Discovering Ancient Mexico -- October 2005

The AdventureWalkers little "corps of discovery" is off on another adventure in October, visiting the ruins of ancient Maya kingdoms deep in the Yucatan jungles of Southern Mexico. This excursion will be much like our last (October 2004) with the significant addition of the huge city complex of Calakmul, resting like a lost jewel in the middle of a bioreserve. Its massive Pyramid # 2 is a breathtaking edifice, and the view from the top unforgetable. River trips provide a change of pace, down the winding Usumacinta to the remote and seldom seen city of Yaxchilan, home of some of the finest Maya Iconography in the world... and up the Grijalva River through the near unfathomable 4,000 foot high walls of Sumidero Canyon. Beautiful colonial towns of Oaxaca and Puebla provide a few days of R&R before the return home. There, we'll visit the amazing ruins of the ancient Zapotec and Mixtec races. The markets in Oaxaca are brimming with beautiful handcrafted weavings, pottery and "artisania". Those in Puebla with the colorful and famous Mexican Talavera china. It promises to be the Experience of a Lifetime. As an added bonus, we will be there through the days approaching "Dia de los muertos", the "Day of the Dead" a sort of Mexican version of Halloween characterized by facinating cultural experiences, parades and handicrafts. (A few of you have done this trip without Calakmul, stay posted for more updates)