Crossing into Mexico

Day Two, long but in the books

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June 14th 2009
Day Two: Today was every bit as grueling as I thought the first day would be. We started out at 6:30AM but it took till around 11 for us to travel the first 100 miles of the 500 mile total. We spent the vast majority of that time crossing the border into Mexico at Ciudad Tecun Uman. As you travel north along the Pacific Coast on CA-2 in Guatemala and approach the border there is a fork in the road ... read more

North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Oaxaca

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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