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.