are about 35 miles south of the main road (Hwy. 186) deep in the forest. The only others visitors while I was there were the father-daughter hitchhikers from Fairbanks, Alaska, that I picked up. They ...
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Calakmul secrets of a lost Maya empire

Hidden deep within the tropical forests of southern Mexico lies Calakmul, one of the largest and most powerful cities of the ancient Maya world. For centuries, this vast kingdom stood at the center of ...
You know you're going somewhere away from the crowds when your accommodation for the night sends you directions that say "go to the traffic light, and we're in front of the tabasquena store". It doesn ...
"Just so you know up front, I'm not climbing all the way to the top." It was late on a warm, humid Yucatan day, and I'd pretty well drained my tank scaling a cute little number named Structure XIII on ...