Mexico - a flimsy excuse to visit the beach that appeared in Shawshank Redemption...
November 27th 2011 My main holiday of 2011 involved beating the November blues by heading off to sunny Mexico for a few weeks. My friend from uni, Julia, had settled in Mexico City with her boyfriend Ruben, and was always keen for people to come out and visit her (and even if she wasn't I kind of invited myself!!) which meant I had friends to stay with in Mexico City as a base for my exploration. I had previousl
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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 
