Places – Mexico

Me gusta Mexico! 😀

This wonderful country is huge, with SO many beautiful beaches, friendly people, amazing ruins, picturesque peaks, and culinary delights. I love it, and I’m fortunate that I can spend some serious time here exploring. Yay! 😎

Posts from our Mexico travels

Visiting the Mayan ruins at Edzna

I don’t know what the name “Edzna” means, but I would guess “Place of the iguanas”. I have never seen ...
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Hacienda San Lorenzo and Cenote Oxman, Mexico

The historic Hacienda San Lorenzo is different from the abandoned haciendas that lie in ruins around the Yucatan. This is ...
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The Copper Canyon – Mexico Road Trip Recap

A friend of mine mentioned wanting to visit Mexico's Copper Canyon. I'd heard about this place ever since I was ...
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Sonora Sojourn – Mexico road trip recap

Trip theme: Beaches and exploration! I was following the Sonoran coastline, which of course involves beaches on the Sea of ...
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Mexico, State by State

Explore this wonderful country with us, state by state, from the beaches of Sonora to the pyramids of Yucatán, and everything in between!

Baja California – Where the desert meets the sea

Baja California is the top half of the skinny Baja peninsula. Most of the people live in the border cities ...
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Baja California Sur – Beaches, sun, and so much more

Baja California Sur, the southern half of the peninsula, is known for the tourist hot spots of Los Cabos. But ...
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Campeche – Mayan temples and pirate forts

Campeche is one of the 3 states in the Yucatán peninsula. Like its sister states, it has balmy beaches and ...
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Chiapas – Rugged and wild country

Chiapas, in the far south of Mexico near Guatemala, has some of the most rugged mountains and remote jungles in ...
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Chihuahua – Copper Canyon country

Chihuahua is an enormous state in northern Mexico. I expected to find a desert, but there are beautiful rolling hills, ...
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Colima – Small state with a big heart

Colima is a tiny state on Mexico's Pacific coast. There's a pretty little Pueblo Mágico called Comala, which is where ...
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Estado de Mexico – Mountains and monarchs

Mexico is the name of a city, a state, and a country. Estado de Mexico is in the center of ...
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Hidalgo – Haciendas and hot springs

Hidalgo is a mountainous inland state in eastern Mexico. Much of the terrain is ruggedly beautiful. There are hiking trails, ...
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Jalisco – Beaches and so much more

Jalisco is a sprawling state with a bit of everything. Puerto Vallarta beckons beach-loving tourists, while the capital, Guadalajara, is ...
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Michoacán – Mountain lakes and sandy shores

Michoacán stretches from the Pacific coast to the high central mountains. Morelia is a beautiful colonial city, and Patzcuaro is ...
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Nayarit – The Riviera is calling

Nayarit, on the Pacific coast, is famous for the gorgeous sandy beaches and bays along the Riviera Nayarit. Visitors lounge ...
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Oaxaca – Colorful cultural mosaic

Oaxaca is mostly mountainous, with a stretch of sandy shore along the south. There are 16 indigenous cultures here, which ...
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Puebla – In the shadow of the volcano

Puebla is in the central highlands of Mexico, and has some of the country's tallest peaks. At nearly 18,000 feet, ...
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Quintana Roo – Beach lover’s paradise

Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán peninsula, draws international crowds to its string of sandy beaches, and resort towns like Cancun ...
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Sinaloa – Mazatlán and magic towns

Sinaloa is a long, skinny state on the shore of the Pacific and Sea of Cortez. There are plenty of ...
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Sonora – Desert and the deep blue sea

Sonora is a large state in northwestern Mexico. There's a lot of Sonoran Desert scenery, studded with tall saguaro cacti ...
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Tabasco – Sizzling land of the Olmecs

Tabasco is a sultry state along the Gulf of Mexico. Much of the state is tropical rainforest. The Olmec civilization ...
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Veracruz – Gulf shores and tropical forests

Veracruz is a long state with the mountains on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other. The ...
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Yucatán – Pyramids and palm trees

Yucatán is one of the 3 states that make up the Yucatán peninsula. This was the homeland of the ancient ...
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Some Mexico pix