Monte Alban

The best Mole

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January 3rd 2008
We arrived on the night bus from San Cristobal at 9 am and went to the Hostal Pochon which we had booked ahead. We couldn't get our room until after the 1 pm check-in so took off to find the bus to Monte Alban. At the Hotel Rivera del Angel we brought our P$38 (US$3.60) round trip tickets for the special bus service and had time for a rotisserie chicken brunch. We had been getting a little braver ... 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