Cities of La Ruta Maya
Although the jungles of the Yucatan, Guatemala and Belize offer up spectacular ruins that showcase the region’s Mayan past, don’t forget these cities too.
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La Ruta Maya – Yucatan & Guatemala & Belize
The Ancient Ruins of La Ruta Maya
Take a journey along or through La Ruta Maya to visit some of the most spectacular sites from the ancient Mayan civilization which took hold on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and in the neighbouring countries of Belize and Guatemala.
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Yucatan Cuisine
Yucatán cuisine is distinctive partly because the region was geographically isolated from the rest of Mexico for centuries by mountainous terrain and poor roads.
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The Food of Belize
Belize has a mix of Caribbean, Mexican, African, Spanish, and Mayan culinary influences.
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The Mayan flower trade
Between the 1960s and 1980s especially, many locals turned to looting the ruins of numerous ancient Maya cities that were lost in the remote jungle, undiscovered by archaeologists, and selling the looted artworks they dug up to unscrupulous art dealers from the US in particular.
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