Discovering Mexico

Discovering Mexico is Swarupa’s chronicle which began with her new life in the Mexican city of Guadalajara and her wide exploration of the country she lived in for nine months in 2007-08.

Cosmopolitan Mexico City, world-class beach resorts, charming mountain resorts, beautiful colonial cities, amazing archaeological zones, mesmerizing Maya ruins, colourful indigenous markets…there is never a dull moment for her as she explores each place with immense gusto.

At each turn, new situations arise, requiring keen perception, quick thinking, and ingenuity. When she explores new places and meets new people, she paints each of them with rich descriptions. Her incurable wanderlust leads her on a three-week adventurous trail covering seven culturally rich southern states of Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Veracruz, the first five of which fall under the region of ‘the Maya world’.

Discovering Mexico is both a celebration of the joys and revelations to be found in this inexhaustibly interesting country. This immensely pleasurable and entertaining eBook falls into many categories…it is about Mexico, Mexican memoirs, Mexican travel, Mexican history and culture, Mexican food and drinks and of course – Mexicans!

With more than 100 coloured photographs, black and white political and geographical sketch maps of Mexico, a black and white sketch map of Swarupa’s three-week trip, black and white sketch maps of the seven southern states and two extensive glossaries – of Spanish words used in this book and their Mexican Spanish pronunciation – this thoroughly informative eBook is a must-read for everyone.

Some of the photographs in this book belong to the Mexican Tourism Board and the permission to reproduce them in this book was specially given by the ex-Tourism Minister of Mexico, Gloria Guevara.

This book has received warm appreciation from the ex-President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, the Mexican Tourism Board and the Embassy of Mexico in India.

	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	v
	INTRODUCTION	vi
1	My Mexican Diary	3
	PART ONE: QUINTANA ROO Five Days in the Riviera Maya
2	Arrival in Cancún	89
3	Xcaret Park	95
4	Tulum & Playa del Carmen	101
5	In & around Cancún	107
	PART TWO: YUCATAN
6	Day 5 – Arrival in Mérida	115
7	Day 6 – Chichén Itzá & Mérida	118
8	Day 7 – Uxmal & Kabáh	141
	PART THREE: CAMPECHE
9	Day 7 – Arrival in Campeche City	157
10	Day 8 – City tour & Edzná	159
	PART FOUR: TABASCO
11	Day 9 – Arrival in Villahermosa	183
	PART FIVE: CHIAPAS
12	Stunningly beautiful Chiapas	199
13	Day 10 – San Cristóbal de las Casas	206
14	Day 11 – The Waterfalls & Palenque	210
15	Day 12 – San Cristóbal & the Villages	228
16	Day 12 – Tuxtla Gutiérrez	245
17	Day 13 – Tour of Tuxtla Gutiérrez	248
18	Day 14 – Lagos de Montebello	254
	PART SIX: OAXACA
19	Day 15 – Arrival in Oaxaca City	259
20	Day 16 – Mitla & Teotitlán Tour	268
21	Day 17 – The Monte Albán Tour	280
	PART SEVEN: VERACRUZ
22	Day 18 – Arrival in Veracruz City	292
23	Day 19 – Sightseeing at Boca del Rio	303
24	Day 20 – Trip to El Tajin	307
	END OF MY JOURNEY
25	Day 21 – End of my journey	316
	EPILOGUE -The Post Trip Story	342
	GLOSSARY OF SPANISH WORDS	379
	GLOSSARY OF MEXICAN SPANISH PRONUNCIATIONS	393
	PHOTO SECTION I	68
	PHOTO SECTION II	318
	PHOTOSECTION III	374
	MAPS
	Political Map of Mexico	1
	Geographical Map of Mexico	2
	Map of the Trip	87
	Map of Quintana Roo	88
	Map of Yucatán	114
	Map of Campeche	156
	Map of Tabasco	182
	Map of Chiapas	198
	Map of Oaxaca	258
	Map of Veracruz	291

 

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