This photo of the Caribbean near the ancient Maya city of Tulum is from mdanys’ photostream.
Category: beaches
While we’re on the subject of sea turtles, here’s a photo of baby turtles at Monterrico, on Guatemala’s Pacific coast, from guillermogg’s photostream.
By the way, this image is a good example of my technique for correcting color cast. I think it’s fair to say the original was a little blue:
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A behind the scenes look at volunteer-driven sea turtle conservation at the La Barrona in Guatemala.
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Following up on my previous post about Monterrico, here’s a good video survey of the area.
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Guatemala’s Pacific coast has some fine black sand beaches, such as this one at Monterrico. The area is not very developed for tourism, which has its advantages as well as some disadvantages. Get there by going to La Avellana and then taking a half-hour boat ride through the mangroves to the beach.
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Shown: detail of a photo from Walter Rodriguez’s photostream.
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Like dusk at Puerto Morelos.
