Speakers Announced for 4th Annual Whale Shark Festival
ISLA MUJERES, MEXICO "? June 9, 2011 "? Championing the need to preserve a fragile...
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Mexico’s Mayan Temple of Ixchel
When Spanish explorers first sailed ashore Isla Mujeres in 1517, they discovered an island where the Mayans had already lived out part of their existence. Built hundreds of years earlier, at its southern end stood the temple to...
Read MoreMexico’s Sculpture by the Caribbean Sea
An outdoor modern art exhibit stands at the southern tip of Isla Mujeres, Mexico, a colorful tribute to the area’s indigenous Mayan civilization. Situated about five miles away from the island’s little downtown area,...
Read MoreThe Colors of Isla Mujeres, Mexico
I didn’t want to know what to expect when I disembarked from the ferry onto Isla Mujeres. The only information I really needed upon my arrival to this little island in Mexico was the name of the family-owned hotel where I...
Read MoreMexico, Where Have All the Tourists Gone?
One month to the day after Mexico reported its first case of swine flu, I traveled in to the country, unconcerned about contracting the illness and curious about whether the media-fueled drastic decline in tourism would be...
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