Oaxaca barrio

Week 1 - Oaxaca, Mexico

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June 2nd 2008
For some of you, there are parts to review--things you've already heard, images you've already seen--so thank you for your patience and understanding. It's really only been a week, but I already feel I've been here a month. The various things I've seen and learned in this past week equal or surpass the amount I would typically absorb in a year's time. A language, which I had previously still ... 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