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Highlights of Latin America
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 1 November 2009
I had such an awesome time in Latin America it’s pretty hard to pick out favourite moments. But I’m going to give it a go anyway. Here are the best things I’ve seen and done over the past six and a half months, along with links to what I originally wrote about them. Favourite City: Valparaiso, [...]
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Impressions of Mexico
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 11 June 2009
When I wrote about my ten (pre-trip) favourite countries at the end of last year, Mexico was the winner. After spending six weeks there, I’m even more in love with the country than I was before. Here are some of the reasons why: The colours One of the first things that struck me about Mexico was how [...]
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Mexico in pictures 2: Murals
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 9 June 2009
Aside from Frida Kahlo, probably the most famous Mexican artists are the great Muralists of the early 20th century. In the 1920s, soon after the Mexican revolution, the education minister commissioned various artists to create a series of public murals to increase awareness of the country’s history and cultures amongst the population, and to help [...]
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Why do bad things happen to good countries?
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 27 April 2009
It’s been noticeable while travelling around northern Mexico for the last month that foreign tourism is down. Speaking to many Mexicans, especially those working in the tourist trade, are very saddened and upset that foreign coverage of the drugs war has scared lots of people off visiting the country, even though it’s really a very [...]
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Hectic final day in Mexico City
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 4 April 2009
One of the first rules of travelling (according to more experienced types) is to never over-plan. You never know when you’ll like somewhere so much you’ll want to extend your stay. And Mexico City definitely fits that description - I wasn’t all that impressed on my first visit in 2007, and now it’s rapidly becoming [...]
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Hitting the streets of Mexico City (literally)
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 2 April 2009
Jetlag, altitude, tiredness and beer are a dangerous combination: in my first hour of being out and about in Mexico City, I managed to trip over the uneven pavements twice, the second time sending me sprawling onto the pavement and leaving me with a painful two inch long scab down my forearm. Still, after being [...]
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