I was lucky to go to Mexico's Independence Square this time. I saw the demonstrations. There were so many people, it was like going back to 24 years ago. How could I see this if I went with a tour group? It's better to travel independently, surprises are everywhere! . Mexico's Arc de Triomphe Mexico's Independence Monument The establishment of the Mexican Museum of Anthropology began with the discovery and preservation of the "Sun Calendar Stone".
The "Sun Stone" was an object of worship for the Aztecs. In 1520, the Spanish buried the object of worship when they ravaged the Aztec capital. It was not until 1790 that the Sun Stone was discovered again. People dug it out of the ground and preserved and studied it as a precious historical and cultural heritage. This is how the activities of the Mexican Museum began.
The cultural relics here are all treasures among treasures. Many well-known cultural relics are finally seen in real life. In the evening, take a plane to the Mexican town of Merida.
It was already 11pm when we arrived in Merida. After a good night's sleep, we started to explore the city. It is the largest city in the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico and the capital of Yucatan State. It is located at the northern end of the limestone plain of the peninsula, 9 meters above sea level. The population is 344,000 (1980). It is mainly composed of Indian Mayans. It was built in 1542 on the original site of the ancient Mayan city of Tio.
One of the world's largest sisal production centers. Surrounded by large sisal plantations. The industry is mainly cable and sack making, and there are also food, cement, furniture and other sectors. The handicraft industry is well developed. Agricultural and livestock products are exported through its northern port of Progreso. It is a transportation hub. There are many Mayan ruins nearby, which is a tourist base. Mérida is located at 20 degrees 58 minutes 12 seconds north latitude.
89°37'W is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is located in the northwest of the state, about 35 km (22 mi) from the Gulf of Mexico. The city had a population of 793,000 in 2003, ranking 11th in Mexico. Uxmal is located in the north of Yucatán and is a major commercial and political center.
Its main area is 600 meters from east to west and 1000 meters from north to south. The Mayan culture reached its peak from the 8th to the 10th century AD. The buildings there are one of the masterpieces of this culture. Most of the ancient Mayans built highly civilized temple cities in dense forests. The Uxmal complex is one of the ruins built in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico during the heyday of the Mayan Empire.
Surrounded by dense tropical rainforests, it had a population of 25,000 before the 11th century. In the center of the ruins stands the 38-meter-high "Magician's Pyramid". Legend has it that a witch used magic to hatch a little man from an egg, and the little man built the pyramid overnight, hence the name "Magician's Pyramid".
The stairs on the west side of the tower are aligned with the setting sun on the summer solstice every year, reflecting the high level of astronomical knowledge of the Indians at that time. In addition, on the 15-meter-high mound there is a majestic "Governor's Palace" with a length of 100 meters, a height of 8 meters, and a width of 12 meters. It is known as the most outstanding architectural masterpiece in ancient America, and there are still mosaic decorations on its outer wall.
But according to research, the governor never lived here. The Witch Pyramid is very interesting. You can hear the birds singing by clapping your hands, but the ticket is expensive. At night, I had dinner at a very good restaurant in Merida, but it was very expensive.
Chichen Itza, Mexico, one of the seven wonders of the world. Rent a car from Merida to Cancun. There is a must-see attraction along the way, which is Chichen Itza. This building is known as one of the seven wonders of the new world, as famous as the Great Wall of Yunluo. The chairman and his wife visited here in the middle of the year.
Yun Luo also followed the Chairman's footsteps and came here. Chichen Itza is an ancient Mayan city site located in the southern part of Yucatan, Mexico. It is 3 kilometers long from north to south and 2 kilometers wide from east to west. There are hundreds of buildings. It is the site of the ancient Mayan culture and Toltec culture. "Chichen" means "wellhead". Natural wells are the foundation of the city.
The existing highway divides it into two halves. The old Chichen Itza on the south side was built from the seventh to tenth century AD, with Mayan cultural characteristics, including pyramid temples, pillar halls, ball courts, markets and astronomical observatories, and is mainly decorated with stone carvings; the new Chichen Itza on the north side is a gray building with Toltec cultural characteristics, including the Kukulkan Pyramid and the Warriors Temple.
