Breath of Fire in Coban

Mejico, and the Tortilla Curtain

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April 19th 2007
We, Graham and Gordo, spent some time in the cowboy town of Coban watching a firebreather before heading into Samuc Champey and Lanquin with hammocks. The security guard at the campground laughed when we told him we wanted to camp without a tent but told us to go through anyway. There, we swam in amazing aqua lagoons that waterfalled one from another through a wide gorge all the way to our campsi ... read more

North America » Mexico

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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