Merida

Back on the road

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January 3rd 2015
The final two weeks of our two and a half month journey across southern Mexico started in Merida, capital of the Yucutan state and its colonial heart. Merida is a bustling city full of locals going about their day in streets lined with old colonial buildings that proudly show their age and wouldn’t look out of place in the old town of Havana. We timed our departure from the monkey sanctuary with ... 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