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- Djerba
- Some pictures from Tunisia... ====== Djerba ====== Djerba is the largest island in North Africa, located in the Gulf of Gabes off the coast of Tunisia. Djerba is a popular tourist destination, esp... ,000 inhabitants. It is one of the few places in Tunisia where the Berber is still spoken (in the vill... connected to the hinterland through a road that runs through an artificial land strip of Romanic peri
- Tuxtla - San Cristobal De Las Casas (Sunday 02/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- ====== Tuxtla - San Cristobal De Las Casas (Sunday 02/09/07) ====== // We entered into Chiapas. // ===... teau of the valley of Oaxaca, you'll discover a mountainous region rich in wild rivers, deep canyons a... lso one of the poorest states of Mexico which has undergone significant changes in the next fifteen ye... e to walk. You can visit his beautiful Spanish fountain on zocalo (central square), the Temple of San
- Merida - Chichen Itza - Cancun (Saturday 08/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- ====== Merida - Chichen Itza - Cancun (Saturday 08/09/07) ====== ===== Chichen Itza ===== [{{viaggi:me... spring and autumn equinoxes, in these days, the sun lights up the pyramid creating a shadow shaped li... hout the territory. The name of Mayan origin was undoubtedly: "Uuc-jab-nal".\\ Returning to the Cast... mestone where water seeps into the cracks to form underground streams, caves and wells (cenotes). In
- Campeche - Uxmal - Merida (Friday 07/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- did not use metal to build) its peak is dated around the year 600 of our era.\\ </color> <color navy... mire:</color> * <color navy>The Temple of fortune-teller, on which stands the Temple of Chenes who... </color> * <color navy>The Quadrangle of the Nuns richly decorate.</color> * <color navy>The g... aggi:messico:Uxmal-01.jpg?600|**Temple of the fortune-teller**}}] ~~CLEARFLOAT~~ [{{viaggi:messico:Uxm
- Teotihuacan (Monday 27/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- tract the //Pulche//, agave lymph, which can be drunk as it is slightly alcoholic (not bad after all).... ated in a huge valley in the middle of the arid mountains, it was the largest city and capital of Mexi... gods", was inhabited by 250,000 people. It was founded in 150 BC in a strategic position, by the exce... upon models collected in different sites of the country.\\ In the seventh century began its decline.
- Oaxaca - Monte Alban - (Friday Mitla 31/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- itla 31/08/07) ====== ===== Monte Alban (white mountain) ===== [{{viaggi:messico:Monte_Alban-01.jpg ?... years.\\ Urban and Zapotec ceremonial center, founded 800 BC, erected by a people originally from //... ests. It houses the rich tombs, with votive and funerary urns, often painted, of which there were found over 170. At //Monte Alban// entrance there is t
- Mexico City (Sunday 26/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- ====== Mexico City (Sunday 26/08/07) ====== // You can not see all of this huge city in a single day!\... as they say. However, it is better not to walk around the city wearing valuables and be careful.\\ Th... ump" on board. To use the bus requires a fair amount of balance in order to remain standing, and a greater amount of agility and coordination for both go down and
- Palenque - Yaxchilan - Bonampak (Wednesday 05/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- day, but it was worth it. We started early, the sun had not risen, we made the breakfast under a thatched hut in the faint light of dawn (we were the fir... century. Moreover, the lush vegetation that surrounded it makes Yaxchilan a magnificent panorama. </c... ere it would be possible to do a few laps in the tunnels, in the company of bats, though!\\ From the
- Mexico City - Puebla (Wednesday 29/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- spanic sites (Aztec, Zapotec, Mixtec Maya), the stunning scenery and indigenous regions still preservi... quistadors, terrified, completely razed to the ground, killing all its inhabitants, and built in its p... 120m, the highest in the Americas, in which the tunnels have been restored (8km) and the summit of wh... ===== <color navy> Capital of the state, it was founded in 1531 under the name "Ciudad de los angeles"
- Palenque - Campeche (Thursday 06/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- ===== Palenque ===== <color navy> Buried in the jungle of Chiapas, Palenque is considered one of the ... ions carried out along a perimeter of 1.3km² have unearthed the remains of what many consider the pinn... Pakal, Mayan leader of the sixth century, were found baby walkers, masks, jade ornaments and other important objects. </color> // Unfortunately the temple was one of the few building
- Mexico City (Tuesday 28/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- Pedro Ramirez Vasquez, the structure revolves around a giant pylon that supports, by means of steel r... the museum has very clear approach that allows to understand the intricate interweaving of the various... ting to the various current Indian population are unparalleled. The museum has also a restaurant and a... isplay case, encrusted with turquoise and coral, funeral masks.\\ </color> ~~CLEARFLOAT~~ [{{viaggi:me
- San Cristobal and its surroundings (Monday 03/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- ====== San Cristobal and its surroundings (Monday 03/09/07) ====== ====== San Cristobal de Las Casas ... CLEARFLOAT~~ <color navy> Everything revolves around at the //Plaza de 31 March//, in which there are... d rebuilt in 1696 and the Neoclassical //Palacio Municipal//. </color> [{{viaggi:messico:San_Cristoba... i:messico:San_Cristobal-04.jpg?280x210|**Palacio Municipal**}}] ~~CLEARFLOAT~~ // Unbelievable but tr
- Puebla - Oaxaca (Thursday 30/08/07) @archive:travel:messico
- quare, with flower beds and flowering trees, busy until late at night, beneath its porches (//portales... main facade which fronts the //Alameda//. Northbound run the most characteristic Oaxaca streets, all perpendicular to each other, with the most significa... <color navy> By day the whole city gravitates around the large //Central de Abastos//, the market for
- Faces of Mexico @archive:travel:messico
- sites are open every day from 08:00 to 17:00 and until 18:00 in summer. * The museums are generally closed on Mondays. * The lunch time is from 14:00 to 15:00 or so. * Be prude... e. A vehicle that must pass a slowdown after the junction had to give way to others, who go straight w... take precedence over who turns, with regard to roundabouts go there in "Mexican" way. * In town the
- San Cristobal - Palenque (Tuesday 04/09/07) @archive:travel:messico
- ith "Topes" (bumps).\\ In this stage we did most unpleasant encounters, nothing to worry about, but we met groups of kids who tend ropes along the road, ... e often been afraid to let them hurt as they surround the car.\\ // ===== Agua Azul ===== [{{viaggi:me... was very stifling, we are close to the tropical jungle. // [{{viaggi:messico:Agua_Azul-01.jpg?350x90
