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Mercado Day

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November 28th 2006
Well folks, I'm back at Penn, but I had one last batch of pictures. We spent Friday in the city proper of Guadalajara, at a grand colonial building (the last building built by Spain in all of Mexico, or so Leno tells us) and at the mercado next door (largest indoor one in Latin America, again via Leno). The colonial building was originally intended to be an orphanage, but now the greatest attrac ... read more

North America » Mexico » Jalisco » Guadalajara

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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