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MEXICO CITY - pt1

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October 3rd 2010
Sunday 26th September Mexico city (pop 9 million!) 21 million people in the Mexican city metro area make it the third largest city in the world!!! We realised the sheer size of the city as we reached the outskirts as it took us over a hour just to get to the town center and another half hour to our hotel on 5th Mayo Avenue. We could see the city sprawling out before us and up the sides ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City » Centro Histórico

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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