Archive for the ‘Mexico’

  • Diving Adventures in Mexico, on the Mayan Riviera Diving Adventures in Mexico, on the Mayan Riviera
    Adventure traveling!!! Loads of adventures on your holiday make it a lifetime experience. You could hike on a mountain to meet its peak, or crawl under the ceiling of a cave to explore its history. You can ski and snowboard. You can snorkel and dive. But adventure diving can be a real treat for you. Diving sport takes you to the fourth dimension. It’s really difficult to imagine the magical world under the water suddenly opening up to close you, unless you experience it personally. Diving offers you sights of colorful coral fields, caverns under the water and ruins of the drowned water vessels. But diving could be an entirely different experience if it’s diving at the Mayan Riviera in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Mexico, the paradise of water  [...]
    August 25th, 2010
  • Mexico’s Festive Attraction – Day of the Dead Mexico’s Festive Attraction – Day of the Dead
    A celebration is a celebration, whether that of culture, history, or religion, or may be all three together. Festivals are simple excuses to let all your expression out, in the company of colors. And what if it’s a unique festival of a yet unexplored place, which you get to be a part of?  Imagine yourself enjoying the local, but great, festival of a country in between your trip to it. Isn’t that just wonderful? Yeah? Then you are the lucky one to now more about one of the traditional and the most interesting festival of a Central American country – Mexico’s Day of the Dead festival! The beginning of November marks the most out-of-the-world kind of festival for Mexican Families – Día de los Muertos i.e. Day of the Dead. It may sound  [...]
    August 23rd, 2010
  • Taxco and The Magical Acapulco Bay Taxco and The Magical Acapulco Bay
    This place is known to be the Hollywood retreat with its white sandy beaches and well known reputation. Acapulco started getting waves of tourists and these tourists just love it here. The place has incomparable scenic beauty and it is compared to Rio de Janeiro. This bay is also very famous of its amazing and scenic sunsets.  The bay is over seven miles long and is shaped like a horse show.  This bay connects to the Pacific Ocean. If you could manage avoid the package tourist offers, then just step up and enjoy the many beautiful water views. Check into the hotel Las Brisas, which is at the legendary hilltop Grande dame. This is one of Acapulco’s most famous and high profiles places. The fame and high profile status of this place has been  [...]
    August 9th, 2010
  • Na Bolom and Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico Na Bolom and Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
    Tulane frans bloom was a butch archeologist who came to this region and was one of the first to begin excavation in this region. His Swiss German wife, who he met here, had fought in the resistance during the Second World War. After the war she came to Chiapas to begin an entirely new life. She was also an avid photographer who was working on a project with the lacadon Maya. Which is legendary as it is the only Maya which the Spanish people didn’t not conquer or convert. Known to be the city that is located at a high altitude. This city used to be colonized and it is left almost untouched and untainted by humans. Over here there are a lot of different Indian tribes who were descendants of the ancient Mayas.  These people were famous for  [...]
    August 2nd, 2010
  • Oaxaca’s Saturday market and Camino real Oaxaca’s Saturday market and Camino real
    The state of Oaxaca is free and sovereign. It is one of the thirty one states in Mexico. This state lies to the east of isthmus and tehuantepec. Guerrero lies to the west, Puebla likes to the north and finally the Pacific Ocean to the south. Originally this state is home to two natives, namely the Zapotec and the Mixtec people. The language spoken amongst these people are most indigenous compared to the rest of the states in Mexico. This state is known to have the largest city which is almost ninety-five thousand five hundred square kilometers. There are many roads and highways that are spread out through the place so transportation shouldn’t be that much of a problem even if you are just visiting. The festivals celebrated here are quite  [...]
    August 1st, 2010
  • Anthology of Art at the National Museum of Anthropology Anthology of Art at the National Museum of Anthropology
    The Museo Nacional de Antropologia is one of the finest archaeological museums in the world. Located in Mexico City, the museum has an impressive collection of artifacts across 23 exhibition galleries. The Aztec sun stone, which served as a cosmological calendar, is the pride of the museum. The National Museum of Anthropology was thrown open to the public in 1971. The building of the museum was designed by master architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez. The ground floor is dedicated to art of the indigenous cultures and societies prior to the Spanish conquest. The Aztec sun stone is just one of the many masterpieces of the local art of Mexico. Each gallery of the museum is a microcosm for the larger geographic region and culture. Some of famous galleries  [...]
    April 7th, 2010
  • Chichen Itza Ruins: Explore the wonder of the world Chichen Itza Ruins: Explore the wonder of the world
    For those who are planning to visit Mexico and explore the Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza is the best place for you. Mexico is the place where you will get plenty of Mayan ruins to see with scores of palaces, ball courts, pyramids, and other captivating stone buildings. Well, Chichen Itza Ruins is a Mayan Ruin Paradise for every people in the world. Chichen Itza is the city of ruins, but also has pleasant group of beautiful resorts close to the ancient Mayan remains. You can book a tour for Chichen Itza from anywhere in Cancun, which is in Cozumel. You will not get any airport at the site or area of Chichen Itza. So the travellers who will come by cruise or by air can book the Chichen Itza tours from Cancun. Otherwise, a better option besides this  [...]
    March 3rd, 2010
  • Mayan ruins of Tulum: Explore this historical site Mayan ruins of Tulum: Explore this historical site
    Tulum is the place of a Pre-Colombian Maya walled city that serves as a key port for Coba. The ruins are located on 12-metre cliffs along the east coast of the Yucantan Peninsula. The site lies on Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is among the best well-preserved coastal Maya sites. What is more fascinating about this attraction is that Tulum is a popular tourist destination. Tourists love to visit and explore the Mayan ruins of Tulum, as it not only offers amazing ruins, but the setting on the beach as well and can be declared as Heaven. The turquoise water and black cliffs meet together and forms an inspiring picture. This archaeological site is among the fascinating exploration. The ruins of Tulum were once recognized  [...]
    February 24th, 2010
  • Tulum Ruins: A must visiting historical site Tulum Ruins: A must visiting historical site
    The greatest attraction of Tulum is its location. It is location on a bluff by facing the mounting sun and looks out towards the Caribbean. These views are simply more than spectacular. The meaning of Tulum in Mayan is Wall and the city was nicknamed as a walled city, which is a must visiting historical site. It is among the very few attractions that the ancients had ever built. Tulum earlier was the major link in the Maya’s widespread trade network. If you are a history fanatic, then visit this well-known tourist destination and explore the Mayan ruins in Tulum. Whenever visitors arrive to this ancient pre-hispanic site, they get the views of the buildings that were earlier the main center of the city. It was monumentally surrounded by the  [...]
    February 23rd, 2010