Olmec head and me

January 24th 2008
It probably seemed like a good idea to the local Aztecs and other tribes to build a city in the middle of a big lake basin over 2500 years ago, it ensured they always had a good supply of water and that the surrounding land was always fertile. What they wouldn't have known back then was that city would grow into the largest city on the face of the planet, and located as it is in a large natural ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

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

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Hi, this is the blog of my travels of the length of Central America between January and July 2008. At the start the plan was to take in the southern parts of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, maybe Panama and maybe even Colombia if I got that far. Basically all I knew for sure was that I would land in Mexico City on January 13th with accom booked for 4 nights there - the plan for the rest was... ummm... what plan?! But what I learnt was I got a lot more out of my experience in each country if I spent a bit more time in each, rather than just trying ... full info

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