El Mercado

Mexico and our first Wonder of the World

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March 24th 2008
Hola, Como Estas? Well that's about as far as our Spanish goes, but it certainly got a work out on our trip to Mexico. We decided to take a trip 'South of the Border' because Fi's younger sister Lisa was coming to visit. Lisa had done a lot of travel around the US before so we thought Mexico would be somewhere different. After a bit of planning we decided the best place to visit would be Cancun, a ... read more

North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Cancun

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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