Video: La Ruta Maya: Yucatan, Belize and Guatemala
Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Belize and Guatemala were once the center of a culture that stretches back 4,000 years. The hundreds of ruined cities scattered throughout the jungles of Central and Meso-America reveal the secrets of the Maya, one of the western hemisphere's greatest civilisations.
Traveler Justine Shapiro starts her journey in Merida, Mexico, the capital of the Yucatan Peninsula, taking in the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá and Tulum. From there she travels south to English speaking Belize before ending her journey in Guatemala at the Easter celebrations in Antigua - hailed as the most spectacular in Latin America.
Along the Way...
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Traveler Justine Shapiro starts her journey in Merida, Mexico, the capital of the Yucatan Peninsula, taking in the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá and Tulum. From there she travels south to English speaking Belize before ending her journey in Guatemala at the Easter celebrations in Antigua - hailed as the most spectacular in Latin America.
Along the Way...
- Peer into a freshly excavated crypt.
- Sample cow's stomach stew - a local delicacy.
- Scuba dive along a 150-mile long barrier reef.
- Swim with dolphins in the idyllic beach resort of Placentia.
- Scale the active volcano of Pacaya.
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