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Mexico

Since our world tour so far looks more like a tour of Ancient Civilizations (e.g. Silk Road, Angkor, etc.) we thought why not toss in a trip to the Mayan ruins. We cashed in our hard-earned United Airlines mileage and flew into Mexico City. We spent 3 weeks visiting numerous "las ruinas" y "Zona Arqueologica" -- at a rate of about 1 every other day -- mostly in the Oaxaca, Chiapas and Yucatan regions.

An excellent website at http://www.mayaruins.com describes the ruins.

Route:
Mexico City -> Teotihuacan -> Puebla -> Cholula -> Oaxaca / Monta Alban -> Mitla -> Palenque -> Bonampak / Yaxchilan -> St Cristobal -> Comitan -> Lake Atitlan (Guatemala) -> Chichi -> Antigua -> Flores / Tikal -> Playa de Carmen (Mexico) -> Chichen Itza -> Merida

arriving in Mexico City zocalo	La Catedral Metropolitana	inside Metropolitan Cathedral	little green beetles as cabs
protest in zocalo	a man reads about the iraq war	curbside shoe-shine service	history museum atop Chapultepec
pensive figurines	war broke out in Iraq	performers swing around a pole upside down	climbing the pyramid of the sun
absorbing solar power	View from pyramid of the moon, Teotihuacan	The Basilica of Guadalupe	The Antigua Basilica de Guadalupe
Sears in Puebla	No Intervencion Museum Puebla, Mexico	watching a war protest	inside a pyramid, Cholula
Zona Arqueologica of Cholula	church on top of the pyramid	ruins of Monta Alban	one of the pyramids
monta alban	Oaxaca	Santo Domingo in Oaxaca	oaxacan mole for sale
freshly baked	San Pablo Church, Mitla	inside Mitla archeological site	street at Milta
bus stop at Mitla	Mayan building at Palenque	one of the temples in Palenque	Bonampak ruins
Mayan site at Yaxchilan	headless statue, Yaxchilan	San Juan Chamula	heading home, San Juan Chamula
bustling market San Juan Chamula	Santa Domingo, San Cristobal	Cathedral of San Crist�bal	Mexico-Guatemala border crossing at Ciudad Cuauhtemoc
Comitan, Mexico	deformation of the skull	Visit Chinkultic site while waiting for Guatemala visa	Comitan, Mexico
Playa del Carmen, Mexico	beach-side cafe	mexican textile	souvenir peddlers at Chichen Itza
Chac Mool altar inside Castillo	rainy day at Chichen Itza	asscending El Castillo	Temple of the Warriors
the Observatory	downfall of Saddam Hussein	Catedral de San Idelfonso, Merida

comment |

John Barreiro		12-Apr-2007 23:44
Interesting collection. Voted

Guest		24-Feb-2006 15:37
where r tha museums?

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