A ruinous journey


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March 25th 2018
Published: March 25th 2018
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The second part of our whirlwind Mexican adventure has gone a little like this, ruin, colonial city, colonial city, ruin, colonial city, ruin, ruin. That’s a lot of ruins! And colonial city’s! Welcome to the Yucatan, where Maya ruins and pastel coloured colonial cities seem to vie for your attention. Or you can go to the beach and ignore it all. In fact I suspect that is what a big group of to... Read Full Entry



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Colours of Calzada de los Frailes
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Lunch time
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El Castillo
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Plaza de las Mil Columnas
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Restored Mayan house
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View towards El Osario
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El Caracol (Observatory)
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La Iglesia
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Gran Juego de Pelota, the tour groups have arrived
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Plaaforma de los Craneos, or in other words Platform of Skulls, where they displayed the heads of sacrificial victims
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Carvings on the Plataforma de las Aguilas y Los Jaguares (Platform of Eagles and Jaguars)
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Chichen Itza in all its facets
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Cenote at Hacienda San Lorenzo Oxman
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Looking down from above
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Last stop
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Ruins of Tulum
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Selfie



26th March 2018

Ruinous business
I enjoyed following your adventures through the cities and ruins... we missed out on Campeche last time, but your photos have made me want to add it to the 'next time' list (although the temperature seems a bit brutal!). Where to next? :)
27th March 2018

Thanks
Yeah, the temperatures were not pleasant, in the summer it apparently gets into the high 40's! Next it is back to Peru, but that is for another blog
26th March 2018

What an amazing country, i love the colours & the spectacular ruins!
27th March 2018

It is a very beautiful country indeed
But so is Switzerland!

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