Oaxaca Zocalo

Oaxaca

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July 16th 2010
All right, time for the Oaxaca update! Even though I am no longer there! I arrived in Oaxaca, and was going to stay with some friends of mine that own a hotel. They usually let travelers use an extra room. Alas, there was already a couple there, and one was quite sick (turns out he had contracted typhoid), so I stayed in a different room. I only had one night there, so I did two things. I'll do ... read more

North America » 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