Reflections of Yucatán

The Yucatán Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel. The peninsula lies east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a northwestern geographic partition separating the region of Central America from the rest of North America.
The peninsula comprises the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; the northern part of the nation of Belize; and Guatemala's northern department of El Petén.
The peninsula is the exposed portion of the larger Yucatán Platform, all of which is composed of carbonate and soluble rocks, being mostly limestone although dolomite and evaporites are also present at various depths. The whole of the Yucatán peninsula is an unconfined flat lying karst landscape. Sinkholes, locally called cenotes are widespread in the northern lowlands.
According to the Alvarez hypothesis, the mass extinction of the dinosaurs at the transition from the Cretaceous (K) to the Tertiary (T) Periods (the K-T Boundary) 65 million years ago was caused by an asteroid impact somewhere in the greater Caribbean Basin. The deeply buried Chicxulub Crater is centered off the north coast of the peninsula near the town of Chicxulub. The now-famous "Ring of Cenotes" (visible in NASA imagery) outlines one of the shock-waves from this impact event in the rock of ~65 millions years of age, which lies more than 1 km below the modern ground surface near the centre, with the rock above the impact strata all being younger in age. The presence of the crater has been determined first on the surface from the Ring of Cenotes, but also by geophysical methods, and direct drilling with recovery of the drill cores.
The Yucatán Peninsula comprises a significant proportion of the ancient Maya Lowlands (although the Maya culture extended south of the Yucatán Peninsula, through present Guatemala and into Honduras and highland Chiapas). There are many Maya archaeological sites throughout the peninsula; some of the better-known are Chichen Itza, Tulum and Uxmal.[2] Indigenous Maya and Mestizos of partial Maya descent make up a sizable portion of the region's population, and Mayan languages are widely spoken there.
Riviera Maya, also known as the Mayan Riviera, is a tourism district following the coastal Highway 307 which parallels the Caribbean coastline of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located on the eastern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. This district historically started at the city of Playa del Carmen and ended at the village of Tulum, although the towns of Puerto Morelos situated to the north and between Playa del Carmen and Cancun as well as the town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto situated 40 kilometres to the south of Tulum are both currently being promoted as part of the Riviera Maya tourist corridor.

Music used in the Video: LOS TRES REYES - SOMBRAS NADA MAS,Música De Antonio Zepeda -El Sueño- -Zona Arqueológica De Monte Albán,Musica Prehispanica Mexico-Tenochtitlan

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[acoronab]

Wow Great job you made me to want to be there, and I'm Mexican! Anyone can grab a videocam but not everyone knows what to do with it. Plus the extensive editing work! The Yucatan tourism Ministry owes you a lot of money!!! You made me proud of my country again

[TheMark2videos]

@acoronab Thank you very much.

My wife is the one behind the Camera, and I am the one who did the editing

And of course, There is a magic of Canon Eos 5D Mark 2 camera to enable this outstanding picture quality!

And yes, you should be proud of your country, not only because it's beautiful, but also because people are so nice and full of life.

I WILL BE BACK!!!!

[miloradkurtovic]

Great video.

Now I have a wish to go there.

You managed to transfer the essence of this area. Great advertisment for this beautifull country!

[TbayMomof4girls]

Beautiful video. I have visited the Mayan Riviera many times and this takes me right back. You did a wonderful job of showing people the natural beauty, wonderful people and activities of the area. Well done!

[OLDDIRTYGERMAN]

Save the World

[acerb45666555]

bueno!

[deboeahshasha]

Amazing loved that big time

{Thumbs are up } Deborah sha sha xoxo Ireland xoxo

[marydg5]

Great job!

Now I wish to go there!

[mladenka1234]

O kako vam zavidim!

Tako je dobro izrezirano da mi se na momente cinilo da sam tamo.