The BPM Festival presents Ritchie Hawtin on January 4, 2011 at 10:00 pm at the Blue Parrot.
Tag: photo
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Rough Life
This is my view, right now.
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Jungle Pinzgauer
My second encounter with a Pinzgauer vehicle. Unlike the first one, this one was about 20km deep in the Quintana Roo jungle, around Puerto Morelos.
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Selvatica Zip-Lining and Cenote Cliff-Diving
The one goal I wanted to achieve on this trip to Mexico was cliff-diving in a cenote, which as you can see in the photos, I had the chance to do during our day spent at Puerto Morelos‘ Selvatica. The zip-lining was also a lot of fun.
Bonus: They produced a DVD of our group’s day at the end. I’ve attached the cenote diving video, in which you can see Teagan and myself being our usual crazy selves at 0:44, 1:52, 2:30, 2:33, 2:44 and 2:56. The zip-lining video is a tad too large to upload with my current connection, unfortunately.
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Playacar Mayan Ruins
Here is a photo gallery of the 5-700 year-old Mayan ruins site that is just a few meters away from our Playacar house. The (very shaky) video shows you just how close.
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Enclosed Cenote
Went swimming into another hidden (private) cenote today, once again thanks to my local friend, Stéphane (yup, another one). It’s located close to the previous one, but is private instead of communal. It’s also enclosed, instead of opened, and is only accessible via a small manhole straight into the ground.
The above picture depicts how it looked to us: dark, with a beautiful sunlight coming through a man-made hole, wth crystal clear waters. The gallery shows it with a flash, to see how it actually looks when lit.
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Huichol Fire Ceremony
On December 21st, I had the privilege to be invited to attend a traditional fire ceremony during the total solstice lunar eclipse. As per NASA, “this solstice eclipse is the first in 456 years, although so far it appears that no one has figured out when the next solstice eclipse will be.”
The ceremony was deeply rooted in the traditions of the Huichol (or Wixáritari) tribe of the Sierra Madre Occidental and was passed on to Leon, the Texas Apache shaman presiding our ceremony, when he spent 6 months studying with them a few years ago.
As all religious events, it was very serious, elaborate and intense; lasting from dusk until dawn. It is not my place to divulge all of its details, but it involved 9 people, chants/prayers and traditional sacred medicines such as food, water, tobacco, copal and peyote (which I had never tried before).
The tipi pictured above was setup in the Mexican Jungle, far from the city’s distractions. It had been used for years for native Americans ceremonies in the Bronx (of all places) and was brought to Playa del Carmen for a traditional wedding last year.
When the morning came and the ceremony was complete, we topped it all off by going bathing in a nearby hidden cenote maintained by a local community. A perfect end to an unforgettable night.
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Temporary Desks this Week
More of my temporary desks while working from the Sandos Playacar Hotel this week. If you look closely to the screen in the fourth photo, you can even catch a glimpse of Matt with his Santa hat on. 🙂
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Happy Holidays to You and Yours
Since we’re traveling, we didn’t have our own Christmas tree this year, but I thought the one at the Sandos Playacar Hotel was pretty beautiful, so I took a quick pict for my traditional holidays post.
Hoping you’re all enjoying time with your family and friends. Happy holidays, from Playacar (Mexico).
