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Introducing Nogales

Like its border-city cousins Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez and Nuevo Laredo, Nogales is a major transit point between the US and Mexico; as a result, it’s a zoo of money-exchange houses, pharmacies, cheesy curio shops and low-rent bars catering mostly to gringos on weekend binges – the kind of place where trouble finds you. ‘You looking for something that’s hard to find?’ is basically a greeting here. It suits fine as a day trip, but if you’re looking to go further afield in Sonora, there’s no real reason to linger here.

Last updated: Jan 20, 2011

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Giving Gracias on the Border

Blog: Say Yes to Tacos - 5 February 2010

I was looking through some old stuff on my computer, and found my application for the fellowship that brought me here last year. It reminded me why I`m here, and why learning Spanish is both a huge opportunity and responsibility. When I first decided to learn Spanish, it was because I wanted to say “thank [...]

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