Tag: Mexico
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Official Name: United Mexican States Established: 16 September 1810 (Independence from Spain) Population: 128,649,565 (2020 estimate) Religion: 82.7% Roman Catholic, 6.6% Protestant, 1.4% Other Christian, 4.7% No religion Language(s): Spanish Capital: Mexico City Order of Visit: Forty-Third First Visit: 01 December 1986 Last Visit: 30 December 2012 Duration: 27 Days Visit Highlights: – Cancun: Beaches, spas,…
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Highlights: Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Tijuana, Circus Circus, Vegas, Beaches in Hawaii, Pearl Habour Remembrance. As a twelve year old I went on my first overseas trip between 27 November and 9 December 1986 for a 13 day adventure. This was a great adventure which got me out of primary school and made my friends…
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After 22 days in Mexico I can say I have a much better understanding of this country despite missing the Northern drug war areas on the border with the USA. My trip here was one part Resort in Cancun and a bigger basic tour part. Arriving in Cancun on the 9 December I had a…
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Monday 31 December 2012 Highlights: School bus transportation, New Year’s Eve A big day of taxis, buses and boats on a major travelling day that ended up with me on the Caribbean Island of Caye Caulker, a part of Belize.
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Sunday 30 December 2012 Highlights: Tulum Ruins Kate got my message last night about an earlier start for the Tulum Ruins visit which was a good start to the day. Kate sneaked into the breakfast area to meet us having the presence to not take off the hotel bracelets when she checked out yesterday.
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Saturday 29 December 2012 Highlights: Meeting new tour members Another lazy day walking around Playa del Carmen, watching some TV and writing blog entries and emails to those back home that I miss before meeting new tour members.
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Friday 28 December 2012 Highlights: Farewell Dinner After 14 days it was time to end the Mexico Ancient Civilizations part of my Mexican and Central America trip. Today we farewelled Tina, Luna, Sam, Patricia, Aaron, Lauren and Kate. I had originally been a little concerns that I would fit into a basic style tour aimed…
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Thursday 27 December 2012 Highlights: Feeling better, Chichen Itza The best thing about today was walking up and feeling much better. The group as a whole was also doing a lot better which was great news considering we had a 3 hour trip to Chichen Itza (without toilets) and and 3 hours later to Playa…
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Wednesday 26 December 2012 Highlights: Visit to the cenotes (water sink holes). Woke up during the night feeling unwell and I didn’t get any better by the time for our 7 am catch up with Sid for today’s option activity to the sink holes at Cuzama. Initially I said I wouldn’t attend but thought this…
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Tuesday 25 December 2012 Highlights: Christmas on a public bus! Today we had a 9 hour public bus ride to Merida with an early start needing to be at reception before 7 am. We could only book one vehicle to get us to the bus due to it being Christmas. Additionally we pre booked a…
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