The main decorations are simple lines and plaster sculptures of feathered serpents. Palenque is a site that reflects Mayan architectural art. It is located on a slope between the mountains in Chiapa, Mexico, reflecting the fact that the Mayans chose to build cities and settle in the mountains. This is proved by the Mayan stele with dates found here.
The history of this city can be traced back to 642 AD. Among the buildings in Palenque, the most eye-catching one is the "Temple of Inscriptions" built on a pyramid. The pyramid is square. There are ten floors, which get smaller as they go up. The lowest floor has nine steps, and the rest have seven steps, for a total of seventy-two steps.
The "Temple of the Inscriptions" is built on the top platform of the pyramid. It has a flat roof, five doors, murals and reliefs on the corridors, and inscriptions carved on the four walls of the temple. Unfortunately, these Mayan hieroglyphs have not been deciphered until the beginning of the 21st century, and no one knows the true meaning of these inscriptions.
The buildings here are almost all flat-topped or have platforms. The steps of the pyramids symbolize the ladder leading to the universe, which is a typical feature of Mayan architecture. Although the pyramids in Mexico and Egypt are similar in shape, they are different. Most of the pyramids discovered in Mexico are altars for ancient Indian tribes to worship gods.
Rather than a mausoleum, the pyramid of Palenque is an exception. It is the mausoleum of Pakal, the ruler of Palenque in the seventh century BC. It is said that the construction of this pyramid began shortly after Pakal was born. It took several decades to build it entirely with huge stones, and it was not completed until Pakal died at the age of 76.
Therefore, people are quite interested in it. To enter this tomb, you must climb the stairs of the pyramid, enter the Temple of Inscriptions, and then follow the spiral stone steps to go down to the tomb. According to archaeologists' analysis, this tomb may have a main entrance, but because the pyramid is made of huge stones, they gave up the search because they did not want to damage the pyramid during the excavation.
The flat ceiling of the tomb is a false arch, built entirely of stone strips, seven meters high, nine meters long, and four meters wide at its widest point. A niche is carved in the middle of the back wall of the tomb, with a relief image of a warrior inside. There are three relief images of warriors on each of the left and right walls. A stone coffin is placed in the center of the front of the tomb, about 1.1 meters high, 2.8 meters long, and 2 meters wide. There are relief patterns on all four sides of the inner wall of the coffin.
The coffin lid is 27 centimeters thick and weighs 5 tons. The coffin lid and the surroundings are also full of carved patterns. A stone cave is carved downward in the center of the sarcophagus. Its front end is oval and the inside of the cave is painted red. Bakar lies on his back in the cave, wearing a green jade mask. There are jade necklaces, beads, rings and small balls on his neck, chest, hands, wrists and feet.
In front of the left foot, there is a green jade idol of the sun god. There is a palace in front of the right side of the pyramid. In the middle of the palace is a large courtyard, which seems to be the place where the royal family watched competitions or performances at that time. There are various paintings and reliefs on the walls of the corridor. After more than 1,000 years, the colors have faded but are still recognizable, and the green is particularly clear. There is a steam bath in the northeast corner of the back corridor.
First, a huge stone was burned with fire, and then water was poured on the stone to produce steam for the royal family to bathe. In front of the palace, there is a square tower with five floors. There are palace-like buildings on all four sides of the palace and the tower. In front of the pyramid is a huge square, which is an important activity center of the city-state.
Chichen Itza is a remarkable stone city built in Yucatan, Mexico. Some of the oldest buildings and pyramids date back 1,500 years and were built by the Toltecs and Mayans. Chichen Itza is made up of stone buildings, temples and courtyards. A huge "sacrifice ball court" sits at one end of the city.
(The "human sacrifice ball game" was a very special game in which two teams had to try to kick the ball through iron hoops at both ends of the field. Afterwards, the captain of the winning team would be beheaded as a sacrifice to the gods.) Although the city has been damaged by time and looters throughout its history, there are still many beautiful stone statues left.
