Author: angela7marino
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Calakmul: Ruins, jungles, and bats
It was time to escape. In January I was in the shadow of the second biggest rainforest in the world. Inside of it held ancient ruins from the Mayan people. I spent the week texting with the guide my friends took but he had a private tour and couldn’t include me. He sent me the…
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Tulum: Cenotes and Ceviche
This city is now THE place for Americans. Cancun is a tourists trap from the airport to the beach. Can’t blame them though for building what everyone wants, all you can eat and drink with no sense of a true Mexico. Just 2 hours south you can find ruins, cenotes, and 20 somethings clubbing. My…
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Mexico: From the Lagoon to the Forest
Everyone knows in Mexico they speak Spanish. But that was not the original language, that is the colonizer’s language. Some places in Mexico still have this original language regionally. In the movie Roma you can hear it spoken. This language lingers in the names of the towns like Oaxaca, pronounced Wah-Ha-Ka and Xpujil, pronounched Che-Pu-Jil.…
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Bacalar: The Lake with 7 Colors
Everyone knows about Cancun & Tulum. When you think Mexico beaches, you can picture yourself in an all inclusive resort enjoying the southern sun. This, my friends, is the tourist’s Mexico, beautiful but not truly giving you the local flavor or taste. To get this you need to travel down the Yucatan Peninsula to Bacalar.…
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Christmas, COVID, & Cancun
Like most of the world in December 2021 I finally got COVID. After 2 years of dodging it in Australia, it only took me 3 months to contract it in America. Perfect timing as most of America was flying around the country to see their families. I had been taken a PCR or rapid test…
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