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Mexico 2013 | |
| Part of a Mexico - Guatemala - Belize - Honduras trip 03. November - 01. December 2013 |
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Mexico 2013 | |
| Part of a Mexico - Guatemala - Belize - Honduras trip 03. November - 01. December 2013 |
| Welcome to Mexico City! |
 Decoration on the main plaza for the Dia de los Muertos |
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| The main cathedral, biggest
Catholic church in America |
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| Some kind of art exhibition mixed with reverence to the dead | Interesting display of the 'Gandhi' book and record store, starring Carlos Fuentes, Frida Kahlo, Octavio Paz and others |
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| A colourful souvenir shop | Street seller, literally | |
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| Outside of the city: A visit to Teotihuacan, magnificent site of an old Aztec settlement | Climb the steep pyramid steps | |
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grand Sun Pyramid, viewed from the only slightly smaller Moon Pyramid |
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| Oaxaca |
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The city embedded in a
landscape of green hills
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Colourful streets, much less
traffic than in the capital
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| A view of the richly decorated interior of the main cathedral Santo Domingo de Guzman | The magnificent heritage tree stuccoed to the ceiling of the entrance portal |
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| A wedding party, complete with orchestra, stepping out of the cathedral | Maria's and Fernando's avatars |
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| There are also some other churches, of course | This is what a decent Mexican breakfast looks like |
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| A visit to the Museo de las
Culturas: A Jade skull, funerary gift for some high-ranked Mayan or Mixtec |
A ceramic incenser shaped like a hound-masked priest | Two sides of the coin (or in this case, the head): Life and death |
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| Now for something completely different (in the same museum)... | ...chair art by the Hermanos Campanas |
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| more art outside: a mystical/political graffito, found alongside a main road | car art |
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| and finally: another artful mural... | ...decorating a bar and its surroundings |
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| sitting outside of another church (this actually was in San Cristobal de las Casas) | now donate for.... hm, think what you will ;o) |
| Palenque and Chichen Itza |
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| The visit to famous
Mayan city Palenque was overcast by torrential rains, which
luckily stopped during the morning |
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| Scenic setting in the midst of the jungle | View from above |
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| Finally, the sund starts to come out and the mists rise between the trees and the ruins | Water rushing down as falls below the site |
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| view of an ancient ball game court partly covered with grass in the wood |
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| continuing the journey: visit to a cenote, a cave filled with fresh water, nice for swimming (through the hole in the ceiling are hanging the roots of a big tree growing outside) |
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| another enchantedly overgrown and partly restored ancient Maya site (Chacchoben, between Chetumal and Valladolid) |
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| the probably most famous of all Maya sites: Chichen Itza (main pyramid 'El Castillo') | the so-called Wall of Skulls, the meaning and use of which is still being disputed |
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| richly ornamented buildings still stand (or have been restored) | The 'Templo de los Guerreros' with its surrounding fields of columns |
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| close-up of the temple's stairs with the famous sacrificial figure - unfortunately all stairs in Chichen Itza are closed for ascent since 2006 |
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| Final stop of the journey is La Isla Holbox north of the tip of Yucatan, offering scenic beaches... | expensive yachts... | |
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| ...cuddly green animals at the Hotel's small poolside | The beauty and the beast | |
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| The lovely wet streets of the village (it had been raining hard the days before) | Just take a taxi when you want to cross a street (and pass through the pools) |
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