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I Rode the Mayan Train in Mexico — and This is Everything You Need to Know Before You Go
You’re in the right place, because this article contains my honest review of riding the Mayan Train in Mexico — so you can see if it’s right for you. It also includes pro tips, as well as answers to ...
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The Train Maya: Mexico's ambitious new tourism megaproject
It's been dubbed "the greatest construction project in the world", and will usher in a new way for travellers to experience Mexico's ancient Maya sites. So why is it so controversial? I first ...
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The Maya Train Will Get You to All of Yucatán’s Best Spots. But Not Yet.
The Maya Train, scientists warn, will push those problems south, threatening the area’s water supply, its unique system of underground limestone caves and its vast nature reserves. Image ...
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Mexico’s controversial Maya Train route is now complete
It has been a full year since the Yucatan Peninsula's Maya Train, or Tren Maya, celebrated its inaugural departure for its ...
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Mexico’s Maya Train is opening. Here’s what to know about taking it.
On Saturday, Mexico’s Maya Train took its inaugural trip from Cancún to the Gulf Coast city of Campeche. If all goes as intended, the highly ambitious and controversial project will provide ...
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A New Tourist Train in Mexico Will Destroy Indigenous Land and Livelihoods
It’s also one of several caves to have been unearthed since construction of the government’s Maya Train began—illegally—earlier this year. A house stands on the edge of forest which has ...
Travel Weekly2y
Full steam ahead on the Mayan train
One of the biggest topics on the mind of travel advisors and tourism professionals at this year's event was the progress of the Mayan train. The Mayan train has been widely talked about since 2018 ...
Los Angeles Times8mon
What a 1,000-mile railway across the Yucatán jungle says about Mexico’s outgoing president
“It’s completely empty.” How Mexicans feel about the Tren Maya (Maya Train) — a 1,000-mile railway that slices through the Yucatán — has a lot to do with how they feel about the man who ...
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Mexican rail project imperils Maya village’s water
VIDA Y ESPERANZA, Mexico — Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project is supposed to bring development to the Yucatan Peninsula, but along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the ...
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Maya village's water, future threatened by Mexican train
VIDA Y ESPERANZA, Mexico (AP) - Mexico's ambitious Maya Train project is supposed to bring development to the Yucatan Peninsula, but along the country's Caribbean coast it is threatening the ...
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Maya village’s water, future threatened by Mexican train
VIDA Y ESPERANZA, MexicoVIDA Y ESPERANZA, Mexico — Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project is supposed to bring development to the Yucatan Peninsula, but along the country’s Caribbean coast it ...