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Cancun Mexico
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Cancun MapIn the 1970s Mexico's ambitious tourism planners decided to outdo Acapulco with a brand new, world-class resort in the Yucatán Peninsula. Cancun map. The place they chose was a deserted sand spit offshore from the little fishing village of Puerto Juárez, on Yucatán's eastern shore. Cancun map The island sand spit was shaped like a Lucky 7 and its name was Cancún. In the last two decades Cancún has grown from a tiny jungle village into one of the world's best-known holiday resorts. Cancun map. The Mexican government sunk vast sums into landscaping and infrastructure, yielding straight, well-paved roads, drinkable tap water and great swaths of sandy beach. Cancun map. Cancún now attracts planeloads of divers, Mayan archeology buffs and sun-seeking resort tourists. Map
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Cancun Map
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