Street

See the boy on the right side of the picture? He is one of many children around the city that "sells" stickers. This basically includes walking up to as many people as possible and attempting to stick a sticker onto their clothing. If you don't say "no, gracias" before they stick you, you pretty much have to give the child some money. It's vicious.

Clowns all around me

September 18th 2006
¡Hola amigos! I'm writing once again from Monterrey, but I spent the past 3 days in Guadalajara, celebrating Mexican Independence Day. This entails the top local government official (mayor/governor) giving the grito "¡Viva Mexico!" It's an amazing thing, central plazas all over Mexico packed with people all celebrating independence on the same night... We got into GDL before noon, piled into a ... read more

North America » Mexico » Jalisco » Guadalajara

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

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