The Main Falls

Agua Azul

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August 9th 2002
Up very early. 6am, the crack of dawn, luckily there was no chance of sleeping at this time anyway due to the cockerels. We had booked a tour to a few waterfalls and the ruins at Palenque. Agua Azul was the first. An beautiful river flowed creating several falls and some rapids, collecting in pools where people swam. Smaller bubbling streams joined with the main river. Where the water collected t ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » Agua Azul

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more