(1) The Mayan civilisation flourished in the Yucatan peninsula between 300AD and 900AD.

(2) Cancun is in Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula.

(3) Hurricane Isidore is battering parts of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with 125 - mile - an - hour winds.

(4) Parts of the Yucatan peninsula remained under a hurricane warning, and a tropical storm warning was in place for the western tip of Cuba, with heavy rains expected.

(5) Atlantic sailfish attack Spanish sardines, off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Second Prize Nature Single, Reinhard Dirscherl, Germany.

(6) Divers make their way through a freshwater sinkhole, known as a cenote, in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula in this undated photo.

(7) Hurricane Dean has lost some of its punch as it crosses the Yucatan Peninsula.

(8) Preparations are underway in Mexico as Hurricane Dean makes a beam line for the Yucatan Peninsula.

(9) And there is yet another possibility that Isidore could head toward the Yucatan Peninsula.