'Quest for Adventure Cruise Ship' - Mayan Adventure

CUBA

HAVANA

MEXICO (Yucatan Peninsula)

CHICHEN ITZA

One of the most important Mayan cities in Latin America.

Named as one of the new 'Seven Wonders of the World'

in 2007

MEXICO

VERACRUZ

The oldest and largest port in Mexico, founded by the conquistador, Cortes.

In Jan 2011 a 6 hour gun battle between police and local drug lords resulted in 14 deaths.

Masked police were armed with hand grenades and machine guns.

Certain parts of the port were blocked off.

CONZUMEL

An island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

San Gervasio - Mayan for 'Flat Rock in the place of the Swallows'

An archaeological site, once the Mayan capitol, and an important pilgrimage centre for Mayan women.

Discovered in 1951.

BELIZE

Belize was a British colony and remains a member of the Commonwealth

The Ruins of Altun Ha

Once a major Mayan trading centre, where the famous nine-and-a-half-pound jade head of the sun god

Kinich Ahua was uncovered.

QUATAMALA

The Ruins of Quirigua

Some of the finest Mayan carvings can be found in the ruins

HONDURAS

Roatan

This beautiful Island is the largest of the Honduras Bay Islands