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AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
edited August 2007 in A Moving Train
I'm genuinely curious about the hurricane that hit Mexico today. Anyone know about it? I read some stuff on American media, but they seem to be more concerned with whether or not it will hit America.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Tulum looks fine.

    click photos..
    http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Tulum looks fine.

    click photos..
    http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/

    Amazing that those old Mayan ruins can withstand a Cat 5 hurricane, but modern buildings get ripped to shreds.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Amazing that those old Mayan ruins can withstand a Cat 5 hurricane, but modern buildings get ripped to shreds.

    And so many hurricanes. I been to Tulum, It's kind of small, and overcrowded (in comparison) and too touristy,but really cool and hovers over a nice view of turquoise coastline. Pretty cool place but not as entertaining as Coba which is about a 40 min drive inland. Coba was 10/10 for adventure in a jungle type setting. Definitely a hoot in an altered state.

    I spent half a day fucking around on this thing http://www.cancuncd.com/m_cancun_pictures/Cu14-coba-piramide.jpg drinking beers until it was pitch dark. That little thing at the top is aroom with the craziest sticky green algae growing on the walls......I Then stumbled back with friends using my camera flash to navigate the jungle paths for about 2 kmsback to the parking lot. What a riot..

    The whole area around there is geologically awesome. I love the Mayan Riviera.

    Any place I can drink a beer whenever and wherever I want with zero hassle is ok with me.
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    That place looks cool. I always wondered if ruins were monitored for vandalism.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Ahnimus wrote:
    That place looks cool. I always wondered if ruins were monitored for vandalism.

    They had some worker guys trying to call us down when it got dark, they could hear us but not see us, so we just shut up until they stopped...waited 20 mins and carried on as before. They just left us alone. There's like zero security at that ruin. Just a wooden gate and gappy fence you could easily duck under anywhere. You can go in and do whatever you want.

    I hope it stays just the way it is for along time. Rules and restrictions can really suck on vacation.
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    They had some worker guys trying to call us down when it got dark, they could hear us but not see us, so we just shut up until they stopped...waited 20 mins and carried on as before. They just left us alone. There's like zero security at that ruin. Just a wooden gate and gappy fence you could easily duck under anywhere. You can go in and do whatever you want.

    I hope it stays just the way it is for along time. Rules and restrictions can really suck on vacation.

    It would also suck if it was spraypainted with gang emblems and parts of it were destroyed. I'm surprised they don't get more vandalism.
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  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Amazing that those old Mayan ruins can withstand a Cat 5 hurricane, but modern buildings get ripped to shreds.

    That's because they don't build real houses or structures anymore. For a very long time they've been building feeble, poorly contstructed, cookie-cutter houses. They throw them up with piss-ass poor materials and even worse designs. Then everyone wonders why these houses collapse when someone sneezes too hard.

    It's about building them fast, building them cheap and making a HUGE profit.

    Sound, well constructed, strong foundation homes with quality designs and materials has been antiquated for a long time.

    If you want them to build you such a home, you can barely find anyone who knows how to build them correctly and when you do find a real contracor who knows how to build a real home; he's already booked up for the next year or two and it will cost twice...three times the usual cost.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    99% of the construction in the mainstream Yucatan area is solid concrete. The poor neighborhoods use scraps of whatever they can find, and get blown away.

    A lot of concrete is used in construction in general in the Yucatan though. Surprisingly very little wood is used. It's amazing how they seem to manage it.

    The ruins are all solid slabs of foot thick ancient bedrock. That's the first place I head in a really bad hurricane if I couldn't get inland fast enough.
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  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Concrete? That's crazy talk! American builders don't use the stuff. Well, just for the foundation, that is.
  • caifan82caifan82 Mexico City Posts: 321
    Ahnimus wrote:
    I'm genuinely curious about the hurricane that hit Mexico today. Anyone know about it? I read some stuff on American media, but they seem to be more concerned with whether or not it will hit America.

    Wet.

    I have family in Yucatan, and they said it wasn't too bad. There seems there we no dead or injured and the infrastructure damages were minimal. Unlike what happened in 2005, it seems this time the authorities were prepared for this storm days ago. That was nice for a change...
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    They had some worker guys trying to call us down when it got dark, they could hear us but not see us, so we just shut up until they stopped...waited 20 mins and carried on as before. They just left us alone. There's like zero security at that ruin. Just a wooden gate and gappy fence you could easily duck under anywhere. You can go in and do whatever you want.

    I hope it stays just the way it is for along time. Rules and restrictions can really suck on vacation.

    The people of Quintana Roo are very cool folks. Generally a lot of nice people.
    Police keep order without a lot of the same BS that goes on in the US. Tourism is thier industry so they try and make sure people have a good time within reason. I'm not sure if it needs a whole lot of security, because one you've have to be an ass to do anything to an awesome place like that and it's kind of remote and hot as hell off the beach so to be a vandal you kind of have to want to be, and then what's the point? There's nothing really to steal and tagging stuff is really lame not to mention getting caught and sent to mexican prison....pobrecito.

    Oh well, I hope everyone down there is ok and doing well.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Amazing that those old Mayan ruins can withstand a Cat 5 hurricane, but modern buildings get ripped to shreds.
    Not to be a smart ass, but do you know what those ruins are made out off and how many people probably died making them?
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    And so many hurricanes. I been to Tulum, It's kind of small, and overcrowded (in comparison) and too touristy,but really cool and hovers over a nice view of turquoise coastline. Pretty cool place but not as entertaining as Coba which is about a 40 min drive inland. Coba was 10/10 for adventure in a jungle type setting. Definitely a hoot in an altered state.

    I spent half a day fucking around on this thing http://www.cancuncd.com/m_cancun_pictures/Cu14-coba-piramide.jpg drinking beers until it was pitch dark. That little thing at the top is aroom with the craziest sticky green algae growing on the walls......I Then stumbled back with friends using my camera flash to navigate the jungle paths for about 2 kmsback to the parking lot. What a riot..

    The whole area around there is geologically awesome. I love the Mayan Riviera.

    Any place I can drink a beer whenever and wherever I want with zero hassle is ok with me.

    Nice. I plan to travel around Mexico in 2009. I wanna visit Palenque and Chitchen Itza.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    NMyTree wrote:
    Concrete? That's crazy talk! American builders don't use the stuff. Well, just for the foundation, that is.

    Essentially every single house when I was in Playa Del Carmen Mexico was solid concrete top to bottom.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Nice. I plan to travel around Mexico in 2009. I wanna visit Palenque and Chitchen Itza.


    I'm going to Guatemala next.. Tikal

    Coba was quite the fun little adventure through the jungle though. Chichen Itza is in the Yucatan...to the west a bit from Cancun. It's not very far to go from Cancun down to playa del Carmen (30 mins). Coba is about 40 mins inland from Playa. It all really local. You can also check out Tulum while in Playa...15 mins away. And Dos Ojos (hidden worlds) cenote is one of the best cave experiences in the world. You''ll freak out at dos ojos. Bring snorkeling gear (a must) and prepared to be blown away for life. All the Cenote's have their own charm, and they are everywhere. Like the ruins.

    Coba:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coba.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Actually if you wanted to rent a car and make a run of it you could. Bring lots of memory cards!

    http://www.locogringo.com/research/ruins.html
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    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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