Chapulines

Chapulines

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August 3rd 2002
In order to avoid "la papa" and the 22 million people who are trying to get to see the pope during his visit I decided to go to Oaxaca - pronounced Wahacka. A lively city of 400,000 people, many of them being from the indigenous people who live in the villages near by. The hostel Modena had adverts for one way trips from the hostel door to door to a Oaxaca hostel for the same price as a bus fai ... 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