Tag Archives: Guanajuato Mummies

Covert Art: A Tryst with the Mayans….

Enough of writing blogs and posting photos clicked during my travels. Inspired by this week’s challenge to think big, i decide to pen a book – a travel book of my own experiences. My latest trip was to Mexico. Quite understandably then, let me … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue

I find a dialogue between both the photos. Humans are notoriously known not to reveal their real self – hide the jealousy, possess ill-will against their fellow brethren, suppress their anger in their hearts, consider grief as his destiny and sometimes, even … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Room full of Mummies

Errrr…. Looks scared, right? You feel jittery? Hmmm….I can understand. It is not everyday that we find ourselves in such a ‘room’. This was one of the rooms of Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato (Guanajuato Mummies Museum) in Guanajuato, Mexico. My … Continue reading

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Top 5 Attractions of Guanajuato, Mexico

In the previous blog, you read about my top ten activities in Guanajuato, Mexico. Now I am listing my top five not-to-be-missed attractions of Guanajuato city. 1. Teatro Juarez – Located at the centre of Guanajuato city in Jardin Union … Continue reading

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Collection at Guanajuato Mummies Museum: Not for the Weak-Hearted

Today Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato (Guanajuato Mummies Museum) in Mexico houses over a hundred mummies exhumed between 1865 and 1989. All of them have been conserved through a natural dehydration process and are in their natural state as … Continue reading

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The Mexican Mummies of Guanajuato

It is an eerie idea, and definitely not for the weak-hearted, to start one’s day by seeing the dead bodies (Mummies) and visiting a cemetery. But when you are in Guanajuato (Mexico), a beautiful city 362 km away from the … Continue reading

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