The Pyramids of Guachimontones

Down Mexico Way

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March 11th 2009
Having returned to Bolivia in November 2008 to live in my own little house, I set off again in January to visit a friend in Mexico, whose birthday was soon to be celebrated. We were joined by another friend from Venezuela (all three of us had been in the community where I lived in 2006). We stayed a week in her village of Tapalpa, one of the Magic Villages (Pueblos Magicos) - a title assigned b ... read more

North America » Mexico » Jalisco » Guadalajara

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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