rocky shoreline

Xcaret

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June 10th 2011
Thursday we headed (early again) to Xcaret (ish-car-et) which is about an hour - hour and a half drive from Cancun depending on the traffic (mas o menos). I have learned that in Mexico almost everything is mas o menos...more or less. Anything related to time or money is mas o menos. Xcaret was originally a Mayan city upon which a resort, natural park, semi playland have been built. One of the Xcar ... read more

North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo

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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