Mexico City: Coyoacán Photo 14

Mexico City: Coyoacán

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January 20th 2010
I explored the Coyoacán neighborhood with an Australian guy from the hostel. This was an independent neigborhood surrounded by farm land south of Mexico City for a long time but has since been absorbed by the massive metropolis. This was the neighborhood Frida Kahlo lived in. Her house is now a museum. We also went to Leon Trotsky's home where he was stabbed with an ice pick by a guy working ... read more

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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