POPO

Amigos en Amecameca y Volcanes Vivos

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August 22nd 2006
Who would have thunk it? 18,000 feet Mountains just east of mexico city! I guess you can see them from Mexico City but i didn´t because of the haze. They are called Popocatepetl (Aztec name for smoking mountain), the second largest peak in Mexico, Iztaccíhuatl, meaning Sleeping Woman. They are called Popo and Izta for short and quite amazing. They both have permanent ice and snow on their pe ... read more

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico

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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