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DID YOU KNOW?
FACTS & FICTION WITH A MEXICAN TWIST
MARCH 2004
Did You Know That...
...an enchanted lake in Veracruz rises every dry season, but falls again during the rainy season?
La Laguna Encantada
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Peculiar, but true. There are several lakes named Laguna Encantada (Enchanted Lake) in Mexico, but this one is near Catemaco in the Tuxtlas region of the state of Veracruz. Catemaco is famous for its witches, so perhaps one of them cast a spell on the lake, making it behave perversely, its level changing in opposition to all the other lakes in the country?
Occupying the crater of an extinct volcano, La Laguna Encantada is a truly beautiful lake, especially near sunrise or sunset. The views are ever-changing on the easy walk...
The lake nestles on the southern flank of the San Martín volcano. This dormant volcano is a prominent landmark north-west of Lake Catemaco close to San Andrés Tuxtla. Its crater, 1500 meters across, is at a height of about 1400 meters above sea level, and has two small subsidiary cones inside it.
Some distance away from the volcano are several good-sized lakes including Catemaco and Laguna Encantada...
Scenically, the entire Tuxtlas region is one of the most fabulously beautiful in all of Mexico...
Read the complete article, with more photos . . .
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