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19th Dec

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December 19th 2008
Slept well apart from I'd forgotten to turn off my phone alarm... Oops!! Got up earlyish and went downstairs for the breakfast included - pancakes :-) Good start to the day! We had the day to ourselves so went to Isla Mujeres. After getting completely lost we caught a cab to the ferry stop - Puerto Juarez. The ferry had a man with a guitar singing at us for the journey across, the sun was shining ... read more

North America » Mexico » Yucatán

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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