Blue has driven cars to Belize, Guatemala and the Yucatan to sell. The trips are long and raucous, since parts of the Mexico highway are little more than sideroads stopping in tiny village after tiny village. But there is space between hamlets, and you can motor through Mexico in a landscape lush with possibility: cactus, coves, costumes and cozy hideaways. From Sinaloa to Tapachula to Chetumal, Blue has criss-crossed the country a dozen times, usually in his own car but sometimes on the excellent bus system. He's filmed parts of three projects there, and already plots his return.

Perhaps the most impressive of all Mayan ruins, Calakmul is a relatively recent discovery and excavation. Wet soil still seems to cling to some of its buildings. But most impressive of all is how remote the place is, and how rewarding the effort is to get there. On the border between Mexico and Guatemala, the ruin is 67 kilometers off the highway that runs from Escarcega to Chetumal, perhaps Mexico's loneliest route, the Latin American version of Nevada's Route 57. There are no support services, no tourist facilities, nothing but one of the world's largest swamps, the Peten, which sinks southward into Guatemala's jungles. The temperatures in summer can be brutal, but these pictures were all taken in July. Blue used the setting for his foto-novela "The Burn & the Scar," starring Abbi Hendrix.

The mad shout of color and constant collision between tradition and punk beauty makes Mexico a thrill for anyone holding a camera. I went with extreme foreboding for the Day of the Dead celebrations just past: My mother had just died, my dead father's birthdate is the actual day of the dead, November 2nd, and a novel I have been gestating for more than two years was finally coming out of me when a friend dragged me to Oaxaca. Last place I wanted to be, but it's not in my nature to bemoan the present; the urge to explore my surroundings is what has made me terminally unable to keep appointments or follow schedules. The shots here are haphazardly gathered, without theme or scheme, and represent a fraction of what I have on my computer. A story is coming . . .

You never forget your entrance into this place. It's set in the jungle. Not just the ruins, but the bustling town and its slick, dangerous mountain road from San Cristobal. In the early spring, the water drips everywhere; the walls sweat as the clouds leak. It's a muddy, messy place, but with buildings and histories to kill for. One of the most violent cities in human history, the blood and broken bones of the Mayan people still seem to cling to the rocky surfaces jutting from the jungles. Not that easy to get to, despite its popularity. Many of these pictures were taken by Martina Jacova while she co-produced Blue's "Burn & Scar."

Much much much more coming soon. What a messy responsibility a website is! Especially this one, sprawling without censor or editing. Come back again, please!

Much much much more coming soon. What a messy responsibility a website is! Especially this one, sprawling without censor or editing. Come back again, please!