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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. To be updated

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By trinenick
November 6th 2009

Dejlige Mexico North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City

Plaza de la tres Culturas
Templet i forgrundet, kirken i midten og den moderne verden i baggrunden.

Der var en gang et stort og maegtigt rige. Riget laa paa en oe midt i en stor soe og havde kun 3 tilfoersels veje. Én mod nord, én mod syd og én mod vest. Paa oen var der to tvillinge byer, der hver havde deres religioese centrum. Her blev der hver dag ofret et menneske hjerte, for ellers ville solen ikke staa op den naeste dag. Kongen af riget var stor og maegtig og kontrollerede alle de andre folk omkring oeen. Disse skulle betale skatter til Kongen ellers blev de taget til fange og senere ofret. Kongen tog hver dag [View Full Entry]

By ulli unterwegs
November 6th 2009

Nur ein wenig mehr North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico » Teotihuacán

sun pyramid

Hey, ich war bei den Pyramiden!!! YEAH!! [View Full Entry]

By ulli unterwegs
November 4th 2009

Aller Anfang... North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City » Centro Histórico

Naja, auf gehts! Mein Start war wie immer grandios. Hab irgendwie die Nummer meiner Kreditkarte durcheinander gebracht und prompt war die Karte gesperrt. Immerhin hat der Automat sie nicht einbehalten. In weiser Voraussicht hatte ich dann doch 10 Euro dabei. So konnte ich dann noch ein Taxi nehmen und wenigstens den Flughafen verlassen. Die Stadt war sehr voll, denn zufällig ist grad einer der höchsten Feiertage in Mexiko. El dia do los muertos. Es handelt sich hierbei nicht um einen Trauertag sondern einen Tag der Freude. Dia de los muert [View Full Entry]

By Travelling Artist
November 2nd 2009

Golfitos! . . . North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Cozumel

My Turn

A favourite part of repeated contracts on the cruise ships for me is getting to meet up with friends from previous ships. I’m into my final two weeks on the Ecstasy (my replacement, Brian, has arrived and I’ve begun his intro training) but I’ve got a few exciting reunions during these last days. Today in Cozumel was one: I got to meet up with my friend Erica, who I worked with this past winter on the Fantasy. Cozumel has been a staple port for me during these three years at sea. When I transfer in 2 weeks time, there will be [View Full Entry]

By HeyH
October 31st 2009

D.F. = definitely FANTASTIC North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

Alebrije on Reforma

We hit the ground running, that is after sitting on the tarmac for an hour while our plane's communication system got fixed. In a city this size always has something going on at any hour, so we are walking all and dropping at night. First surprise was were the "Alebrijes" on the sidewalks of Reforma: weird creatures some ten feet high. Pedro Linares started out as a common papier mache artist who eked out a living on the outskirts of Mexico City by making traditional piñatas, carnival masks, and Judas dolls for local fiestas. In the 1930s, he broke from tradition [View Full Entry]

By So So
October 31st 2009

Villa "O" North America » Mexico » Nayarit

Bienvenue, entrez et fait comme chez-vous! Cliqué sur (View full entry) sur la flèche pour démarrer la video. [View Full Entry]

By Kylie H
October 31st 2009

The largest city in the world & the perfect beach North America » Mexico » Guerrero » Troncones

The Sunday after the wedding (see previous blog) we went on a bus ride to Mexico City - it was excellent, we practically had business class aeroplane seats and 2 x movies - fantastic! After a short taxi ride across town we arrived at yet another lovely hotel (Condesa Haus, I would highly recommend it) which had a four legged bath in the room, in the very pretty suburb of Condesa. Sadly we found out we were in for 3 days of (light) rain in Mexico City ... never mind. We started our first day by waiting 45mins for the Turibus, [View Full Entry]

By BajaTrek
October 27th 2009

Mexico Time North America » Mexico

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Mexico Time http://bajatrek.com On the road down Baja California Mexico you get a glimpse into the every day life of people, what they do, how they live, where they live. To most it seems incredible that a different culture and way of life exists merely 50 feet from the international border. You cross it and you’re immediately plunged into a different world. Even the hustle and bustle feels different. Then you go further south and wide stretches of nothing and nowhere keep getting even wider between towns that seem to get smaller and less populated. You get this feeling that [View Full Entry]

By Travellin J
October 26th 2009

Cancun North America » Mexico » Yucatán

We have landed in sunny Cancun for a week of R&R before we tackle South America and the final months left of our journey. After going through immigration and then pressing the magic button to see if you are to have a customs check or not we headed to the land of all inclusive food and alcohol we share 7 days with loud, obnoxious, self absorbed Americans. Our first morning we were taken to one of the sister properties for breakfast but as well all know there is no such thing as a free meal. Once fed we were taken [View Full Entry]

By Travelling Artist
October 25th 2009

Snorkeling in the Sun and Reading in the Rain . . . North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Cozumel

Rainy Beach

Today another day in Cozumel has rolled around. I wanted to go and see something I hadn’t yet seen there, so I asked Chris if he wanted to go to a beach. In all the many many times I’ve been to Cozumel, I’ve never just gone to a beach! As we walked off the ship, the sun was shining. We’ve had what’s seemed like endless days of grey, overcast skies and often rain. I commented on the lovely weather and we savoured the sun and knowing we’d have a day out in it. We got in a taxi and headed off [View Full Entry]

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