In the center of the city stands the great pyramid of Kukulkan, which the Spanish called "The Castle." It was built in the 13th century. It covers an area of about 180 square feet and is 78 feet high. According to Mayan custom, Kukulkan was built on top of an older, slightly smaller pyramid.
Chichen Itza was a prosperous city until the 13th century, after which Mayan rebellions and civil wars led to the city's rapid decline. It never recovered. By the time the Spanish conquered Yucatán in the 16th century, the city center had been largely abandoned and fell into ruin.
Mexico's most beautiful sea Cancun Tulum-Cancun drove from Merida, passing Chichen Itza, and continued on the road after visiting the Seven Wonders, heading straight to the coastal city of Cancun. It was already evening when we arrived in Cancun. I couldn't wait to rush to the beach early in the morning. The clouds are falling from the Caribbean Sea!
We drove to the Tulum ruins in the afternoon. We entered at 4:30 and the ruins closed at 5:00. We were kicked out by the security guards before we even had time to explore. It was really annoying. Tulum (Yucatecan: tuluum) is a Mayan city in the pre-Columbian period and the main port leading to the important city of Coba.
The site is located on a 39-foot (12-meter) cliff on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Quintana Roo, Mexico, facing the Caribbean Sea. Tulum reached its peak between the 13th and 15th centuries, and fortunately survived until Mexico was conquered by the Spanish seventy years later (around the beginning of the 17th century), but eventually disappeared.
Diseases brought by Spanish colonists from the Old World seem to be the only reason for Tulum's demise. Lobster dinner for lunch.
Originally, Yunluo could enter Cuba without a stamp, but he asked the customs officer to stamp Yunluo with a stamp as a souvenir. The Cuban customs stamped Yunluo with a big stamp. Later, I don't know if it was because of this stamp, when Yunluo returned to the United States, his cigars were confiscated, while those of his fellow travelers who didn't have a stamp were intact.
After going through customs, the international student Xiao Cai greeted Yunluo and An Chuyu. Anyone who wants to travel to Cuba can add Yunluo, and Yunluo will help you contact Xiao Cai. Because Cuba is a Spanish-speaking country and English is not well understood, it is necessary to hire an international student as a tour guide. The price is 80cuc per day in Havana and Varadero, and 100cuc per day in other Cuban regions.
Now that we are talking about cuc, Yunluo will tell you what cuc is. CUC is a special currency in Cuba. Cuba has two currencies, CUP and CUC. CUP is used by local people, and CUC is used by foreigners. It is equivalent to the foreign exchange coupons of Yunluo country in the past. CUP is commonly known as local currency, and CUC is commonly known as red currency.
The emergence of CUC is still attributed to their "good neighbor" the United States. The sanctions imposed by the United States have made Cuba difficult to move forward. The restrictions on the US dollar have led to a relatively poor society in Cuba, with an average wage of only 25 CUC per capita. The exchange rate between the US dollar and CUC is about 1:0.7. The value of CUC is higher than that of the US dollar. It is more appropriate to exchange CUC with Euros and Canadian dollars.
It is quite a loss to exchange it with US dollars! Entry form Cuban Airlines Street view Hero street view under lights Cuban customs The next morning Yunluo and An Chuyu went to the old district of Havana. It felt like traveling through time and space. The approximate itinerary was: Havana Grand Theater, Central Park, Cathedral Square, and Five Cents Tavern (a tavern Hemingway often visited).
Plaza de Armas, the Governor's Palace, the Chocolate Museum, the Old Square. Dark Camera, Plaza San Francisco, Plaza de la Revolución, University of Havana. Plaza de la Revolución Camilo Chiquevara, the Revolutionary Monument, Plaza de la Revolución Hotel, the National Hotel. On the cliff at the entrance of Havana Harbor stands another majestic castle - Morro Castle.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The castle was built in 1579 and a lighthouse was built in 1844, becoming a guiding light in the Caribbean Sea.
