Opening - The Yucatán Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel. The video at the end of the post is of a dive through a Yucatan cenote. When I first saw the documentary, I thought about how a Superman-eqse super-villian might try and drain the peninsula to form a vast underground hide out, loved the idea and although it's jungle and I don't like the jungle, I'm sure I'll get there one day to check it out and face my fears. The Yucatán Peninsula - Now, this might not stand out as a particularly interesting piece, just another land mass, but I remember seeing a programme about this area once, and how, there is no fresh water, accept for in gigantic sink holes, called cenotes, these cenotes then connect to each other, to form a vast underground system of rivers and streams. Another reasonably slow week when it comes to wikipedia exploring, but three particular pages I'd like to draw your attention to this time around, including one of the most interesting natural places on the planet, America's greatest General who supposedly slaughtered Muslims with pigs blood soaked bullets, and some Russian literature.
