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- Palenque - Yaxchilan - Bonampak (Wednesday 05/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- ====== Palenque - Yaxchilan - Bonampak (Wednesday 05/09/07) ====== // For this hike it is imperative to have a chaffeur... get to Yaxchilan and Bonampak is a task for local people ... you will be safer, but not without emotions.\\ Bring wat... ight of dawn (we were the first).\\ // ===== Yaxchilan ===== [{{viaggi:messico:Fiume_Usumacinta.jpg?28
- Oaxaca - Monte Alban - (Friday Mitla 31/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- eters altitude, was the capital of the Zapotec civilization for over 1000 years.\\ Urban and Zapotec ... reclassic period, when the city was adorned with pillars, and sculptures.\\ After the abandonment of ... .\\ </color> ~~CLEARFLOAT~~ <color navy> The trail climbs to the Grand Plaza. The ceremonial center... o the south is the //Southern Platform//, a huge pile of stones covered by a wide staircase.\\ On the
- Mexico City (Sunday 26/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- e hotels are recommended because the drivers are bilingual and can wait during your visits. Simply agr... der to remain standing, and a greater amount of agility and coordination for both go down and, above a... maratona, so the whole Paseo de la Reforma was available to the families, pedestrians and cyclists.\\ // <color navy> As you move away from the old town
- Merida - Chichen Itza - Cancun (Saturday 08/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- of Mayan history. The monumental pyramid "El Castillo" (also called the Pyramid of Kukulcan) of Tolte... Thousands of visitors are interested to the Castillo in spring and autumn equinoxes, in these days, ... of a snake engraved at the base.\\ Close to Castillo sits the //Tzompantli//, a platform marked by s... doubtedly: "Uuc-jab-nal".\\ Returning to the Castillo, we arrive at the //Templo de los Gurreros// (T
- Mexico City - Puebla (Wednesday 29/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- a), the stunning scenery and indigenous regions still preserving their traditions.\\ // ===== Cholula ... Located 10km west of Puebla, this small farming village is mainly specialized in the cultivation of f... dors, terrified, completely razed to the ground, killing all its inhabitants, and built in its place a new city with 365 churches, one for every saint in
- Teotihuacan (Monday 27/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- ence, we endorsed one of the many taxi drivers affiliated with the hotel, and it was good.\\ As a fir... . They shown us the working of obsidian, how to build cord from the agave and how to extract the //Pul... "men become gods" ===== <color navy> Lying forty kilometers northeast of Mexico City, the city is loca... \ The Great Sacred Way leads to //Ciudadela//, built in the classical period, reaches a considerable
- Palenque - Campeche (Thursday 06/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- der the pinnacle of architecture and west Maya civilization.\\ </color> // The day for this hike was ... xico in 1952 by the archaeologist Alberto Ruz L'Huiller.\\ The tomb of Pakal, Mayan leader of the six... // Unfortunately the temple was one of the few buildings not accessible.\\ Despite the bad day, the s... plo del Sol// also here there are some frescoes still preserved and the //Templo de la Cruz Foliada//.
- Djerba
- f the few places in Tunisia where the Berber is still spoken (in the village of Guellala). The island is connected to the hinterland through a road that r... = Chennini ====== Chenini is a Berber troglodyte village in the district of Tataouine in southern Tuni... ini**}}] ====== Ksar ====== Ksar is a fortified village located in the Maghreb. The base element of t
- Mexico City (Tuesday 28/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- 250 |**Museum of Anthropology**}}] <color navy> Built in 1964 by Pedro Ramirez Vasquez, the structure ... chronologically the evolution of pre-Columbian civilization, the museum has very clear approach that a... tand the intricate interweaving of the various civilizations that have lived in these regions through ... -stocked bookshop.\\ Immediately after the //taquilla//, there is room on the right of temporary exhi
- Faces of Mexico @archive:travel:messico
- [{{ viaggi:messico:Mappa_Messico.jpg?600 |**Ecco il nostro viaggio in Messico ...**}}] ===== You nee... es are open every day from 08:00 to 17:00 and until 18:00 in summer. * The museums are generally cl... tions are rather flimsy. The essential thing: to fill up with gasoline in the morning before leaving f... ction had to give way to others, who go straight will take precedence over who turns, with regard to r
- Tuxtla - San Cristobal De Las Casas (Sunday 02/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- ca, you'll discover a mountainous region rich in wild rivers, deep canyons and virgins forests. It's ... and the government, have put a strain on the fragile culture and economy of this state... Although t... hes expect that the number of people required to fill the boat, fortunately it did not last long, alth... unscreen, the breeze caused by the boat ride you will not feel the sun shining and you can hold nasty
- Puebla - Oaxaca (Thursday 30/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- rce of one of the most important pre-Columbian civilizations. The craftsmanship of this region, which... wools and jewelry to name a few, have given many villages an international reputation. The //zocalo// ... re, with flower beds and flowering trees, busy until late at night, beneath its porches (//portales//)... a mural by Arturo Garcia Bustos on the steps that illustrate the history of the city. To the north, t
- Campeche - Uxmal - Merida (Friday 07/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- iday 07/09/07) ====== ===== Uxmal ("Three times built" in Mayan language) ===== <color navy> Uxmal is ... end working of stone (do not forget that this civilization did not use metal to build) its peak is dated around the year 600 of our era.\\ </color> <col... s superb. The name Maya is "//Och Mal//" (three buildings).</color> ~~CLEARFLOAT~~ [{{viaggi:messico:
- San Cristobal and its surroundings (Monday 03/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- flag of Mexico (green, white and red ... very familiar). Full of life and of wonderful shops and amb... e 31 March//, in which there are the Cathedral, built in 1528, demolished in the seventeenth century and rebuilt in 1696 and the Neoclassical //Palacio Municipal
- Mexico City (Saturday 25/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- gest city in the world with its approximately 23 million inhabitants, all is well positioned at a high... periods in Mexico City the temperatures are very mild. // ===== Città del Messico ===== [{{viaggi:mes... the city of Tenoch". After the Spanish conquest, will retain its role of capital, to become today the ... t tries to create local agencies.\\ With its 23 million people in this enormous city knows the real p
