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Trip of Giants - Oaxaca

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August 15th 2010
We are woken by loud bangs, which we'd heard intermittently last night and continue sporadically through the day. They seem to be fired like fireworks but just to let out a bang. Possibly related to the bicentennial celebrations happening across Mexico. As Alehandro had explained, in 1610 Cortez routed Emperor Moctezuma and exactly 200 years later the Priest Hidalgo started the revolution that gav ... read more

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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