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Mayan Hill Country – Ruta Puuc, Yucatan State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 21 October 2010
The so-called Ruta Puuc includes five Mayan sites (Uxmal which we’ve covered in a previous post, Kabah, Sayil, Labna and Xlapac) and one unusual cave in the Puuc region of the Yucatan Peninsula . Puuc is the Mayan word for hill and even though Yucatan State is almost pathologically flat there are actually rolling hills in this area. “Southern Mexico is lousy with Mayan sites,” we hear you say.
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Thank Chaac! – Uxmal, Yucatan State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 13 September 2010
Some Mayan sites we’ve visited have had no rhyme or reason–no layout or order that was recognizable to us.
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Serpents and Demons Couldn’t Protect Uxmal from Ultimate Demise
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 26 July 2010
The demon’s manic eyes stopped me in my tracks. I shivered, imagining its hawk-like beak flaying the flesh from my bones. This was the Mayan rain god, Chac, the most important deity in a land where the only source of fresh water was infrequent rain. Ominous Chac visages framed the stairway on the Pyramid of [...]
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Mediocre Merida
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 24 June 2010
The sad fact is that when travelling I simply don't have the time to do justice to each place i visit. It obviously not possible to spend a week or month or year everywhere. But there are also times that merely by going to a place at all, you've given it too much precious time.
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DÍA 4: UXMAL Y CELESTÚN
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 23 June 2010
Muchas cosas queríamos hacer por los alrededores de Mérida, y muy poco tiempo teníamos para hacerlas. En las cercanías Mérida hay cenotes, ciudades coloniales, ruinas y más ruinas, haciendas, playas y reservas naturales. Estuvimos planeando qué hacer: mi compañero quería ruinas y yo, previendo otro empacho de ruinas similar al de Egipto, prefería la reserva natural. Al final llegamos a un acuerdo y decidimos hacer las dos cosas alquilando un coche durante un día.
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Gushin' over Uxmal
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 21 June 2010
Far too often, it is easy to grow disinterested by national landmarks. When travelling through Western Europe you swear that if you have to see 1 more freaking church, someone is going to die. Or you may hear yourself saying, "ohhhh, not another mausoleum" when travelling through Central Asia.
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Uxmal – Yucatan
Blog: Travels of Christopher - 15 January 2010
About an hours bus ride from Merida is the ancient city of Uxmal. Spanning at least 10 square kilometers, Uxmal´s prominence was between AD 800 and 1000. The ruins are vast and include a great pyramid that is the first to greet you upon arrival. It is believed that the Maya populated the area from [...]
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