An hour outside of Mexico City lies pyramids and ruins, including that of the third largest known pyramid in the world. The Teotihuacan people existed as a very small blip in pre-colonial Latin American history. In 1521, Tenochitchlan was found by Cortez. Today, it is thought that it took inspiration from Teotihuacan. The Aztecs found…
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Chichen Itza, Mexico – Cenotes & the fall of the Maya.
Cenotes: The entrance to the Mayan underworld; the portal between life and death; bringer of water. You cannot have life without water. The Maya knew this, and laid out their cities and temples in respect to their sources of water– cenotes. In Chichen Itza, many cenotes have been explored, and it has been determined they…
Island of the Dolls, Mexico City, Mexico
On an island within a canal outside of Mexico City, Mexico, there are hundreds of dolls left for the spirit of a young girl who was said to have drowned there years and years ago. It’s a two hour venture down a stream by boat to reach the island. When the girl was said to…
Yucatan, Mexico – Alux; Mayan Cryptid
Through much of the Yucatan, you will see little houses on roadsides and at resorts. These houses were built for the Alux, a Mayan cryptozoological creature akin to some types of fae species. Short at less than four feet in height, they are said to compact and dark in color. It is said that up…