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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]
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] Blog: The Caribbean Coast
Date: July 30th 2006
Playa del Carmen Stop one on the coast was the resort town of Playa del Carmen, it used to be a small fishing town but the Cancún effect has now reached it and it really is a tourist town now, but unlike some other ´foriegner´-packed places I´ve been, I actually really liked Playa. Along with the hundreds of American tourists comes a level of clenliness and service which I have actu ... read more
Date: July 30th 2006
Playa del Carmen Stop one on the coast was the resort town of Playa del Carmen, it used to be a small fishing town but the Cancún effect has now reached it and it really is a tourist town now, but unlike some other ´foriegner´-packed places I´ve been, I actually really liked Playa. Along with the hundreds of American tourists comes a level of clenliness and service which I have actu ... read more


