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The 2015 Lonely Planet Kids Catalogue

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semi-deserts

to tropical forests to volcanic m

ountains, M

exico is a country as up and down as its brutal history.

It’s chock-full of lost civilisations and heaving m

odern cities, local traditions and colourful custom

s. Say hola to M

exico!

Mexico city

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NW

hen 508 Spanish soldiers, 100 sailors and 16 horses cam

e ashore in Mexico in

February 1519, led by Hernán

Cortés, a Spanish C

onquistador (conqueror), they m

anaged to overthrow

an entire civilisation of 25 m

illion people. This Aztec

civilisation, the last native empire

to inhabit these lands, had never seen horses before and believed

Cortés to be a G

od.

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E T

HE S

PA

NIS

HM

exico, like much of C

entral and South Am

erica, was once part of

many great, but now

-lost, civilisations. From 1150B

C to A

D 1519,

Mexico w

as the central location of six great ancient civilisations:

Olm

ec, Teotihuacán, Maya, Zapotec, Toltec and A

ztec.

DA

Y O

F T

HE D

EA

DD

ía de los Muertos, or D

ay of the Dead, is a grand

festival that Mexicans celebrate every N

ovember.

During the D

ay of the Dead, deceased relatives are

believed to return home w

here they’re honoured with

flowers and food. C

olourful sugar skulls decorate tom

bstones and houses, and people stay in graveyards celebrating all night long.

MON

AR

CH

AIR

WA

YS

The Monarch butterfly m

igration is one of nature’s greatest

spectacles. Each year, as many

as one billion beautiful Monarch

butterflies make the journey from

eastern C

anada to the forests of w

estern central Mexico, a

journey that spans more than

2,500 miles!

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ICH

EN

ITZA

Chichén Itzá w

as a large city built by the M

aya people around the year 600. The ruins of this lost

city largely remain, including the

incredible Kukulkan Pyram

id, w

hich is one of the seven new

wonders of the w

orld.

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E O

F C

RYSTA

LS

Mexico’s C

ave of Crystals,

located 300 metres below

ground, is the hottest cave in the w

orld, regularly recording tem

peratures of 44 degrees C

elsius. The crystals are the largest natural crystals to be

found on earth, and can weigh

up to 55 tons - that’s heavier than six elephants!

TEQU

ILA

!T

he icon

ic nation

al d

rink

of Mexico is Teq

uila.

Th

is very alcoholic d

rink

is m

ade from

a type of

cactus, w

hich

grow

s in

the tow

n of Teq

uila.

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You might have heard that a m

assive asteroid killed off all the dinosaurs

65 millions years ago. B

ut what m

any people don’t know

is that it was in

Mexico w

here the asteroid crash-landed! This super-charged space

rock smashed into the Yucatan

Peninsula in Mexico – leaving a crater

175 km (110 m

i) and 20 km (12 m

i) deep, and triggering the extinction of

all the poor dinos!

Wh

ich cou

ntry d

o the

Mon

arch b

utterflies

mig

rate from?

go to pa

ge

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iles

MEXIC

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From semi-deserts

to tropical

forests to

volcanic m

ountains,

Mexico is a

country

as up an

d down as

its brutal

history.

It’s chock-f

ull of

lost civili

sations

and heaving

modern cities,

local trad

itions

and colourful

customs. S

ay

hola to Mexico

!

Mexico

city

THE

SPANIS

H

INVA

SION

When 508 Spanish

soldiers,

100 sailo

rs an

d 16 horses

came as

hore in M

exico in

February 1519, le

d by Hernán

Cortés,

a Span

ish C

onquistad

or

(conqueror),

they man

aged to

overth

row an entire

civil

isatio

n

of 25 m

illion people. T

his Azte

c

civilis

ation, th

e last

native

empire

to inhab

it these

lands,

had neve

r

seen horse

s before an

d believe

d

Cortés t

o be a God.

BEFOR

E TH

E SP

ANIS

H

Mexico, li

ke m

uch of C

entral a

nd South Americ

a, was

once part

of

many g

reat, but n

ow-lost,

civil

isatio

ns. From 1150BC to

AD 1519,

Mexico w

as the ce

ntral lo

catio

n of six

great an

cient c

ivilisa

tions:

Olmec,

Teotih

uacán

, May

a, Zap

otec, To

ltec a

nd Azte

c.

DAY

OF T

HE

DEAD

Día de lo

s Muerto

s, or D

ay of th

e Dead

, is a

grand

festiva

l that

Mexican

s celebrat

e every

November.

During th

e Day

of the D

ead, d

ecease

d relat

ives a

re

believe

d to re

turn home where th

ey’re honoured w

ith

flowers

and fo

od. Colourfu

l sugar

skulls

decorat

e

tombstones a

nd houses,

and people st

ay

in grav

eyards c

elebrating al

l night lo

ng.

MON

ARCH

AIR

WAYS

The Monarc

h butterfly

migrat

ion

is one of n

ature’s g

reatest

specta

cles.

Each ye

ar, as

man

y

as one billi

on beautifu

l Monarc

h

butterfli

es mak

e the jo

urney from

eastern C

anad

a to th

e forests

of weste

rn centra

l Mexic

o, a

journey that

span

s more th

an

2,500 mile

s!

CHIC

HEN

ITZ

A

Chichén Itz

á was

a larg

e city

built

by the M

aya p

eople around th

e

year

600. The ru

ins of th

is lost

city l

argely

remain, in

cluding th

e

incredible Kuku

lkan Pyra

mid,

which is

one of the se

ven new

wonders of th

e world

.

CAVE

OF C

RYST

ALS

Mexico’s C

ave of C

rystal

s,

located 300 m

etres b

elow

ground, is th

e hottest

cave

in

the world

, regular

ly reco

rding

temperatures o

f 44 degrees

Celsius.

The cryst

als ar

e the

largest

natural

cryst

als to

be

found on earth, a

nd can w

eigh

up to 55 to

ns - th

at’s h

eavier

than six

elephants!

TEQUILA!

The iconic national

drink of Mexico is Tequila

.

This very alcoholic drink

is made from a type of

cactus, which grows in

the town of Tequila.

DINOS

AUR K

ILLE

R

You m

ight hav

e heard th

at a m

assive

asteroid ki

lled off a

ll the dinosau

rs

65 milli

ons years

ago. B

ut what

many

people don’t know is

that it w

as in

Mexico w

here the as

teroid crash

-

landed! T

his super-c

harged sp

ace

rock sm

ashed in

to the Yu

catan

Peninsula

in Mexic

o – leav

ing a cra

ter

175 km (1

10 mi) a

nd 20 km (1

2 mi)

deep, and tri

ggering th

e extincti

on of

all th

e poor dinos!

Which country do th

e

Monarc

h butterfl

ies

mig

rate fr

om?

go t

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