View from our hotel

On the Buses

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October 25th 2007
Puerto Escondido is breathtaking. To be fair anything is going to look good after 8.5 hours on a bumpy bus. Up to now the bus rides have been pretty good, lots of leg room, amusingly dubbed movies, and generally not more than 3 or 4 hours in duration. However yesterday it all went down hill rather rapidly (though not literally, which was on the cards on a few occasions!) The toilet was ... read more

North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido

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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