my last day in Playa del Carmen

Rio Lagartos - Follow the Pink Flamingo

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May 12th 2008
Although I'm home already, I still have to tell you about this one thing... First of all, you need to understand that seeing 15 flamingos in Celestun just wasn´t going to cut it. I was still in Merida and I had one day left to do whatever and I figured that if I left the town early in the AM, I should be able to get to Rio Lagartos, see lots of flamingos and then make it all the way down to Play ... read more

North America » Mexico » Yucatán

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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