Copper Canyon

Mexico’s Copper Canyon or the Barranca del Cobre lies in the north-western Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. The canyon area, in reality a series of several different canyons, are much greater in width and depth than even the Grand Canyon to the north. Main access is via El Chepe, the Chihuahua al Pacifico railway.

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El Tajin Ruins, Veracruz

El Tajín archaeological site is located near the vanilla-producing village of Papantla to the southeast of Poza Rica, Veracruz and is accessed via Federal Highway 130.

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Puerto Angel, Oaxaca

Zicatela Beach

A Pacific coast destination near Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, this small fishing village was an important shipping port for regional coffee growers. Just north of town lies the laid-back beach destination of Zipolite, offering a series of small inns and bed-and-breakfasts.

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Waterfalls of the Huasteca Potosina

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One of the great attractions of the Huasteca are its numerous and spectacular waterfalls, many of which are easily accessible to the regular visitor, and this past year we had the opportunity to take a tour of several of them at the tail end of the rainy season.

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San Luis Potosi State, Mexico

San Luis Potosi offers the bustle of it’s commercial capital of the same name and the remains colonial mining towns such as Real de Catorce in it’s high western desert, as well as a lush collection of semi-tropical forests punctuated by rivers and waterfalls with ample opportunities for outdoor and eco-activities on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre.

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