Chichén Itzá
The famous El Castillo or The Castle pyramid, also known as the Temple of Kukulkán, the serpent deity. Intricate carvings tell stories of the Mayan past, the culture, gods, ceremonies, and people.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #chichenitza
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The famous El Castillo or The Castle pyramid, also known as the Temple of Kukulkán, the serpent deity. Intricate carvings tell stories of the Mayan past, the culture, gods, ceremonies, and people.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #chichenitza
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Chichén Itzá
The most majestic and the most visited of Mexico’s Maya ruins is Chichén Itzá on the Yucatán peninsula. Its proximity to the Atlantic coast makes it a popular day trip for beach and resort tou…
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June 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Chichén Itzá
The famous El Castillo or The Castle pyramid, also known as the Temple of Kukulkán, the serpent deity. Intricate carvings tell stories of the Mayan past, the culture, gods, ceremonies, and people.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #chichenitza
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/06/07/c...
The famous El Castillo or The Castle pyramid, also known as the Temple of Kukulkán, the serpent deity. Intricate carvings tell stories of the Mayan past, the culture, gods, ceremonies, and people.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #chichenitza
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Uxmal
Each site that features architectural ruins that I visited in Mexico has its own unique characteristics, even among those Mayan sites.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #uxmal
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Each site that features architectural ruins that I visited in Mexico has its own unique characteristics, even among those Mayan sites.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #uxmal
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May 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Uxmal
Each site that features architectural ruins that I visited in Mexico has its own unique characteristics, even among those Mayan sites.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #uxmal
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/05/31/u...
Each site that features architectural ruins that I visited in Mexico has its own unique characteristics, even among those Mayan sites.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #uxmal
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Mérida
The spectacular weekly performance of the ancient Maya ball game, Pok Ta Pok.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #merida #poktapok
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The spectacular weekly performance of the ancient Maya ball game, Pok Ta Pok.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #merida #poktapok
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Mérida
Founded by the Spanish in 1542 on the site of the ancient Maya city of Ti’ho, Mérida is the capital of the Yucatán state of Mexico, close to its northern coast. It is sometimes calle…
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May 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mérida
The spectacular weekly performance of the ancient Maya ball game, Pok Ta Pok.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #merida #poktapok
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The spectacular weekly performance of the ancient Maya ball game, Pok Ta Pok.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #merida #poktapok
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Campeche
I had definitely left the rainforest that covers central Mexico and was in the tropics: palm trees, ocean breezes, gentle waves.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Campeche #campechemexico
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/05/17/c...
I had definitely left the rainforest that covers central Mexico and was in the tropics: palm trees, ocean breezes, gentle waves.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Campeche #campechemexico
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Campeche
My first view of the Gulf was the harbor town of Campeche. The state of Campeche borders the west side of the Yucatan peninsula. I had definitely left the rainforest that covers central Mexico and …
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May 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Campeche
I had definitely left the rainforest that covers central Mexico and was in the tropics: palm trees, ocean breezes, gentle waves.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Campeche #campechemexico
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/05/17/c...
I had definitely left the rainforest that covers central Mexico and was in the tropics: palm trees, ocean breezes, gentle waves.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Campeche #campechemexico
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/05/17/c...
Palenque
The architectural site is surrounded by rainforest and home to wildlife, including howler monkeys and jaguars.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Palenque
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The architectural site is surrounded by rainforest and home to wildlife, including howler monkeys and jaguars.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Palenque
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Palenque
Traveling across Mexico to explore the ruins, I left the western areas inhabited primarily by the Aztec (Mexica), Zapotec, Olmec, and Mixtec peoples, and came to the land of the Mayan civilization …
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May 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Palenque
The architectural site is surrounded by rainforest and home to wildlife, including howler monkeys and jaguars.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Palenque
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/05/10/p...
The architectural site is surrounded by rainforest and home to wildlife, including howler monkeys and jaguars.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Palenque
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San Cristobal, Chimula
A visit to the church in Chimula was a mysterious, unforgettable morning. In San Cristobal de las Casas, a seemingly endless market captivated me, with colorful weavings and other crafts.
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#travelmexico #photographymexico #sancristobal #chimula
A visit to the church in Chimula was a mysterious, unforgettable morning. In San Cristobal de las Casas, a seemingly endless market captivated me, with colorful weavings and other crafts.
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#travelmexico #photographymexico #sancristobal #chimula
San Cristobal, Chamula
A visit to the Iglesia de San Juan in San Juan Chamula, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, was a mysterious, unforgettable morning. The Tzotzil people resisted the Spanish in 1524 and later …
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April 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
San Cristobal, Chimula
A visit to the church in Chimula was a mysterious, unforgettable morning. In San Cristobal de las Casas, a seemingly endless market captivated me, with colorful weavings and other crafts.
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/04/19/s...
#travelmexico #photographymexico #sancristobal #chimula
A visit to the church in Chimula was a mysterious, unforgettable morning. In San Cristobal de las Casas, a seemingly endless market captivated me, with colorful weavings and other crafts.
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/04/19/s...
