Perhaps at the Mayan ruins, Tulum, Mexico

Sunny Isles Beach resident Alex Vinokur holds an issue of the Sunny Isles Beach Sun on the beach side of the ruins in Tulum, Mexico. Tulum is the site of a Pre-Columbian Maya walled city and port. The ruins sit upon 12-meter (39 ft) high cliffs, along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Tulum is a popular site for tourists as it is one of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites.

Because it was at the convergence of maritime and land routes Tulum was a major link in the Maya's trade network. Artifacts found in or near the city show that contacts ranged from Central Mexico to Central America and every place in between. Archeologists have found copper rattles and rings from the Mexican highlands; flint and ceramics from all over the Yucatán; plus jade and obsidian from neighboring Guatemala. Tulum was protected on one side by steep sea cliffs and on the landward side by a wall that averaged about three to 5 meters (16 ft) in height. It is this impressive wall that makes Tulum one the most well-known fortified sites of the Maya.

You too can appear in an issue of the paper. When you travel, take a copy of the Sunny Isles Beach Sun newspaper with you, pose with the paper in front of a landmark or with your group. Send the photo with the highlights of your trip to the address below. If you would like your original photograph returned, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your correspondence.

City of Sunny Isles Beach
18070 Collins Avenue
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160
Attn: Alayne Yeash

or e-mail to ayeash@sibfl.net