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Merida in March - Dzibilchaltun

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June 23rd 2009
When friends Nancy and George traveled with me in March to Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, one of the sites we planned to visit was Dzibilchaltun, located about midway between Merida and the coastal city of Progreso. Dzibilchaltun is pronounced something similar to diz-bill-chal-toon and said as one word of course, but it sounds much more natural from a native of the area. We were especially excite ... read more

North America » Mexico » Yucatán » Merida

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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