After leaving Havana, we drove all the way to Varadero. Xiao Cai said that we should eat some fresh crocodile meat today! If we are lucky, we can also eat turtles, North American giant rats and other foods. But Yunluo and An Chuyu were unlucky and didn't eat them. Crocodile meat can be eaten in China, but the taste of crocodile meat is rough and thick, not very delicious, and tastes a bit like chicken.
There is a place not far away where you can feed the fish and then you will arrive in Varadero. The sea here is slightly better than in Cancun. First, Yunluo will introduce Chequewara: In fact, Yunluo and An Chuyu are not unfamiliar with him.
Guevara joined Castro in overthrowing the pro-American Batista dictatorship in 1959. After serving in some important positions in the new Cuban government, Guevara left Cuba in 1965 and continued to launch communist revolutions in other countries, first in Congo and then in Bolivia.
In Bolivia, he was arrested in a military operation planned by the CIA. In October 1967, Yunluo and An Chuyu drove for more than 3 hours from Varadero to Santa Clara, where they stayed for only 10 minutes and felt the scenery along the way.
Iznaga was the founder of a powerful family that eventually settled in Trinidad. His descendants fought for Cuba's independence from 1820 until it was annexed by the United States in 1900. This is one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean, when the sugar trade was the main economic pillar of the region. Sugar mills. Legend has it that 2 brothers competed to see who had the tallest tower, and one of them ended up losing.
And the tower that won has been held until now. On the 22nd day, Nassau, the back garden of the United States, arrived in Nassau from Cuba. Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, is located on the north shore of New Providence Island.
It is only 290 kilometers away from Miami, USA. Nassau was a British settlement in the 1630s. In 1660, it developed into a larger town, then called "Charlestown". In 1690, it was named after the British prince Nassau. In 1729, it was officially established as a city and has been named "Nassau" ever since. In fact, Nassau is not a place of interest at all.
It is a very beautiful place, and many cruise ships stop here. The small Governor's Palace is a far cry from the residence of the head of state of a big country. The whole island belongs to Atlantis, and this famous hotel is located on this island. It feels very cool to swim through the shark pool. There is also the Atlantis Oceanarium.
I felt like I was in another world. It was finally time to go diving. My ears hurt from diving, but snorkeling was pretty good~ Hehe The next morning, Yunluo got up early. Before the young people got up, he took his camera and went out for a walk to find beautiful scenery. This town is surrounded by mountains, a typical mountain town. The mountains here are really colorful.
Compared with the highland mountain town where Yunluo lived in Nanyang during his childhood, Mount Mada, it has a different flavor. Moreover, the town is purely a tourist town, free of factory pollution, and there are many hostels and houses with unique shapes and beautiful colors. Such a quiet mountain town is the best place to settle down for a leisurely dream in the mortal world.
Go to Johnston Canyon to enjoy the scenery. Take the cable car up the mountain, and then climb up along the sightseeing wooden plank road to the top, where you can see the magnificent scenery of thousands of peaks and valleys; the Bow River flows silently, winding around the town of Banfu. The Yunshan Qinghu is also charming. On August 7, the itinerary will be full of attractions to visit.
After leaving Johnston Canyon, before heading to the main sightseeing destination, we first visited Johnston Canyon and took the opportunity to see the small Two Jack Lake, 11 kilometers away from Banff Town. As soon as we arrived at the lake near the road, we felt the mist and the tranquil atmosphere. The misty mountain in the south, Mt. Rundle, was the background of the lake.
The clouds and mist covered the mountain, and it was like a lute half-hiding its face. I couldn't see its true appearance for a while. I didn't want to spend more time at the lake, but in order to observe and take pictures of the beautiful mountain, I had to wait patiently. In the fresh air of the morning, while strolling along the lakeside, I felt refreshed.
During the period, I kept taking pictures of the ever-changing clouds and mountains behind the dense forests on the lakeside. After watching for more than ten minutes, I finally saw the wind and clouds, the fog and mist dissipated, and the distant Mount Lundal gradually revealed its true appearance. I originally wanted to see the small lake, but I didn’t expect that the distant mountains became the main focus and became the object of Yunluo’s attention. (To be continued..)