Mexico (Summers
1967 & 1971)
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Here are
scans of some photos of two trips that I made to Mexico in 1967 and 1971. The photos
are old and the scans are not always good. For photos of more recent trips
click here.
Me with two friendly ladies in 1971 in southern Mexico.
Cathedral, Zocalo, Mexico City.
Basilica
de Guadalupe, Mexico City.
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.
Fountain of
Diana the Huntress, Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City.
Danza de los Voladores (Dance of the
Flyers) in a park of Mexico City.
Pyramids of
Teotihuacan.
Atlantean figures
(columns in the form of Toltec warriors) in Tula, north of Mexico City.
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Acapulco, at a
time when many Hollywood movie stars had their villas there.
Municipal Palace on Plaza de Armas, Veracruz (Gulf of Mexico).
A good fish
catch, Veracruz.
Basilica de la Solidad, Oaxaca City.
Church of
Santo Domingo de Guzman, Oaxaca City.
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Archeological
site of Monte Alban above the valley of Oaxaca, inhabited over a period of
1,500 years by Olmecs, Zapotecs,
Mixtecs, and others.
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Zapotec palace of Mitla, in Oaxaca Valley.
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Iglesia de San Pablo Apostol in Mitla.
Cathedral of San Cristobal de Las Casas.
Plaza 31 de Marzo, San cristobal de Las Casas.
Templo de San Juan in San Juan Chamula, a few kilometers from San Cristobal de Las Casas.
Market scenes
in San Cristobal de Las Casas and around. All these photos were taken in 1971.
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Other
markets.
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Lagos de
Montebello near the border with Guatemala.
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Maya stelae
lying in the forest near the Montebello Lakes.
