To mark the end of the 13th Baktun, some 150,000 people crowded into archaeological sites in Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Chiapas, according to official figures. A Baktun is a period of 144,000 days and its end is thought to signify the beginning of a new era. Some believed that it marked the end of the world. Hotels were crowded, but, then again, Christmas vacation accounted for crowds everywhere. Acapulco, far from any ancient ruins, reported a virtual 100 percent occupancy.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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