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Peña de Bernal, Queretaro
The third largest monolith in the world.
Now that hiking is trending, this is a good test of how serious you really are about it.
Or if you only do it for the selfie 🤳
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“The Mexican… is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it.”
— Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude
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Tonina, Chiapas
Home to the highest pyramid in Mexico.
Enemies of Palenque.
Captured and executed its ruler.
The act was so brutal. Even by Mayan standards where human sacrifice was part of daily life.
El Tajin and the pyramid of the Niches, Veracruz
Curious fact: The pyramid has 365 carved recesses; one for each day of the solar year.
“I kept walking, though there was nowhere left to go.” Pedro Páramo
Juan Rulfo wrote the entire Mexican literature with just two books.
Tonina, Chiapas
Home to the highest pyramid in Mexico.
Enemies of Palenque.
Captured and executed its ruler.
The act was so brutal. Even by Mayan standards where human sacrifice was part of daily life.
Vasconcelos library, CDMX
This futuristic library has:
- Over 38,000 m²
- More than 500,000 books.
All housed in a stunning brutalist structure.
Yaxchilan, Chiapas 🐍🍃
An ancient Mayan city hidden deep in the Lacandon Jungle.
For centuries, it controlled trade and power along the Usumacinta River.
Only accessible by boat.
Definitely not your average gringo spot.
The Huejotzingo Carnival is a reenactment of a historic battle in Puebla.
It blends tradition and religion celebrated right after the start of Lent (Cuaresma).
Who says only gringo celebrate 5 de mayo?
People swimming in a 60 foot deep jungle pool once used for Mayan rituals?☠️
Cenote Ik Kil, Yucatán 🇲🇽
