Playa del Carmen also has fantastic beaches. It is on the aqua-watered Maya Riviera. I’ll be integrating the footage from the beach scenes next into the Yucatan Travel Movie.
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I’ve been concentrating on integrating the footage on Playa del Carmen into the Yucatan Travel Video. Playa is the fastest growing city on the Maya Riviera. It is also a great place for shopping.
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Today, for the first time, we held a session in which we dubbed in talking to improve the original audio recording of the Yucatan Travel Movie. In the original, the sound of the waves lapping the shore on the Caribbean coast of Cancun, Mexico, overcame the spoken word. Now, you can hear Miriam speaking over the sound of the waves. The session went very well. I am happy and pleased with it. Good results!
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The Yucatan Travel Movie will be in two parts. This is Part I: Yucatan Travel: Cancun to Coba.
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Today, I’m in Vermont with Miriam who starred in my Yucatan Travel Movie. We’re working on the editing of the Eastern Yucatan footage.
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Well, here I am in Vermont, working on the Yucatan Travel Movie and, miracle of miracles, when I am using the wireless connection where I am staying, I can connect to the internet and access my blog posts no problem. This is so unlike my experience when I connect to the internet using my cell phone modem. It has to be the modem. This is the same computer, the same web site, but, when I use the cell phone modem to connect the internet, it does not work!
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I felt happy as I put together the scenes for the Coba section of the Yucatan Travel Video. Today, I finally finished the bird-dances-to-music. When I showed it to John, he laughed out loud and had to see it again. That made me feel so good. Many birdwatchers come to Coba because the tropical songbirds around the lakes are phenomenal. There are also crocodiles. And, of course, the ancient ruins, which are always so fascinating. The first time we visited Coba, in 1999, hardly anyone was there. The parking lot had not been paved. No tourist buses parked there. The road to the site contained potholes from one end to the other. Now, everything is paved, spiffed up, touristy and very pleasant.
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I am really looking forward to making the tropcal birds living around the lakes in Coba fly in slow motion while putting together the Yucatan Travel Movie. One lovely little yellow songbird fluffs its wings while sitting on the top step of a tropical plant. A gorgeous irridescent huge blue heron-like bird drifts in for a landing. Can hardly wait to make them look gorgeous on film.
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Today I made my shot list for Coba, an especially beautiful but also wild and wierd archeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula. I especially like the plethora of wild birds chirping and yodelling in the morning. With the camcorder filming, I was thrilled when a two to three foot tall brown speckled wading bird not only gave out three large squawks, but it also pooped and then flew away . . . all on camera. It is the Coba lakes that attract the tropical birds. Most of the land surface of Yucatan Peninsula is dry and without any rivers, streams or lakes. The inhabitants have to collect rainwater or haul water up from underground.
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Here’s a link to a number of images of Itzamna, the great god of the ancient Maya: http://images.google.com/images?q=itzamna&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=4HLFStLoM4ee8AaSpKQ5&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4
He is usually toothless, sits in a lotus position, sometimes has a beard – very unusual since the pure blooded Maya do not have beards. Verrry interesting.
Today, I am including the search for an image of Itzamna at Chichen Itza in the Yucatan Travel Movie.
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