Nick Coghlan
@nicholascoghlan.bsky.social
Recovering Cdn diplomat (posted in Mexico, Colombia, Sudan, Pakistan, South Africa & South Sudan). Sails, writes books, treks; opinionated on both Sudans. Home is Salt Spring Island BC. Sailing blog www.bosunbird.com Also at (X) @NicholasCoghlan
Hanging around, in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽, Yucatán spider monkeys - considered to be "facing high extinction risk" due to deforestation.
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Hanging around, in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽, Yucatán spider monkeys - considered to be "facing high extinction risk" due to deforestation.
Feeling the winter blues? Escape to Wide and Starry Skies..... Coming up in the New Year - Wednesday January 14, Vancouver BC 🇨🇦. #Sailing #Booksky www.bluewatercruising.org/events/Event...
December 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Feeling the winter blues? Escape to Wide and Starry Skies..... Coming up in the New Year - Wednesday January 14, Vancouver BC 🇨🇦. #Sailing #Booksky www.bluewatercruising.org/events/Event...
Today we have the ruins of Xpujil (late classic Maya period, 600 - 900CE) to ourselves; riding the Tren Maya 🇲🇽.
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today we have the ruins of Xpujil (late classic Maya period, 600 - 900CE) to ourselves; riding the Tren Maya 🇲🇽.
Just a few sleepy locals on board as we take the Tren Maya into the heart of the Yucatan jungle. headed for Xpujil 🇲🇽
December 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Just a few sleepy locals on board as we take the Tren Maya into the heart of the Yucatan jungle. headed for Xpujil 🇲🇽
Campeche 🇲🇽 by night; on the Tren Maya
December 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Campeche 🇲🇽 by night; on the Tren Maya
Local specialties on sale on the waterfront, Campeche 🇲🇽. Marquesitas = large wafers wrapped around jam/other fillings; Elote = corn cob.
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Local specialties on sale on the waterfront, Campeche 🇲🇽. Marquesitas = large wafers wrapped around jam/other fillings; Elote = corn cob.
In downtown Campeche (Tren Maya 🇲🇽)
December 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
In downtown Campeche (Tren Maya 🇲🇽)
The jade Mask of Calakmul, 1200 years old. Designed to guide the Mayan ruler of this great city through the afterlife; discovered in 1984 and now on display in Campeche 🇲🇽.
December 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The jade Mask of Calakmul, 1200 years old. Designed to guide the Mayan ruler of this great city through the afterlife; discovered in 1984 and now on display in Campeche 🇲🇽.
A vendor of huipiles (traditional Mayan blouses) takes a break, night-time Campeche 🇲🇽.
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A vendor of huipiles (traditional Mayan blouses) takes a break, night-time Campeche 🇲🇽.
Arriving aboard the Tren Maya🇲🇽 at the walled city of Campeche, which every Pirate of the Caribbean once had a go at sacking.
December 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Arriving aboard the Tren Maya🇲🇽 at the walled city of Campeche, which every Pirate of the Caribbean once had a go at sacking.
Making a stop on the Tren Maya 🇲🇽, at the ruins of Edzna, inhabited between 400 BCE and 1500 CE. If you've found Chichen Itza overcrowded, try a few off-piste sites like this (maybe ten people here...).
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Making a stop on the Tren Maya 🇲🇽, at the ruins of Edzna, inhabited between 400 BCE and 1500 CE. If you've found Chichen Itza overcrowded, try a few off-piste sites like this (maybe ten people here...).
Taking the Tren Maya 🇲🇽 for the two-hour run from Merida to Campeche. Signage is bilingual: Tsiimin K'aak literally means Fire Horse in Mayan.
December 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Taking the Tren Maya 🇲🇽 for the two-hour run from Merida to Campeche. Signage is bilingual: Tsiimin K'aak literally means Fire Horse in Mayan.
