Festival day in San Marcos

Out of Town

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November 15th 2006
The VW bug is not red, and it's just as well. Although lime-cream green is still pretty visible. We are hitting the country roads to tiny villages where kids run away when they see Tim! I am a bit under the weather today, if you know what I mean, so will let the images bear the burden. Maybe I shouldn't have eaten the grasshoppers - but its said that if you eat them, you'll return to Oaxaca. ... read more

North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Oaxaca

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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