2006_08_06: Mexico City
Staying on the Zocalo, surrounded by the demonstrations disputing the general election result; visiting the anthropological museum.
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2006_08_07: environs of Mexico City
Tlatelolco; Basilica de Guadaloupe; Tenochtitlan; Teotihuacan; the many uses of cactus...
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2006_08_08: Driving to Oaxaca,
through cactus country.
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2006_08_09: Oaxaca - folkloresque evening.
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2006_08_10: en route to Chiapa del Corzo:
ancient tree in Santa Maria del Tule; Mixtec/Zapotec site of Mitla; thence through the hot and windy isthmus of Tehuantepec.
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2006_08_11: Sumidero Canyon
The town of Chiapa del Corzo; boat trip on Rio Grijalva to the Sumidero Canyon.
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2006_08_12: San Cristobal de las Casas
San Juan Chamula, where the local Tzotzil practice a distinctive syncretic religion (please don't photograph people or sheep).
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2006_08_13: Descending from the highlands
Stucco friezes at Tonina; Swimming at Agua Azul.
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2006_08_14: Jungle ruins of Palenque
Site of the tomb of Pakal. Later: Misol Ha waterfall.
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2006_08_15: Into Lacandon territory
Murals at Bonampak; thence by lancha down the R.Usamacinta to Yaxchilan -- stelae, roof-combs and intricate lintel carvings.
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2006_08_16: Into Guatemala
From Frontera to Flores and Lake Peten.
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2006_08_17: Tikal - grandeur in the rainforest
From Flores, via hi-jinks on the high-wire, to Tikal. Rainforest setting, temples and tarantulas.
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2006_08_18: Into Belize, to San Ignacio
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2006_08_19: The Caribbean
Across Belize, and by boat to Caye Caulker.
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2006_08_21: Tulum
Flying from Caye Caulker to Corozal, and thence to the dramatic clifftop site of Tulum.
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2006_08_22: From Caribbean coast to cenote
en route to Piste, ready for an early start at Chichen Itza.
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2006_08_23: Chichen Itza
and from there, via the monastery at Izamal, to Merida.
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2006_08_24: Uxmal
Journey's end and farewells.
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