A storm is brewing

Surfs up

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August 14th 2007
Back on the Bamba bus, we slid our way down to Puerto Escondido down an extremely windy road. It didn´t help that the driver had to get all the way back again that evening, so he was nailing it on the corners and throwing us around in the back. The system of speed control on the roads here is in the form of speed bumps. We occasionally hit these at ridiculous speeds and hit our heads on the ro ... 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