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Zócalo, Puebla, New Year's Eve



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Blog: Holy mole, they're out of chicken wings!
Date: January 2nd 2008

Determined to make one more tourist stop before returning to Mexico City, we spent New Year's Eve in Puebla. Given the city’s population of over a million, and its claim to fame as home to - amongst other things - the chocolate-based sauce mole (pronounced 'moh-lay'), a retired Popemobile, and a local Oktoberfest, we imagined that New Year's Eve would prove a lively date on the calendars ... read more


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