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Tourists snorkel in “Dos Ojos,” or Two Eyes, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in March 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico’s natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers and lakes that wind beneath Mexico’s Southern Yucatan Peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
An artist performs during a party on the edge of a cenote in Tulum, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Mexican marines patrol past tourists on the beach in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Tourists wear decorative body paint at a bar on the edge of a cenote in Tulum, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying part of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Biologist Roberto Rojo paddles through a cenote while collecting trash, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Construction of the high-speed Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd | AP photos
A passenger looks at the passing jungle landscape while traveling on the Maya Train from Cancun to Valladolid, Mexico, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A line of the Mayan Train is built using material dug out from the nearby tropical forest near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Friday, March 1, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A hat sits on a Maya Train passenger seat en route to Valladolid, Mexico, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Railroad tracks extend in front of the windshield of a Maya Train traveling from Cancun to Valladolid, Mexico, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy collects water samples while sitting next to a steel pillar filled with concrete, installed to support a part of the Maya Train track, inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Light shines through a hole made by massive metal drills to introduce a steel pillar filled with concrete that will be used to support a part of the Maya Train track, inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy photographs a steel pillar filled with concrete that was installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support the Maya Train track on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying part of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy shows his hand stained with rust after touching a steel pillar installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support a part of the Maya Train track, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Workers build a Maya Train railway track near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 10, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy walks past a steel pillar filled with concrete installed to support a part of the Maya Train track inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A dancer belts out a tune while performing at a bar in downtown Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A performer strikes a pose as a man pours tequila at "La Vaquita" nightclub on the iconic pedestrian street known as La Quinta Avenida, or 5th Avenue, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Tourists wade in the waters of the cenote "Jardin del Eden," or Eden's Garden, near Tulum, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Cave diving instructor Peter Broger explores the "Jardin del Eden," or Eden's Garden cenote as rays of sunlight slice through the water near Tulum, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A tourist dives into the "Jardin del Eden," or Eden's Garden cenote, near Tulum, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy collects water samples while sitting next to a steel pillar filled with concrete, installed to support a part of the Maya Train track, inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A fish swims past aquatic plants inside a cenote in Rancho Viejo, Mexico, Wednesday, March 1, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A tree protrudes from the cave system Jaguar Claw on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. These sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Tourists strike a pose while partying in downtown Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Friends and family butcher a pig for a birthday party celebration in the community of Jacinto Pat, tucked in a stretch of jungle in the southern Mexican coastal state, Quintana Roo, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Government officials have promised to bring communities electricity, a sewage system and running water, and agreed to pay more for the land the Mayan Train would pass over.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Speleologist Tania Ramirez, second from right, and Raul Padilla, founder of the Jaguar Wildlife Center, walk inside the "Garra de Jaguar," cave system in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A girl rests at home next to the railway crossing of the Mayan Train project in the Mayan community "Vida y Esperanza," or Life and Hope, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Government officials have promised to bring communities electricity, a sewage system and running water, and agreed to pay more for the land the Mayan Train would pass over.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Statues of Mexican independence heroes that are used for the annual holiday stand on the side of the road in Merida, Mexico, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has connected with Mexico's long-invisible working class in a way few leaders have in recent history.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Trees with exposed roots are suspended as decoration at the entrance of a tourist complex in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Members of the volunteer group Urban Cenotes exit a cenote after removing trash left behind by locals in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Biologist Roberto Rojo, left, collects garbage from a cenote with a volunteer from the group "Cenotes Urbanos," or Urban Cenotes, a local environmental organization in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A Mayan Train worker waits for passengers to board in Cancun, Mexico, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
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Tourists snorkel in “Dos Ojos,” or Two Eyes, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in March 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico’s natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers and lakes that wind beneath Mexico’s Southern Yucatan Peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
An artist performs during a party on the edge of a cenote in Tulum, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Mexican marines patrol past tourists on the beach in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Tourists wear decorative body paint at a bar on the edge of a cenote in Tulum, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying part of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Biologist Roberto Rojo paddles through a cenote while collecting trash, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Construction of the high-speed Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd | AP photos
A passenger looks at the passing jungle landscape while traveling on the Maya Train from Cancun to Valladolid, Mexico, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A line of the Mayan Train is built using material dug out from the nearby tropical forest near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Friday, March 1, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A hat sits on a Maya Train passenger seat en route to Valladolid, Mexico, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Railroad tracks extend in front of the windshield of a Maya Train traveling from Cancun to Valladolid, Mexico, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy collects water samples while sitting next to a steel pillar filled with concrete, installed to support a part of the Maya Train track, inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Light shines through a hole made by massive metal drills to introduce a steel pillar filled with concrete that will be used to support a part of the Maya Train track, inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy photographs a steel pillar filled with concrete that was installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support the Maya Train track on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying part of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy shows his hand stained with rust after touching a steel pillar installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support a part of the Maya Train track, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Workers build a Maya Train railway track near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 10, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy walks past a steel pillar filled with concrete installed to support a part of the Maya Train track inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A dancer belts out a tune while performing at a bar in downtown Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A performer strikes a pose as a man pours tequila at "La Vaquita" nightclub on the iconic pedestrian street known as La Quinta Avenida, or 5th Avenue, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Tourists wade in the waters of the cenote "Jardin del Eden," or Eden's Garden, near Tulum, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Cave diving instructor Peter Broger explores the "Jardin del Eden," or Eden's Garden cenote as rays of sunlight slice through the water near Tulum, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A tourist dives into the "Jardin del Eden," or Eden's Garden cenote, near Tulum, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy collects water samples while sitting next to a steel pillar filled with concrete, installed to support a part of the Maya Train track, inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying much of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A fish swims past aquatic plants inside a cenote in Rancho Viejo, Mexico, Wednesday, March 1, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A tree protrudes from the cave system Jaguar Claw on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. These sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Tourists strike a pose while partying in downtown Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Friends and family butcher a pig for a birthday party celebration in the community of Jacinto Pat, tucked in a stretch of jungle in the southern Mexican coastal state, Quintana Roo, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Government officials have promised to bring communities electricity, a sewage system and running water, and agreed to pay more for the land the Mayan Train would pass over.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Speleologist Tania Ramirez, second from right, and Raul Padilla, founder of the Jaguar Wildlife Center, walk inside the "Garra de Jaguar," cave system in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A girl rests at home next to the railway crossing of the Mayan Train project in the Mayan community "Vida y Esperanza," or Life and Hope, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Government officials have promised to bring communities electricity, a sewage system and running water, and agreed to pay more for the land the Mayan Train would pass over.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Statues of Mexican independence heroes that are used for the annual holiday stand on the side of the road in Merida, Mexico, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has connected with Mexico's long-invisible working class in a way few leaders have in recent history.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Trees with exposed roots are suspended as decoration at the entrance of a tourist complex in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Once a Mayan settlement, the city is among many in the Yucatan Peninsula that in recent decades have been converted into a party hub for vacationing foreigners.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Members of the volunteer group Urban Cenotes exit a cenote after removing trash left behind by locals in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
Biologist Roberto Rojo, left, collects garbage from a cenote with a volunteer from the group "Cenotes Urbanos," or Urban Cenotes, a local environmental organization in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 2, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
A Mayan Train worker waits for passengers to board in Cancun, Mexico, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. When it's completed, the high-speed Maya Train will wind around Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula.
- Rodrigo Abd - staff, AP
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