#travelmexico #photographymexico #sancristobal #chimula
Sumidero Canyon
The walls of the canyon contain numerous small caves, rock formations, rainforest vegetation, caves, and waterfalls, and crocodiles and a variety of wildlife below.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #sumiderocanyon #sumiderocanyonmexico
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/04/12/s...
The walls of the canyon contain numerous small caves, rock formations, rainforest vegetation, caves, and waterfalls, and crocodiles and a variety of wildlife below.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #sumiderocanyon #sumiderocanyonmexico
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Sumidero Canyon
The Grijalva River, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, carved the deep Sumidero Canyon over millions of years. Its towering cliffs reach up to one thousand meters high (3,200 ft). The distance f…
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April 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sumidero Canyon
The walls of the canyon contain numerous small caves, rock formations, rainforest vegetation, caves, and waterfalls, and crocodiles and a variety of wildlife below.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #sumiderocanyon #sumiderocanyonmexico
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/04/12/s...
The walls of the canyon contain numerous small caves, rock formations, rainforest vegetation, caves, and waterfalls, and crocodiles and a variety of wildlife below.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #sumiderocanyon #sumiderocanyonmexico
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/04/12/s...
Crossing Oaxaca
The Arbol del Tule, a Montezuma cypress, or ahuehuete, has the largest trunk diameter in the world, and is two thousand years old.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Oaxaca #oaxacamexico
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The Arbol del Tule, a Montezuma cypress, or ahuehuete, has the largest trunk diameter in the world, and is two thousand years old.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Oaxaca #oaxacamexico
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Crossing Oaxaca
Driving across the state of Oaxaca, there were some interesting stops. The Arbol del Tule, a Montezuma cypress, or ahuehuete, has the largest trunk diameter in the world, and is over 130 feet tall.…
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April 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Crossing Oaxaca
The Arbol del Tule, a Montezuma cypress, or ahuehuete, has the largest trunk diameter in the world, and is two thousand years old.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Oaxaca #oaxacamexico
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/04/05/c...
The Arbol del Tule, a Montezuma cypress, or ahuehuete, has the largest trunk diameter in the world, and is two thousand years old.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #Oaxaca #oaxacamexico
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/04/05/c...
Oaxaca
The lively historic stone streets are full of shops and galleries, art and street art, and quinceañera celebrations.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #oaxacamexico #oaxaca
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/03/15/o...
The lively historic stone streets are full of shops and galleries, art and street art, and quinceañera celebrations.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #oaxacamexico #oaxaca
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/03/15/o...
Oaxaca
Ancestors have populated the region now called the state of Oaxaca for thousands of years. It was named Oaxaca, similar to the original Nahuatl name Huaxyacac meaning “place of the guaje …
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March 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Oaxaca
The lively historic stone streets are full of shops and galleries, art and street art, and quinceañera celebrations.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #oaxacamexico #oaxaca
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/03/15/o...
The lively historic stone streets are full of shops and galleries, art and street art, and quinceañera celebrations.
#travelmexico #photographymexico #oaxacamexico #oaxaca
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/03/15/o...
Tlahuac
The area is home to Nahuatl descendants who are keeping their way of life alive.
#TravelMexico #photographymexico #Tlahuac #tlahuacmexico
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The area is home to Nahuatl descendants who are keeping their way of life alive.
#TravelMexico #photographymexico #Tlahuac #tlahuacmexico
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Tlahuac
Most tourists never discover the pueblo of San Pedro Tlahuac. Founded on a small island at the end of the 12th century, it once grew much of the food that fed the population at Tenochtitlan, modern…
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February 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Tlahuac
The area is home to Nahuatl descendants who are keeping their way of life alive.
#TravelMexico #photographymexico #Tlahuac #tlahuacmexico
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/02/15/t...
The area is home to Nahuatl descendants who are keeping their way of life alive.
#TravelMexico #photographymexico #Tlahuac #tlahuacmexico
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Teotihuacán
The Mexicas (Aztec) rediscovered the abandoned city more than one thousand years after it was built. They named it Teotihuacán, meaning “Birthplace of the Gods” or the “Place where time began.”
#travelmexico #photographymexico #teotihuacan
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/02/08/t...
The Mexicas (Aztec) rediscovered the abandoned city more than one thousand years after it was built. They named it Teotihuacán, meaning “Birthplace of the Gods” or the “Place where time began.”
#travelmexico #photographymexico #teotihuacan
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Teotehuacán
The archaeological ruins of Teotihuacán lie just thirty miles (50km) northeast of Mexico City. Although people lived in the area before then, the civilization developed in the first century CE, alo…
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February 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Teotihuacán
The Mexicas (Aztec) rediscovered the abandoned city more than one thousand years after it was built. They named it Teotihuacán, meaning “Birthplace of the Gods” or the “Place where time began.”
#travelmexico #photographymexico #teotihuacan
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/02/08/t...
The Mexicas (Aztec) rediscovered the abandoned city more than one thousand years after it was built. They named it Teotihuacán, meaning “Birthplace of the Gods” or the “Place where time began.”
#travelmexico #photographymexico #teotihuacan
ruthrosenfeld.com/2025/02/08/t...