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No country's brought vibrant colors to Day of the Dead like Mexico.
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Mexico mastered the art of getting up close and personal with nature a long time ago.
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You never have to decide between beach or Mayan ruins in Tulum on Yucatán.
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Or between the city and swimming!
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And the caves look like this!
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Closer to Mexico City, Tula's Toltec warrior columns are 15 feet of jaw-dropping awe.
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The trajinera tours in the canals between the gardens of Xochimilco are legendary.
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Scenes from the Riviera Nayarit are, quite simply, unparalleled.
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Michoacán is one of the few places in the world where you can see this many monarch butterflies at once.
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Agave is native to the Americas, but it's nearly impossible to argue it wasn't perfected in Mexico.
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When the food is perfect everywhere in Mexico, maybe you shouldn't go anywhere else.
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Riding off into the sunset looks even cooler when done by charros.
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And Mexican sunsets themselves look better than almost any other place.