Mexico has a ton of pre-Hispanic civilisations and ruins, with the Mayans controlling the largest area and having the most towns and cities. You don’t realise just how many and how big the cities were until you see them yourself. We spent a lot of time travelling around the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico visiting a […]
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How to Burn Money Underwater: Go Cenote Diving in Mexico
One very popular (and expensive) activity to do in Mexico is to go cenote diving. Cenotes are underground caverns that are filled with water. From the surface they just look like a small hole in the ground with a shallow pool of water. Some of them are shallow, but others can be over 60 metres […]
Palenque: Our Favourite Ruins in Mexico
We’re back from Cuba now, so that means internet access again, and some more posts. Still got a bit more work to go on the Cuba photos. But for now here’s a post on the ruins of Palenque that wasn’t finished before we left. The ruins of Palenque are absolutely fantastic. While there were some […]
A Couple of Cool Things to See in Chiapas
Just a short post here as it’s late at night and we have to be at the airport at 5:00AM tomorrow. Early tomorrow morning we fly out to Cuba. The internet is a little bit inconvenient to access in Cuba so there won’t be any blog posts while we’re over there. So don’t worry if […]
Ancient Sites in Central Mexico
After the last post focused on things to see in Mexico City, this post is about the ancient Mexican ruins you can see that aren’t too far from Mexico City. So you have huge pyramids and impressive sites like Teotihuacan, and also some smaller ones with things like warrior statues, brightly coloured ancient murals and […]
