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The Curious Origin of the Name of Yucatan

It is not official, but they say that when Captain Cook made the first recorded contact with Australia he saw a kangaroo and asked the aborigines what it was. They answered gangurru, which in their language means “I don’t understand you” and since then the kangaroo is called kangaroo.

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Happy Birthday Quintana Roo!

The territory that today makes up Quintana Roo was part of the State of Yucatan until 1902. Then, the federal government decided to separate the territory and take control because in those years Yucatan did not have the resources needed to pacify the conflict with the Mayans in the east of the peninsula. In addition, […]

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Glyphic Text Discovered in Cobá

As expected, the construction of the Maya Train has uncovered everything from pottery to complete buildings of the Mayan culture in Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo. In this case, the INAH reported that they recently discovered a panel with a glyphic text carved directly on rock, consisting of 123 cartridges and speaking about the founding […]

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The Sand Falls

First reported in 1959 by the American geologist F. P. Shepard and made known to the world by the oceanographer Jacques Cousteau with beautiful images a few years later, the Sand Falls are located in the southern part of the Bay of Cabo San Lucas, where the famous arch is also located, in Baja California […]

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Magic Towns

We have seen it in countless platform videos: in the minds of many people around the world, Mexico is synonymous with a beach or desert. It is true, some of the beaches in Mexico are always in the top 10 of the best in the world and, yes, 40% of the Mexican territory is made […]

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Pondering About the Aztecs

The people we popularly know as “Aztecs” called themselves “Mexica”. The Aztecs are a legendary people who inhabited the mythical city called Aztlán. The Mexica were a group that separated from the Aztecs and migrated south. Even today it is not known where the mythical Aztlán is located, but we know the group that separated […]

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January 21, Mariachi Day

 The Mariachi is an essential element of Mexican culture; its music and traditional dress are representative icons of Mexico. Mariachi was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2011.

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Make a Delicious Mexican Ponche for Christmas

 Christmas celebrations in Mexico are full of flavor and tradition, and one of those unique flavors is found in ponche (fruit punch), a comforting and delicious hot drink with fruit, very popular in Mexico during the Christmas season. The ingredients may vary according to individual tastes and fruit availability, some add hibiscus, tamarind, or […]

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