Unique Things to Do in Yucatan Peninsula

Find unique things to do in Yucatan Peninsula in the video below. It includes such off the tourist track places as Ek Balam, with its magnificent carvings in the face of a pyramid that you can climb. You’ll also find Valladolid, where you can get wonderful local Yucatecan food. Plus, you’ll love Izamal, the yellow-painted town with its cathedral, home of the Black Christ or Cristo Negro. And, of course, there’s the usual Yucatan tourist hotspots of Tulum, Chichen Itza, Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Coba, and Akumal.

Yucatan Map with Attractions & Destinations

Yucatan Map with Attractions, a video, in which you’ll see a map of Yucatan showing it’s attractions,  and also a description of things to do in Yucatan Peninsula.

They include Mayan ruins, Riviera Maya beaches, Mexican pyramids, and Colonial cities. Yucatan Destinations described in the Yucatan Map video include: Cancun, Chichen Itza, Izamal, Ek Balam, Coba, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel Island, Tulum, Valladolid, and Akumal.

By Air, by Sea or by Tour Group . . .

I was just thinking. The back cover description of Yucatan Travel Movie also needs something like:

“Whether you arrive in the Yucatan by flying into Cancun, as part of a tour group, or on a cruise ship, the Yucatan Travel Movie will show you what to expect when you get there.”

Still Editing Cozumel Island

I wish this editing process on the Yucatan Travel Movie didn’t take so long and that I did not have so many other appointments and responsibilities to attend to. I am still working on Cozumel Island!

Swine Flu Cancels Recording Session

As it turned out, the session for recording music for the Yucatan Travel Movie had to be cancelled because one of the members had come down with the Swine Flu. She is doing much better now. Therefore, we rescheduled the recording session for next week.

Anticipated Recording Session Today

One of the hardest parts of creating the Yucatan Travel Movie has been finding good background music that is has rights available to me. All the popular music that is readily available in stores in copyrighted.

I have had to look to local musicians and composers . . . with wonderful results. The music I have found is fantastic. Today, I go to record a piece by a woman who is an organist at a local church. She is also a composer. The piece is for organ and oboe. It is also great when played on the piano and oboe. It has a moody Spanish-sounding tango in it. Ole!

Cozumel Also a Great Diving Destination

Besides being one of the most sacred places for the ancient Maya, Isla Cozumel is a great destination for snorkellers and deep sea divers. When we were there a year ago, people were snorkelling beside an outdoor seaside restaurant, images of which will be in the Yucatan Travel Movie.

Cozumel Island was the Most Sacred Spot of the Ancient Maya

I am looking forward to my upcoming work editing the section on Isla Cozumel in the Yucatan Travel Movie. It was the most sacred spot of the ancient Maya. All Maya women had to make a pilgrimage to Cozumel at least once in their lives to pray for their own fertility and the fertility of their crops.

Back to Cozumel!

After returning to the Playa del Carmen “walking on the beach with Pelicans diving” scene to add the Sony Vegas cinescore-generated music in the Yucatan Travel Movie, I am ready to move on to editing the footage of the trip on the car ferry to Isla Cozumel.

Choosing Cinescore Music for Playa Beach and Pelicans Scene

I love working with Sony Creative Software people on the Yucatan Travel Movie because they are so helpful and knowledgeable. Today, I received help for choosing the Cinescore for the music underlying the video of the scene with the fishing boats bobbing in the water and pelicans diving around them in the sea at Playa del Carmen.