Travel Blog Photos from Calakmul (42)
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![]() | Calakmul, Mexico |
... of a town but convenient for the sites. Hired a taxi for the day and headed 200km south towards the Guatemalan border to see Calakmul. Due to itīs remoteness and difficulty in getting there, we had the city to ourselves. We clambered around the ruins and ...
We stopped at this site to explore the pyramids in the middle of the jungle.
... the tallest pyramid!!). It was quite a long trip - we had to head west for 59km along the Xpujil - Escarcega road until the Calakmul turn off, and then south for another 59km along a very windy road through the jungle. It would have been cool to have made ...
More than 60 km from the main road, a long and difficult drive to this most remote site in the jungle near the Guatemalan border, was first rediscovered in 1931, and is one of the most impressive Mayan sites, making it well worth the time and effort. ...
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