{"id":3018,"date":"2017-03-18T19:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2017-07-02T11:37:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T11:37:41","slug":"mexico-an-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=3018","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9xico in retrospect."},"content":{"rendered":"

Palm-fringed beaches, chili-spiced cuisine; steamy jungles, teeming cities; fiesta fireworks, Frida\u2019s angst: Mexico conjures up diverse, vivid dreams. And the reality lives up to the imagining.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An Outdoor Life:<\/p>\n

With steaming jungles, smoking, snow- capped volcanoes, cactus-strewn deserts and 10,000km of coast strung with sandy beaches and wildlife-rich lagoons, Mexico is an endless adventure for the senses and a place where life is lived largely in the open air. Take it easy dining alfresco beside a Pacific beach or strolling colonial streets.<\/p>\n

Art & Soul of a Nation:<\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s pre-Hispanic civilizations built some of the world\u2019s great archaeological monuments, including Teotihuac\u00e1n\u2019s towering pyramids and the exquisite Maya temples of Palenque. The Spanish colonial era left beautiful towns full of tree-shaded plazas and richly sculpted stone churches and mansions, while modern Mexico has seen a surge of great art from the likes of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Top-class museums and galleries document the country\u2019s fascinating history and its end- less creative verve. Popular culture is just as vibrant, from the underground dance clubs and street art of Mexico City to the wonderful handicrafts of the indigenous population.<\/p>\n

Travel for All:<\/p>\n

Travel in Mexico is what you make it and the country caters to all types of visitor. Stay in pampering resorts on the Riviera Maya, budget beach huts on the Pacific or colonial mansions in the highlands. Eat gourmet fusion food in chic city restaurants or equally delicious grandmothers\u2019 recipes at a busy market comedor (food stall). Getting from A to B is easy with comfortable buses running almost everywhere and an extensive domestic flight network.<\/p>\n

Los Mexicanos:<\/p>\n

At the heart of any Mexican experience will be the Mexican people. A super-diverse crew, from Mexico City hipsters to the shy indigenous villagers of Chiapas, they\u2019re renowned for their love of color and frequent fiestas, but they\u2019re also philosophical folk, to whom timetables are less important than simpat\u00eda (empathy). You\u2019ll rarely find Mexicans less than courteous. They\u2019re more often positively charming, and know how to please guests. They might despair of ever being well governed, but they\u2019re fiercely proud of Mexico, their one-of-a-kind home-land with all its variety, tight-knit family networks, beautiful-ugly cities, deep-rooted traditions, unique agave-based liquors and sensationally tasty, chili-laden food.<\/p>\n

My month long journey only managed to cover a fraction of this enormous country. The Yucat\u00e1n and Chiapas regions of Mexico proved to be an excellent introduction to this incredible country.<\/p>\n

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\nNext stage: Cuba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Palm-fringed beaches, chili-spiced cuisine; steamy jungles, teeming cities; fiesta fireworks, Frida\u2019s angst: Mexico conjures up diverse, vivid dreams. And the reality lives up to the imagining. An Outdoor Life: With steaming jungles, smoking, snow- capped volcanoes, cactus-strewn deserts and 10,000km … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[159],"class_list":["post-3018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mexico","tag-mexico"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3018"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3520,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions\/3520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}