Mexico Trip Day 4 Photo 1

Mexico Trip Day 4

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June 23rd 2008
Today was supposed to be our free day. We didn't have to be anywhere with anybody. We were going to go out and explore. First stop, Catemaco, the northern most tropical rainforest in the world and where many movies have been filmed, including sean connery's shaman movie and most recently Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. It took me awhile to find one of those two roads that leads out of Coatzacoalcos, and ... read more

North America » Mexico » Veracruz » Coatzacoalcos

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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