How most of the ruins look

February 19th 2012
Coba is the only Mayan ruin with its original Mayan name, the names of the others as we know them today were given to them by the Spanish when they arrived in Mexico. We had already visited the ruins at Tulum which, compared to the ruins of Coba, are miniscule. I knew the area would be bigger than Tulum but didn’t realise that the whole site stretches 92km squared. Only about 2% of tha ... read more

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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

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Welcome to our blog, we are Chris & Nikki and we are travel addicts!!! Chris is a born & bred Londoner (and a 'real' Cockney). Nikki is originally from Chester Le-Street in Durham but has been 'down south' since she started university. We (try to) visit four places a year and if possible try to make it a different continent each time. We love life experiences, photography and travel and if we're lucky we combine them all in one trip. Travelblog is pretty much our diary of places visited & a diary of our relationship, My present to say 'congratulations' for finishing universit... full info

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