Pyramid of the Sun

Pyramids, beer and chocolate sauce

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August 28th 2008
We clocked up some serious bus miles (and hours!) after Tulum, first travelling to Chichen Itza to see the pyramids and other ruins there before spending a day in a town called Merida and a 20 hour bus journey to reach Oaxaca in the south of Mexico. Merida and Oaxaca are both old spanish colonial towns with really colourful central squares and markets. The people were really friendly and much e ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City » Plaza de la Constitución

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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