From North to South
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Living on the border of Mexico for most of my life, I have always wanted to explore the country more in depth besides Cancun, Cd. Juarez, and Puerto Penasco!!!! On this trip I got my chance to do just that, and see Mexico by the roads through the country.
As we entered Mexico through a very small border in New Mexico, the desert scenery was just like I had grown up with. It was extremely hot, but a dry heat and not the humid heat we would run across in Southern Mexico.
Our first stop over the border was Copper Canyon, namely the sleepy but great town of Creel which is one of the last stops on the great train journey. Some people took the train and others just stayed around Creel and chilled out with all the good food they had to offer.
The next stop after driving through some amazing road scenery was the beautiful old city of Zacatecas. While the whole city is massive, the old town where we based has beautiful old buildings, cobblestone streets, and great food!!!!
Headed more down south, we reach out destination of Mexico City, where we would stay for a few days in the historic center in order to see everything that the city has to offer. It is one of the bigger cities in the world but being in the historic center gave us a chance to spread out and do a little of everything. The ruins of Teotihuacan, located just outside of Mexico city is one of the main draws here as it is one of the largest pyramids in the world. Being in Mexico City, gave me a chance to just sit on the corner of a street and photograph people as they carried on with their everyday lives.
As we leave Mexico City, our next stop would be the beautiful town of Oaxaca. The views both in and out of Oaxaca were breathtaking as the mountains and valleys were filled with different Flora that we had not seen before.
Oaxaca was a beautiful town in itself with people coming from places all over Mexico and the world in order to see the beautiful streets and the surrounding areas. A quick walk around the city center showed the relaxed lifestyle people have in this area.
The beautiful road leaving Oaxaca was dotted with rolling hills with the famous Agave Plants on just about every corner.
Our first stop in the state of Chiapas was the beautiful Sumidero Canyon where we had a chance to take a great boat ride through the Canyon to see Monkeys, Crocs, Birds and of course one of the most famous attractions, the waterfall…
As we continue in the state of Chiapas made famous by the rebellions in the 1990s, the roads were absolutely wonderful both going in and out of San Cristobal de Las Casas….
Along the way we got to see a few different ancient ruins from the Mayans, while I did not make it to all of them, I enjoyed the ones that I did go to like Palenque and Uxmal…
Was the rest of Mexico as I expected? Yea it was with a lot of surprises and great food along the way as we headed south into Belize, I can only say that I loved my time seeing the rest of this great country (that I teach the politics of in my AP Class).
One response to “Mexico”
Brought back many memories of my time livong in Mexico..So much beauty, history and culture