Puebla

Mexico City to Oaxaca Coast

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February 14th 2008
Who would have thought that we would find Mexico to be a country with an unparallelled depth of history and culture? Possibly anyone who has been to Latin America, but that did not include us before we commenced this trip. To be honest our arrival had not been too auspicious. I had been trying to memorise the line "Cienta ochenta dias, por favor" on the flight over, for the purposes of gain ... 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