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23. the way back to Mexico City

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After Edzna we were left with the long drive back to Mexico City, part of which we had already done on the way up, of course. We stopped in uneventful Ciudad del Carmen, on the Gulf Coast, and in charming Cosamaloapan, a small town in the middle of sugarcane country. Instead of taking the toll [...]
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22. the Tren Maya

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We cannot spend time in Yucatan in 2024, without commenting on the Tren Maya, the train that connects the various tourist sites in Yucatan along a more than 1500 km track through virgin jungle, over pristine cenotes and past priceless archaeological locations. For some the greatest engineering project in the world, for other a megalomaniac [...]
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21. Edzna

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Because we couldn’t find a decent breakfast, and because we spent far more time in the little Maya Museum at the Fuerte de San Miguel, we finally arrived at the Maya site Edzna at around 11.30 am. Right, the hottest part of the day, and it was already a hot day. But the spin-off is [...]
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Museo Arqueologia Fuerte de San Miguel

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This delightful museum just outside Campeche has a fabulous collection of Maya artefacts from sites all over Campeche and Yucatan provinces. There is a lot of explanation, a lot of detail, on site, also in English, but I have mostly focused on the aesthetics of the artefacts displayed. And share a few more photos here.
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20. Campeche

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Colonial city-wise, things are getting better. Was Valladolid a bit of a disappointment, and Merida quite nice, but a little big and crowded, Campeche is a charming and well-preserved town, with a lot of atmosphere. Well, it is a big city in its own right, but the historical centre, within its original defensive wall – [...]
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Labna

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Labna is one of the smaller Ruta Puuc sites of Mayan origin. Most of the site’s buildings are from the Late Classic period, 600-900 AD, like the other UNESCO World Heritage sites here, Uxmal, Kabah and Sayil. The main structure, the Grand Palace, is with its over 120 meters width even larger than similar the [...]
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Sayil

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Sayil, the Maya site located along the Ruta Puuc, covers a much bigger area than the other three sites visited during our Yucatan trip of 2024, Uxmal, Kabah and Labna. Like the others, it is also Late Classic, 600-900 AD. It contains one spectacular building, the Grand Palace. It is more than 70 meters wide, [...]
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Kabah

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Kabah is the second largest Mayan site along the Ruta Puuc in western Yucatan, after Uxmal. Like Uxmal, the architecture here also dates from the Late Classical period, 600-900 AD. The most impressive structure is the Codz Pop, or Palace of the Masks, a 55 meter long building of which the façade has been decorated [...]
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Uxmal

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Uxmal is the most important Maya site along what has become known as the Ruta Puuc, in western Yucatan. Evidence of pottery shows that the site was already occupied by 800 BC, but most of the architecture for which the site is famous dates from what is called the Late Classical period, 600-900 AD. There [...]
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19. the Ruta Puuc Maya sites

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Like in the Rio Bec area earlier, the Ruta Puuc is another area with a high concentration of Maya sites. ‘Puuc’ means hill in the local language, and this is indeed the only area in Yucatan that is a little more undulated, although not a great deal, certainly not in comparison to other regions of [...]
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    • the theft report July 3, 2026
    • La Defense – Paris July 2, 2026
    • What’s new? June 11, 2026
    • the museum June 10, 2026
    • the murals June 6, 2026
    • 27 Mexico City (2) – the murals June 6, 2026
    • 26. Mexico City May 28, 2026
    • 25. a bit more Mexican history May 23, 2026
    • 24. arrival in Mexico City May 23, 2026
    • Museo de Antropología de Xalapa May 17, 2026
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