Piramide de la Luna

To Mexico

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June 11th 2006
On Thursday, we flew into Mexico City and took a bus to Cuernavaca where we met our new host families at the school and took a taxi to our house. My house was located on a very busy, commercial street as my host family owns a little shop (tienda) and lives behind it. The next day we took placement tests for the coming classes and took a tour of downtown Cuernavaca. The bus system was very confusin ... read more

North America » Mexico » Morelos » Cuernavaca

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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