Louisa climbing main pyramid

Day 14 - Oaxaca

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December 18th 2005
Today started off quite stressful, we spent all morning sorting out the next few days of our trip, fortunately we found a very useful tourist office tucked away on a back street. Only in Oaxaca do you find the largest tourist office with the most staff hidden away miles from the main tourist area! In the afternoon we took a bus to the ruins of Monte Alban, an impressive site but not as good as ... read more

North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Oaxaca

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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