 Group @ Uxmal |
 Arriving in Mexico City |
 Mauricio & Nela on the Bus |
 our bus for the week |
 our first hotel - Hotel Premier in Mexico City |
 La Reforma Boulevard |
 CUAUHTEMOC Statue |
 Zona Rosa |
 Joel & Eddie on first night |
 Angel on Monument |
 Independence Monument |
 Girls Table - first night dinner |
 Boys Table @ Dinner |
 Clark & Hank |
 Boris y la ley |
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 our EF Tour Director Patti |
 1st Night Meeting |
 the Zocalo |
 Catedral Metropolitana |
 La Ley @ el Zocalo |
 Mexican Independence Bell on National Palace |
 Inside National Palace |
 Diego Rivera Murals |
 Las Indigenas |
 Tour Guide Carlos |
 "Tierra y Libertad" |
 La Revolucion |
 La Historia de Mexico |
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 Mexican National Symbol |
 Carlos |
 Tenochtitlan |
 Carlos talking to group |
 Frida Kahlo |
 Michoacan |
 Los Esclavos |
 Templo Mayor |
 Quetzalcoatl @ Templo Mayor |
 Cerutti @ Templo Mayor |
 Eddie & Crew @ Templo Mayor |
 Faith @ Templo Mayor |
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 Chac Mool |
 Matt @ Templo Mayor |
 touring Templo Mayor |
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 The Red Temple |
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 Group @ Templo Mayor |
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 Wall of Skulls |
 Inside Metropolitan Cathedral |
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 good idea Matt |
 Group @ Catedral Metropolitana |
 Basilica Antigua |
 Inside Basilica of Guadelupe |
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 View of Popocatepetl Volcano |
 Basilica Nueva |
 Cape of the Virgin Guadelupe |
 Patron Saint of Mexico - Guadelupe |
 Favela |
 Roadside Mexican Favelas |
 Teotihuacan |
 Pyramid of the Moon |
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 Avenue of the Dead |
 connect! |
 on top of Pyramid of the Moon |
 Carlos @ Palace of Quetzalpapalotl |
 Group @ Palace of Quetzalpapalotl |
 Group on Avenue of the Dead |
 Pyramid of the Sun |
 Pyramid of the Moon |
 Rosa! |
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 Group Shot on top of Pyramid of Sun |
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 Descending Pyramid of Sun |
 Pyramid of Moon |
 Pyramid of the Sun |
 Maguey Fibers |
 Maguey Demo |
 Iztaccihuatl Volcano |
 Rest Stop Espresso time |
 Road Trip Mexico Style |
 Inside Cholula Pyramid |
 Boris after watching The Ring |
 Thor & Beatriz inside Cholula Pyramid |
 Don't Be Scurrred Rosa! |
 Leaving Cholula Pyramid |
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 Voladores de Cholula |
 Voladores y Volcanoes! |
 take it easy Mauricio!!! |
 View of Puebla from Cholula |
 Southern View of Popo - From Cholula |
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 Nahid & Crew in Puebla |
 Walking tour of Puebla |
 Lunch in Puebla |
 Viva la Revolucion! |
 Puebla Mall |
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 Dominican Cathedral in Puebla |
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 extremely ornate |
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 Beautiful Day in Puebla |
 hollister? |
 Shopping in Puebla |
 Casa Beatriz |
 Our Street in Puebla |
 Zocalo de Puebla |
 Just Married?! |
 Spiderman in Puebla |
 Puebla Drummers |
 right in front of hotel |
 Fire Juggling |
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 La Venta |
 Olmec Sculpture |
 Olmec Chief |
 Olmec Head |
 Olmec Head |
 Olmec Head |
 from your hand? |
 Is That Safe? |
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 Swinging Bridges |
 madness |
 Alpha Male? |
 Spider Monkeys |
 Smart Monkeys |
 Bad Monkey |
 Turtle Lovin' |
 Villahermosa @ Night |
 Mauricio @ Villahermosa Government Palace |
 Beatriz & Nahid |
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 Thor, Ms. Hsu & Patty |
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 La Ley |
 Spiderman in Villahermosa |
 Spiderman de Palmas |
 Viva Chiapas! |
 Palenque Pyramids |
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 Group Shot @ Palenque |
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 Lord Pakal |
 Eddie making a Wish |
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 leaving Palenque |
 Cascadias de Palenque |
 Palenque Rain Forest |
 Matt w/ Leaf |
 Walls of Campeche |
 Old Spanish Fort |
 weird light effect |
 Eagle w/ Snake on Cactus!?! |
 Campeche @ Night |
 Golfo de Mexico |
 Campeche Docks |
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 Uxmal |
 Cistern System |
 Uxmal |
