beyond Mexico throughout a region that we know today as Guatemala, western Honduras, western El Salvador, and Belize. Yes, there are Mayan ruins in Belize. Are they worth visiting? Absolutely! Not only the Mayan civilization was highly advanced and created …
You can see the splendour of Antigua’s glorious past in the intricate ornamentation of its restored Baroque-style temples. You can feel it in the eerie ruins, holding their pieces together to wonder you with their magnificence, despite the cracks and the deep scars left by powerful earthquakes. Today, the splendor of Antigua -a small city …
You’ve heard plenty about the bountiful nature in Costa Rica. But have you heard anything about its capital other than “You’ll land in San José and from there you’ll go to X”? Probably not. Most people only see the airport. It may not be among the most charming cities in the world, but it’s worth …
You know you’ve arrived in a special place as soon as you step into the streets of the small town of Sarchí, in Costa Rica. Bright-coloured paintings of intricate geometric patterns and birds and flowers are everywhere: on the street signs, on the utility poles, in murals, and in parks. The art permeating through the …
Right smack in the middle of a dense jungle the pyramids and temples of the mid-size Mayan ruins of Ek Balam soar above the canopy trees. The lost city of the Black Jaguar (or Star Jaguar, as some Mayans call it), which was at the top of its game around the late Classic period (600 …
Back in the days when the great city of Uxmal was a power stronghold in the Mayan world people in its streets must have walked proud and tall. Wow, look at our squares, look at our palaces, look at our pyramids. Man, we rock! They must have thought their kingdom would rule forever. Royalty may …
