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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.

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By Nasty Nomad
October 3rd 2008

Back in Mexico City!!!

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ok, so im back in DF. i got here this morning from Guadalajara. the departure was not at all pleasant. I had had a girlfriend for the last 2 months, Eleni, which i am in love with... so leaving Guadalajara was painful. Crying and all (yes, i'm a softy when it comes to this type of thing). The thing is we both realise that i need to keep travelling or i will regret it later and maybe resent her for it. It's crazy though because she's amazing. We have the same personality, sense of humour, etc. .... i'm getting sentimental..... :(..... [View Full Entry]

By Snoop
September 27th 2008

Mexico's New York

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Zocalo
The cathedral at the zocalo with Mexican military trucks.

I've been eating like crap and you know what....I luv it! I don't know man, these Mexicans know how to cook some good ol' grub. I ain't finding no Bud Light or cheeseburgers, but hell tacos and a Dos Equis are just as good. Cholesterol? Not in my vocabulary! I'm on a permanent vacation. There ain't no way I'm giving up on this shit. Hell, why should I?! I ain't got no one to impress. Even if I did, I'm living on my terms now. Drive fast and live hard.....or is it drive slow and save gas? Well whatever! Alex is [View Full Entry]

By Sassy and Orianne
September 18th 2008

Vamos Mehico

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mexico city
Leaving london

Mexico City!!! We have finally arrived here in Mexico city. We are staying in Coyoacan, it has been a refreshing suprise amongst our excitement. Last time i came and expected this time to be dropped into this melt of kaos in the airport and the Zocalo. After a long 'crapadian' airlines flight we arrived in Mexico at 2am. We knew that and booked a hostel in a beautiful suburb away from the kaos in Coyoacan. What we didnt realise which i admit made my heart race alittle that as we were tired and being caught in the space time contiuim of [View Full Entry]

By Las Tres Barbies
September 14th 2008

Viva Mexico!

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

3 Guatemalan Ladies in the Rain

6th September - San Cristobal Had a little explore of San Cristobal - very pretty, colourful colonial city. Found a temple in the morning with a view over the city - lots of golden Jesuses everywhere. Had breakfast at Fanny´s Cafe, just because. Everywhere is covered in Mexican flags and there are sombreros on sale at every corner in preparation for Independence day on the 15th. Then, having laughed at the ridiculous amount we bought in Chichi we managed to stumble across another market and yes, bought more stuff. It´s so garishly colourful we cant help but be attracted to everything! [View Full Entry]

By HollyGo
September 6th 2008

Mexico City- Ciudad de Mexico- D.F.- A Weekend

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Sculpture in front of Bella Artes

Oversleeping is never a good way to start a trip...but alas, we did. Our bus was leaving from the San Miguel station at 7:00am on the dot, and at 6:30am we were walking out our door worrying if there were even taxis in our little neighborhood that early in the morning. Practically running to our little church, we luckily found a cab, flew down the hill to the station and ran from the taxi right onto the bus. I thought it was a miracle we made it at all. With a giant sigh of relief, the three of us fell to [View Full Entry]

By adamandsarita
September 3rd 2008

Mexico City........ we are off and running

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City » La Condesa

Mexico City
Black Squirrel.... more than just your standard red and grey in Mexico

Arrived safe and sound with a fairly smooth ride all the way.... these hurricanes aren't that bad. Had a day to run around Mexico City and see some sights. It's a really nice city.....well the bits we saw were. We put up some photos to capture the highlights for me (as Sarita has been hit hard by the dreaded jet lag and has popped off to bed) which were a multitude of squirrels, markets and good food. But a city is a city so we're not hanging here long and have booked a bus to Oaxaca tomorrow. [View Full Entry]

By Andy_and_Tamar
August 28th 2008

Pyramids, beer and chocolate sauce

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City » Plaza de la Constitución

Chichen Itza

We clocked up some serious bus miles (and hours!) after Tulum, first travelling to Chichen Itza to see the pyramids and other ruins there before spending a day in a town called Merida and a 20 hour bus journey to reach Oaxaca in the south of Mexico. Merida and Oaxaca are both old spanish colonial towns with really colourful central squares and markets. The people were really friendly and much easier to understand than the Cubans! We sampled the local spirits (Mezcal and Tequila) and obviously the beer... the specialty in terms of food other than the typical mexican tortillas, burritos [View Full Entry]

By Byron
August 27th 2008

City of the Aztecs

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Temple of the Moon - Teotihuacan

Day 329 - Sunday 24 August We'd arrived into Mexico city international airport at midnight and checked into our hostel. Its quite expensive here compared to South America so we'd had to book an 8 bed dorm. However on arrival they've put us in a 4 bed room and we've got it all to ourselves. Result. With lots to try and fit in today we forced ourselves up at 9am. Were actually staying right next door to the main plaza and the aztec ruins of Temple Mayor. Mexico city used to be the capital of the Aztec civilization and right were [View Full Entry]

By vidamexicana
August 22nd 2008

Mexico vs Honduras Estadio AZTECA

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Picture 1070

Une soirée dans le deuxieme stade le plus grand du monde... 100 000 personnes [View Full Entry]

By KateK
August 19th 2008

Speedy Gonzales

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Chilis
Some of our favourite Mexican ingredients

Speedy Gonzales - by George Feeling the pressure of trying to circumnavigate South America in 11 weeks we decided to bring our flights down to Quito forward by ten days. This however took Mexico from a leisurely 20 days to a more stretching 10. With this as our target we managed to shortlist a few places of interest: Palenque, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Oaxaca and Mexico City. Palenque A small town, which would be a hell of a lot smaller were it not for the Mayan ruins nearby and the subsequent influx of the tourist dollar. We had a very [View Full Entry]

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