Loch Ness Cenote-old staircase

Cenotes and horses and rails, oh my!

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August 19th 2011
We’ve decided to visit the Cenotes de Cuzamá on our way back to Merida. We’ve read and heard that these are not-to-miss plus the mention of horse-drawn rail-carts in our guidebook piques my interest even further. We exit the main highway and drive through multiple small towns, diverted by road construction in multiple places, and get briefly lost when the excellent signage we’ve come to t ... 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