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From cold to HOT! - Palenque ruins

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September 12th 2007
Palenque A belly-churning bus ride through the winding mountain roads (not recommended for travel sickness) brought us into hot & humid Palenque from the fairly temperate weather of the mountain regions. Palenque is functional town with none of the colonial splendor of the others places enroute, but cheap accomodation, an easy going atmosphere, and the fabulous comidas corridas ... read more

North America » Mexico

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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... ... read more