Mexico 2003

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Even though Uxmal is comparable to Chichen Itza, most of us have never heard of it.  I suppose I discovered it on some late-night geek web-surfing session.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15">   Anyway, having decided to go to Uxmal, I set about to plan the logistics and the rest of the itinerary.</span></p> </font><font SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <b> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="2" id="table8"> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family:Arial"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15">   </span><font FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <span style="font-family: Arial">Merida’, in the Yucatan peninsula, is the closest city to Uxmal.  I love Mexico, and I feel right at home there, so I was excited to go to Merida’ – someplace where I had never been.   There are also several lesser sites of Mayan ruins that can be visited on a day trip from Uxmal along the Ruta Puuc (Kabah, Sayil, Labna), plus the caves at Lol Tun.   OK, great!   Celestun and the wildlife refuge came up as a target of opportunity after I arrived in Merida (can’t pass up the beach if I’m anywhere near it).  And, to round it out, I decided to return home via Mexico City.   Mexico City (or DF – for Distrito Federal) is an exciting place, and the Aztec pyramids at Teotihuacan would be the perfect finish to an interesting trip of old, crumbling buildings and ancient graves!</span></font></td> <td width="429"> <p align="center"> <map name="FPMap0"> <area target="body" alt="Merida" href="merida.html" shape="rect" coords="156, 59, 223, 78"> <area target="body" alt="Merida" href="merida.html" shape="rect" coords="198, 77, 286, 99"> <area target="body" alt="Uxmal" href="uxmal.html" shape="rect" coords="90, 165, 161, 195"> <area target="body" alt="Kabah" href="kabah.html" shape="rect" coords="171, 183, 237, 213"> <area target="body" alt="Ruta Puuc" href="kabah.html" shape="rect" coords="55, 193, 163, 220"> <area target="body" alt="Sayil" href="sayil.html" shape="rect" coords="122, 215, 187, 241"> <area target="body" alt="labna" href="labna.html" shape="rect" coords="166, 239, 238, 263"> <area target="body" alt="Caves of Loltun" href="caves.html" shape="rect" coords="220, 204, 361, 232"> <area target="body" alt="Celestun" href="celestun.html" shape="rect" coords="44, 104, 133, 130"> <area target="body" alt="Teotihuacan Pyramids" href="teo.html" shape="rect" coords="2, 24, 124, 52"> <area target="body" alt="Mexico City (District Federal)" href="mexdf.html" shape="rect" coords="0, 5, 126, 26"> </map> <img border="0" src="images/kabah/ruta_map_sm.jpg" width="400" height="267" usemap="#FPMap0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="429"> <p align="center">Click on the map to see the sites</td> </tr> </table> </b> <p><span style="font-family:Arial"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15">   </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial">So – click on the map or the pictures and read about my 2003 Mexican travels.</span></p> <b> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="2" id="table9"> <tr> <td width="20" height="30"> </td> <td align="center" height="30"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/celt2.gif" width="21" height="20"></td> <td align="center" height="30"> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/celt2.gif" width="21" height="20"></font></td> <td align="center" height="30"> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/celt2.gif" width="21" height="20"></font></td> <td width="20" height="30"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20"> </td> <td colspan="3"> <table border="2" width="100%" bordercolorlight="#9D0000" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="2" bordercolordark="#760000" id="table10"> <tr> <td align="center"> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font COLOR="#800080" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <a target="body" title="Merida" href="merida.html"> <img border="0" src="images/merida.jpg" alt="Merida" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px" width="240" height="180"></a></font></td> <td align="center"> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <a href="uxmal.html" target="body"> <img border="0" src="images/uxmal.jpg" alt="Uxmal" width="240" height="180" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px"></a></font></td> <td align="center" width="240"> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font COLOR="#800080" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <a href="kabah.html" target="body"> <img border="0" src="images/kabah.jpg" alt="Kabah" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px" width="240" height="180"></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15">   MERIDA   <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15"></b></td> <td align="center"> <b> <font FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15">   UXMAL  <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15"></font></td> <td align="center" width="240"><b> <font FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15">   KABAH   <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font COLOR="#800080" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <a target="body" title="Sayil" href="sayil.html"> <img border="0" src="images/sayil.jpg" alt="Sayil" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px" width="240" height="180"></a></font></td> <td align="center"> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font COLOR="#800080" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <a target="body" title="Labna" href="labna.html"> <img border="0" src="images/labna.jpg" alt="Labna" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px" width="240" height="180"></a></font></td> <td align="center" width="240"> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font COLOR="#800080" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <a target="body" title="Caves of Loltun" href="caves.html"> <img border="0" src="images/caves.jpg" alt="Caves of Loltun" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px" width="240" height="180"></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <td align="center"><b> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15">   SAYIL   <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15"></b></td> <td align="center"> <b> <font FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15">   LABNA  <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15"></font></td> <td align="center" width="240"><b> <font FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15">   CAVES   <img border="0" src="buttons/bullets/diam1d.gif" width="15" height="15"></font></td> </font> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <font color="#800080"> <b> <font COLOR="#800080" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <a target="body" title="Celestun" href="celestun.html"> <img border="0" src="images/celestun.jpg" alt="Celestun" style="border-style: solid; 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