Background: The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that the opposition defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) was sworn in on 1 December 2000 as the first chief executive elected in free and fair elections.
July 24th 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » Tijuana Another early start for me again, Can't sleep for some reason up an half and a half before everyone else. Thank god for the laptop!
After breakfast we decided we would head across the border to Tij ... 8 photos[full story]
July 14th 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » Tijuana Next stop Mexico! Now the plan was to stay here for a few nights but on good advice from other travelers we decided to just make it a day trip! So glad we did, not a place I would be too interested in ... [full story]
June 25th 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » Ensenada A fun relaxing today to Ensenada. It's nice to finally have some relief from the unbelievable heat. La Bufadora was shooting faithfully and there was some whale spottings off the coast. We had a final ... [full story]
June 25th 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » Ensenada It was very tearful goodbye as we said bye to the kids and families. Many of the group met the kids at the school bus to say goodbye. In just a few days we made some very close friendships. The first ... [full story]
June 24th 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » San Felipe We spent the morning in San Felipe for a much needed day of rest. The morning was shopping and playing in the water. It was nice, but San Felipe is even hotter than Valle. We had an absolutely wonderf ... [full story]
June 24th 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » San Felipe Sunday finished off the work we set out to do - the fence is done, the office is done, the kitchen is done and we painted the roof structure on the trailer. VBS wrapped up its last day with the kids s ... [full story]
June 22nd 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » San Felipe El Oasis has a church here on campus, a nice little church of about 75 - the friends and families of El Oasis. We presented Sabbath School and church featuring Jean, Joanna, Marilyn and Vivian. Afterw ... [full story]
June 21st 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » San Felipe We had a really good day on Friday. The girls have finished painting the main entrance gate. Jerry and Ed set all of the posts and stretched the fence. We are just missing the last connecting rods for ... [full story]
June 20th 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » San Felipe On behalf of Jean, I think it's fair to say that she has having a great time! As usual she is a big hit with the kids. Here are some pictures she has taken. ... [full story]
June 20th 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » San Felipe Hi girls,
your dad and I are having fun and wish you all were here. Give our love to all and we will see you as soon as possible.
Take care and love, Dad and Mom ... [full story]
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