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Out of Dean's way

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August 21st 2007
We arrived in Oaxaca City yesterday on a night bus from Villahermosa. We are out of the way of hurricane Dean up in the mountains here where the weather is cooler and dryer. After we got settled into out hotel and cleaned up we went to see the Zapotec ruins of Monte Alban which are located on top of a mountain (big hill) overlooking the city. ... read more

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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