// MEXICO
Mexico was one of the highlights of my journey — the foods, the people, the colors, the culture, the landscapes, and the cities. As a lover of good urban fabrics, of well-planned communities and neighborhoods that have grown organically over many years and centuries, you'll see below I took a lot of photos of Mexico's charming colonial cities. Beyond that are the peaceful beaches of the Pacific Coast, the beguiling ruins of the Maya, the Olmecs, the Aztecs, and others, the jungles, the deserts, the mountains, and the river canyons. By the end of nearly six months living in Mexico, I had traveled across thousands of miles through 18 of the countries federal states. And yet, I feel I saw only tiny piece of what the country has to offer.
ZACATECAS
FREE AND SOVEREIGN STATE OF ZACATECAS
FOUNDED 1546
FOUNDED 1546
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE
STATE OF GUANAJUATO
FOUNDED 1555
FOUNDED 1555
GUANAJUATO CITY
CAPITAL OF GUANAJUATO
FOUNDED 1554
FOUNDED 1554
MAZUNTE
ESTADO LIBRE DE OAXACA
PACIFIC COAST
PACIFIC COAST
LA QUEMADA
FREE AND SOVEREIGN STATE OF ZACATECAS
ORIGINS UNKNOWN
ORIGINS UNKNOWN
REAL DE CATORCE
SAN LUIS POTOSI
FORMER MINING OUTPOST | GHOST TOWN
FORMER MINING OUTPOST | GHOST TOWN
XILITLA
SAN LUIS POTOSI
LAS POZAS
SAN LUIS POTOSI
SURREALIST GARDENS
SURREALIST GARDENS
TEOTIHUACAN
ONCE THE SIXTH LARGEST CITY IN THE WORLD
BUILDERS UNKNOWN
BUILDERS UNKNOWN
TAXCO
STATE OF GUERRERO
FOUNDED 1529
FOUNDED 1529
TEPOZTLAN
STATE OF MORELOS
XOCHICALCO
MORELOS
FOUNDED 650 AD BY THE OLMECA-XICALANCA CIVILIZATION
FOUNDED 650 AD BY THE OLMECA-XICALANCA CIVILIZATION
PUEBLA DE ZARAGOZA
STATE OF PUEBLA
FOUNDED 1531
FOUNDED 1531
OAXACA
ESTADO LIBRE DE OAXACA
HOME TO 16 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES STILL SPOKEN TODAY
HOME TO 16 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES STILL SPOKEN TODAY
HIERVE DEL AGUA
ESTADO LIBRE DE OAXACA
'PETRIFIED WATERFALL'
'PETRIFIED WATERFALL'
MONTE ALBAN
ESTADO LIBRE DE OAXACA
INHABITED OVER 1500 YEARS BY THE OLMECS, ZAPOTECS, AND FINALLY THE MIXTECS
INHABITED OVER 1500 YEARS BY THE OLMECS, ZAPOTECS, AND FINALLY THE MIXTECS
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS
CHIAPAS
HOME TO MORE THAN FIFTY INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
HOME TO MORE THAN FIFTY INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
TONINA
CHIAPAS
HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST PYRAMIDS IN THE MEXICO
HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST PYRAMIDS IN THE MEXICO
BONAMPAK
STATE OF CHIAPAS
ANCIENT MAYAN CITY
ANCIENT MAYAN CITY
YAXCHILAN
STATE OF CHIAPAS
ANCIENT MAYAN CITY
ANCIENT MAYAN CITY
DOLORES HIDALGO
GUANAJUATO
JEREZ DE GARCIA SALINAS
FREE AND SOVEREIGN STATE OF ZACATECAS
AGUASCALIENTES
CAPITAL OF AGUASCALIENTES
FOUNDED 1575
FOUNDED 1575
SAN LUIS POTOSI
CAPITAL OF SAN LUIS POTOSI
FOUNDED 1592
FOUNDED 1592
GUADALAJARA
STATE OF JALISCO
JANITZIO
MICHOACAN
MORELIA
STATE OF MICHOACAN
FOUNDED 1541
FOUNDED 1541
MEXICO CITY
BUILT ON THE RUINS OF TENOCHTITLAN, THE AZTEC CAPITAL CITY
MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY
CIUDAD DE MEXICO
CANYON DE SUMIDERO
STATE OF CHIAPAS
CAMPECHE
CARIBBEAN SEA
FOUNDED 1541
FOUNDED 1541
UXMAL
YUCATAN
ANCIENT MAYAN CITY
ANCIENT MAYAN CITY
PLAYA DEL CARMEN
STATE OF QUINTANA ROO
ATLANTIC COAST
ATLANTIC COAST
COBA
YUCATAN PENISULA
ANCIENT MAYAN CITY
ANCIENT MAYAN CITY
BACALAR
STATE OF QUINTANA ROO
A WHITE LIMESTONE LAGOON
A WHITE LIMESTONE LAGOON
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