 Magician's Pyramid |
 Side View - Magician's Pyramid |
 Birds of Uxmal |
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 best guide on trip? |
 Stelae Remains |
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 Interlocking Serpents |
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 Uxmal Ballcourt |
 Uxmal Group Shot w/ Guide |
 "All Smiles" Group Shot |
 Pok-ta-Pok Ring |
 Iguana in the shade |
 Excavations & Restorations underway |
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 Casa de Tortugas |
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 Double Headed Jaguar |
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 Thomas, Matt & Ms. Hsu @ Great Arch |
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 Merida |
 Merida Cemetary |
 our first sight in Merida? |
 Dia de los Muertos |
 el Catedral de Merida |
 Yarima in Merida |
 in front of the Cathedral |
 Pendentives! |
 huge structure |
 Covered Crucifix - for Semana Santa |
 Facade of Government Palace |
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 Bolivia! |
 Government Palace |
 a tired crew...... |
 Yarima @ el Palacio del Gobierno |
 Fernando Castro Pacheco Murals |
 The Popol Vuh myth |
 People Born out of Corn |
 Death & the Underworld |
 National Symbol - Eagle & Snake |
 Nachi Cocon - Leader of Mayan Resistance |
 Benito Juarez |
 Gonzalo Guerrero - Father of First Mestizos |
 Colonial Inquisition |
 Friar Diego de Landa |
 Yucatecan Slaves sold to Cuba |
 The Caste War - more Mayan resistance |
 the Spanish Conquest |
 Eddie & Mexican Boy Scout |
 Hammock Weaving |
 Hammock Demo in Merida |
 Ms. Hsu tries out the hammock |
 thomas?!? |
 hmmmm........ |
 Coquetas |
 Viva el Che! |
 Chichen Itza |
 The Great Ballcourt |
 the ballcourt |
 Restorations Underway |
 the ball player |
 Nose Piercings & Padding for the game |
 Decapitated Team Captain |
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 Pok-ta-Pok Ring |
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 the ball court |
 a living tree |
 Another Iguana |
 Run for it! |
 Pyramid of Kulkulcan |
 Sacbe |
 La Yucateca |
 Thor @ Cenote Sagrado |
 Cenote Sagrado |
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 displaced Chac-Mool |
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 Dancers platform |
 connect! |
 the Observatory |
 In the shade @ the Observatory |
 Pyramid of Kulkulcan |
 Face of Kulkulcan |
 Ascending inner Pyramid |
 Green Chac-mool & Jaguar Throne |
 Temple atop inner Pyramid |
 Faith going down inner Pyramid |
 Lunch after Chichen Itza |
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 our table |
 La Cenote Xkeken |
 cuidado! es peligroso |
 descending into Cenote Xkeken |
 dark & humid down here.... |
 massive stalactite |
 cool |
 Xkeken (petting) Zoo |
 Thor with Ocelot |
 is that safe? |
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 Cocodrilo |
 Boar Family |
 the infamous boar |
 Angry Boar! |
 Spider Monekys |
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 pobresito |
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 Voladores de Tulum |
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 Voladore Close-Up |
 4 Voladores x 13 revolutions = 52 |
 the owl |
 Tulum |
 ready for the beach! |
 that's the exit! |
 en route to Tulum |
 Matt |
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 Heading down to La Playa Tulum |
 first beach of the trip! |
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 Matt @ Tulum |
 Mauricio! |
 Il Castilo de Tulum |
 Leaving Tulum |
 Xelha |
 Macaws |
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 do we have to leave? |
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 que paso amigos? |
 Leaving Xel-Ha |
 en route to Isla Mujeres |
 great day & great weather! |
 Isla Mujeres |
 lighthouse |
 La Playa Isla Mujeres |
 hanging in the hammocks |
 Beatriz & Matt |
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 Bomberos |
 tamales! |
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 Isla Mujeres |
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 Playa Isla Mujeres |
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 Boat Ride back to Cancun |
 What an Amazing Day! |
 Playa Chac-Mool |
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 Senor Frogs |
 Last night @ Club Verano Beat |
 Pre-Dinner Gathering |
 Cancun Bus Ride |
 Eddie in Cancun |
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 Rainforest Cafe |
 Farewell Dinner |
 What a crew! |
 Joel & Matt |
 Boris hanging on!? |
 All Good things must come to an end... |