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Finally in Oaxaca (Wa-ha-ca)

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February 16th 2007
Saturday we took a bus to Cholula, an old religious city near Puebla. We didn’t have much time at all so the only place we visited was what looks like a large hill with a big orange Spanish church on top. In reality, however, the hill is the largest pyramid in the world, but in order to excavate it they had to built tunnels over the pyramid and grass grew over it so now it looks like a hill. ... 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