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Mexico City (El DF)

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July 15th 2007
After a nice bus ride from Guad to Mexico City, we found our hotel in the Centro Historico. Mexico City is the third largest metropolitan area in the world (behind Tokyo and NY). We were both skeptical about what we would find here, but were very surprised to find a really interesting and pretty city. Contrary to a lot of what we had heard, we did not feel unsafe even at night. It really resembled ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

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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