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Yucatan landscape Collection - Stock Photos
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| The landscape of the Yucatan varies as much as the
attractions, offering vast expanses of green jungle, white sandy beaches,
coral reefs, swamps and hills. This vibrant peninsula is one of the
most ecologically important regions in the world - the home to species
not found anywhere else on Earth. |
Colonial cities like Merida and Valladolid represent the Spanish influence;
exotic resorts of Cancun, Cozumel and Playa del Carmen offer modern
luxuries; and once wondrous cities, like Chichen-Itza, Uxmal and Edzna
now stand as monuments to the great Mayan civilization. Culturally,
the Yucatan Peninsula is a country within a country. Most Yucatecans
still speak the clipped, rhythmic Mayan language and their distinctive
facial features silently attest to their ancestral heritage. |
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