Pan-O-Rama

Danger - Falling Cattle Zone

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October 22nd 2008
Tilting at windmills is a favorite past time of mine, not to be reserved for the chivalrous or the idle nobility. There is a Cervantino festival, named after the author of Don Quixote, in an old silver mining town called Guanajuato, in a Mexican state with the same name. It is a three-week affair held in October every year, and I was urged by my coworkers to attend it. An arts festival is how i ... read more

North America » Mexico » San Luis Potosí » San Luis Potosí

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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