Cenotes – Mexico

A cenote is a natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath.

-Cenote Saamal-

Located at Hacienda Selva Maya outside the city center of Valladolid, Mexico.  This open air cenote is surrounded by pristine, tropical jungle.  Open to the sky, this natural pool is surrounded by high walls and entry is via many steps down to water level.

-Cenote Saamal-

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Tulum – Mexico

Tulum is the site of a pre-columbian Mayan city serving as a major port for Coba. The ruins are situated on 12-meter (39 ft) tall cliffs, along the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.

-La Casa del Cenote- The building was set on top of the hole that makes the cenote. The Maya civilization of the Yucatan faced cerious problems with fresh water since there is almost sources in the surface.

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Bridges – New Hampshire

New Hampshire has 54 covered bridges, on a trip I was able to see a few. As to why covered bridges were built, some people say that the roofs protected the beams from rotting, or from freezing in bad weather. Others say that, since these bridges look like barns, animals would cross without fear. No matter the reason they are masterpieces of 19th-century engineering.

During this trip I also enjoy some railroad bridges that were very interesting.

Blair Bridge

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Skyscrapers

The term skyscraper was originated in the 80’s as a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors (of 10 to 20 floors), but now describes one of at least 40-50 floors. Using during its construction a steel framework that supports curtain walls.

Skyscrapers are iconic structures, they change the skyline of the city, it becomes a reference point, a memory, a scene in a movie, a postcard. After sometime no one remembers who owns it or who design it. When people think for example the Chrysler Building, hardly no one remembers the designer; William Van Alen, but what it comes to mind is New York, the same way John Hancock is Boston and Costanera Center is Santiago.

Millennium Tower

60-story building (685-foot), will house 442 luxury condos in Downtown Crossing. The lead architect of the project was Blake Middleton of  Handel Architects.

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