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The Gulf Coast

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April 2nd 2009
The Mexican Gulf Coast: unvisited and unheralded, where cheap hotels lap up the quiet, not so aquamarine waves and the cafes serve until 9pm. The heat in late autumn is humid and sticky, the sun at its best early in the morning before the haze wraps around and creates a murky lunchtime siesta. Autumn is out of season and the locals tell us that it's cold, we should return in Spring when it's warm ... read more

North America » Mexico

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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