''Roadways to the Mayan Route"
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Roadways to the Mayan Route. During the 1970’s my father was a journalist and close collaborator of the former President of Mexico. As such, one day he was assigned to document the tourism development project of the state of Quintana Roo. For my father, who traveled frequently, that assignment became one of his favorite trips to make as it represented a great six-year long project in which he documented the progress of this plan for “Saeta” magazine and other publications. One summer my father announced we would travel to the Mayan Route and that it would be something very special and beautiful. We left Mexico City for Kunkuna, which means snake nest, the sacred land of the Mayans that is today known as Cancun. On the way we crossed the jungle in the family’s beige Chevelle Malibu, making several stops over many hours. The days were hot and extremely humid. We first reached Escárcega, a small city in the state of Campeche, after having driven over 600 kilometers on a barely explored