looking along the Calle de los Muertos to the Temple of the Moon

Our last few days in Mexico (a bit of a history lesson)

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October 15th 2008
Our three weeks in Mexico were coming to a close. There is still so much here to see and do, maybe we should have spent the whole six weeks here. Cuba was somewhere we really wanted to visit, and we had a great time there, but somehow Mexico was just better. Maybe its the food, maybe its the (relative) lack of hassles, maybe its because our money is going much further. We dont regret going to ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

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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