Mexico Photo Gallery

Travelling in Mexico felt like travelling in a cleaner version of India. The country is full of colours, flavours, and amazing sights. I have been to Mexico twice now, exploring a portion of the country on my each visit.

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Check out my Mexico travel stories in the Taco to Tequila series

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↑ Hiking to the Sun pyramid at Teotihuacan

Travelling in Mexico felt like travelling in a cleaner version of India. The country is full of colours, flavours, and amazing sights. I have been to Mexico twice now, exploring a portion of the country on my each visit.

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Mexico Top 30

Pictures that will make you want to travel to Mexico right now!

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Mexican Food

Amazing flavours and lots of variety from city to city.

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Pyramids, and pre-Colombian cities

The Aztecs, Mayans, and other native cultures built spectacular cities before the Spanish conquistadors arrived. Included in this gallery is: Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Ek Balam, Teothihuacan, Xochicalco, Tula, Comalcalco, Tonina, and Palenque.

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City Life

How does it feel to live in Mexican cities and towns.

Places to see:

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Mexico City

Ciudad de Mexico is the capital city of Ecuador and is spread across a picturesque valley high in the Andes

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Puebla

Places to the east of of Mexico city: Pubebla and Cholula

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Hidalgo and Mex

Places to the north of Mexico city: Pyramids of Teotihuacan, Pachuca, El Chico park, Tula

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Gurrero and Morelos

Places to the south of Mexico city: Taxco, Xochicalco, Cuernavaca

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Palenque and Toniná

Some of the largest Maya cities of the south

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Chichen Itza

Famous Mayan pyramids

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Yucatan and Quintana Roo

Cancun, Merida and Valladolid plus smaller cities in the Yucatan region

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Uxmal and Ek Balam

Exploring ruins while hitchhiking in Yucatan

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Chiapas

San Cristobal de las Casas, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapa de Corzo, and indigenous villages of Chamula and Zinacantan

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Tabasco

Villahermosa, Comalcalco, and Tapijulapa

Photo Gallery » Mexico
Check out my Mexico travel stories in the Taco to Tequila series

Author: Priyank

Traveller, musician, blogger, bureaucrat. In that order. I'm very interested in trying new things and my interests are diverse. Food, people, places, technologies - I like them all. Whatever I do, I approach life with optimism and strive to make each day happy and fruitful.

43 responses to “Mexico Photo Gallery”

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    February 11, 2011 at 07:54

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