Agua Clara

Back in Mexico

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February 13th 2006
This entry was written sitting on the beach sipping on a coconut! The route towards the Mexican border involved a stop over in the Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango, or better known by its Mayan name of Xela. The place has a nice main plaza but other than that it seems your normal Guatemalan city. In all our time in Guatemala we hadn´t really had any genuine "chicken bus" experiences, so we dec ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas

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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