MAVERICK ROVER WORLD Blog Post #39 Uxmal / Mayan Ruins Merida, MX. 12/30/2018

Post #39

December 30, 2018


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Yucatan flag

MEXICO
Merida, Yucatan
(week 3)

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Mayan Flag

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Uxmal

Mayan ruins from the 7th - 10th Century

Similar to Chichén Itzá,

but even better with all of the vegetation around the site

and far less crowded. 

UNESCO  site added March 30, 2015

Still smiling after hiking up the 72 stairs to the top

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On the way to Uxmal we stopped at a
Cenote 
(sink hole)
which was created in the underground limestone
by a meteor that landed in the area
There are over 2000 cenotes in the Yucatan 

66 million years ago, after a 7.5-mile-wide asteroid crashed into the ocean near what’s now the port town of Chicxulub, Mexico. The impact brought the age of dinosaurs to an abrupt end, wiping out the vast majority of the iconic beasts along with about three-quarters of all life on Earth.

All around the Yucatan in its lowlands there is now a vast
eco-system of
coral, crocodiles, fish, iguana, turtles,
migration of flamingos and other birds & butterflies


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These world renowned musicians are a part of the 

Yucatan Symphony Orchestra.

They are from England, Bulgaria, Russia and Mexico.

Lucky Us to hear them perform at the beautiful

Hacienda La Cruz Palomeque 

just outside the city of Merida

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There are many elegant Haciendas located in the Yucatan

that were formerly working Henequen plantations. Only a few plantations remain, but the haciendas are now mostly retreats, boutique hotels and private estates. 

Henequen is the

Green Gold

of the Yucatan,

which made fortunes for ranchers.

It is used to produce Sisal for weaving

baskets and rugs

Henequen is in the asparagus / agave plant family

Processed and drying of sisal

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The Mayan Calendar

Since Calendar Round dates repeat every 18,980 days, approximately 52 solar years, the cycle repeats roughly once each lifetime, so a more refined method of dating was needed if history was to be recorded accurately. To specify dates over periods longer than 52 years, Mesoamericans used the Long Count calendar.

The Maya calendar uses three different dating systems in parallel, the Long Count, the Tzolkin (divine calendar), and the Haab (civil calendar). Of these, only the Haab has a direct relationship to the length of the year.

Very complicated to understand, but it sure is beautiful

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“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”

 Oliver Wendell Holmes

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**next stops

San Diego, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Bozeman, MT

Buenos Aires, AR

December '18 - January '19 MEXICO

*merida(mid)

October - December 2018  MEXICO

*puertovallarta (pvr) 

**October 2018 USA

*portland(pdx)

**September 2018 USA

*losangeles

*palmsprings

*lasvegas(las)

*sandiego(san)

*washingtondc(dca)

*newyorkcity(jfk)

**August 2018  ENGLAND

*highclere

*chester

*manchester(man)

*salford

*liverpool

**July 2018  SCOTLAND

*edinburgh(edi) 

*alloa

*sterling

*standrews

*glasgow(gla)

**July 2018  IRELAND

*dublin(dub)

**July 2018  ENGLAND, UK 

*london(stn)

**April - June 2018  SPAIN

*madrid(mad)

*valencia(vlc)

*barcelona(bcn)

*sitges

*palmademallorca(pmi)

*torrevieja

*puntaprima

*caboroig

*granada

*cartegena

*lazenia

*malaga

*altea

*alicante

**March 2018   USA

*sandiego (san)

*losangeles(lax) 

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Our travels include all of these countries and cities around the world, plus multiple states and cities across the USA

**February 2018  MEXICO

**mexicocity(mex)

**October 2017  HAWAII

**maui(ogg)

**April 2017 PANAMA CANAL CRUISE

**mexico

**guatamala

**panama

**costarica

**curacao

**florida(mia)

**May 2016 DENMARK

**copenhagen(cph)

**April-May 2016 MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE

**italy

**malta

**greece

**turkey

**April-May 2016 TRANS-ATLANTIC CRUISE

**portugal

**gibraltar

**spain

**italy

**September 2014 HAWAII

**kona(koa)

**May2014 FRANCE

**paris(cdl)

**May 2014 ITALY

**venice

**April-May 2014 TRANS-ATLANTIC CRUISE

**canaryislands

**spain

**france

**italy

**June 2013 AFRICA

**tanzania(ark)

**June 2013 NETHERLANDS

**amsterdam(ams)

**October 2011 SPAIN

**barcelona(bcn)

**madrid

**seville

**valencia

**January 2009 MEXICO

**acapulco(aca)

**November 2008 MEXICO

**puertovallarta(pvr)

**October 2007 MEXICO

**cabosanlucas(csl)

**November 2006 ITALY

**rome(fco)

**florence

**pisa

**sienna

**tavernelle

**montepulciano

**November 2006 CANADA

**vancouver(yvr)

**March 2005 MEXICO

**guadalajara(gdl)

**July 2004 ARUBA

**December 2003 CANADA

**whistler

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