#Sudan, the UK and Colombian mercenaries. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Colombian mercenaries in Sudan ‘recruited by UK-registered firms’
Exclusive Guardian investigation finds companies set up by people sanctioned by US hired Colombian fighters for Rapid Support Forces, widely suspected of war crimes in Sudan
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
#Sudan, the UK and Colombian mercenaries. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Riding the Tren Maya, 🇲🇽. I'm detecting a certain underlying theme in Mexican art...🫤
December 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Riding the Tren Maya, 🇲🇽. I'm detecting a certain underlying theme in Mexican art...🫤
Riding the Tren Maya. One of the joys of 🇲🇽 travel: free musical performances laid on at night in town squares, always with local/traditional music & dances. And the pride taken in them (this in Merida's Plaza de la Independencia)
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Riding the Tren Maya. One of the joys of 🇲🇽 travel: free musical performances laid on at night in town squares, always with local/traditional music & dances. And the pride taken in them (this in Merida's Plaza de la Independencia)
Riding the Tren Maya, 🇲🇽. The facade of Merida's oldest building, built for Spanish conquistador Francisco de Montejo in 1542; his descendants lived here until a few years ago. Note what he has underfoot...🫤
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Riding the Tren Maya, 🇲🇽. The facade of Merida's oldest building, built for Spanish conquistador Francisco de Montejo in 1542; his descendants lived here until a few years ago. Note what he has underfoot...🫤
Riding the 1500km Tren Maya in 🇲🇽's Yucatan. Modern, clean stations & trains; friendly staff (all military on secondment) but will it catch on? Prices compete with buses (but are 2x for foreigners). Thing is, buses are also fast, modern - and go to city centres @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Riding the 1500km Tren Maya in 🇲🇽's Yucatan. Modern, clean stations & trains; friendly staff (all military on secondment) but will it catch on? Prices compete with buses (but are 2x for foreigners). Thing is, buses are also fast, modern - and go to city centres @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
Riding the Tren Maya, Merida 🇲🇽: a Catrina "Day of the Dead" figure, ubiquitous at the end of the year.
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Riding the Tren Maya, Merida 🇲🇽: a Catrina "Day of the Dead" figure, ubiquitous at the end of the year.
Riding the Tren Maya 🇲🇽; in Merida's main square.
December 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Riding the Tren Maya 🇲🇽; in Merida's main square.
Riding the Tren Maya in 🇲🇽's Yucatan; and meeting some of the locals.
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Riding the Tren Maya in 🇲🇽's Yucatan; and meeting some of the locals.
Riding the Tren Maya, Yucatan 🇲🇽. If you get away from over-hyped Chichen Itza (6000 visitors daily), you can still feel like one of the 19th C Europeans who first stumbled on the great Maya cities in the jungle. We were two of only six visitors at Ek Balam on this day.
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Riding the Tren Maya, Yucatan 🇲🇽. If you get away from over-hyped Chichen Itza (6000 visitors daily), you can still feel like one of the 19th C Europeans who first stumbled on the great Maya cities in the jungle. We were two of only six visitors at Ek Balam on this day.
Riding the Tren Maya. Chairs at the dining table, Casa de los Venados, Valladolid, Yucatan 🇲🇽
December 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Riding the Tren Maya. Chairs at the dining table, Casa de los Venados, Valladolid, Yucatan 🇲🇽
Riding the Tren Maya. In Valladolid, Yucatan 🇲🇽
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Riding the Tren Maya. In Valladolid, Yucatan 🇲🇽
Riding the Tren Maya: folk art in Valladolid, Yucatan 🇲🇽
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Riding the Tren Maya: folk art in Valladolid, Yucatan 🇲🇽
Recently back from a few days riding the brand-new Tren Maya - a 1500km loop in 🇲🇽's Yucatan. European-style comfort/speed, from drawing board to reality in six years: impressive. More pix over the next few days. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Recently back from a few days riding the brand-new Tren Maya - a 1500km loop in 🇲🇽's Yucatan. European-style comfort/speed, from drawing board to reality in six years: impressive. More pix over the next few days. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social