Mexico

Whale and Calf

On the shores of the San Ignacio Lagoon in South Baja California, Mexico, we find a fittingly enormous geoglyph of a female gray whale and her calf. The San Ignacio Lagoon is part of the Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve which is…

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Tuesday, 3rd October 2006

Mexico City Megapost

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico and the second largest “Megacity” in the world after the Tokyo area. After centuries of pre-Columbian civilization, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés first arrived in the area of Mexico City in 1519. He…

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Sunday, 29th January 2006

Parasailing

The white blob in our thumbnail is a parasail, with the speedboat doing circles just to the East. This is just off the coast of Mexico where we can see the Rui Palace hotel (again, under construction in the satellite…

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Friday, 11th November 2005

Boy’s Town

The Laredo “Boy’s town” in Mexico is a legal prostitution area which, not by chance, is just over from Laredo, Texas. A Dallas Observer article goes into further details of the American young men who frequent the area. In the…

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Friday, 21st October 2005

PROMESAS

Giant writing in Mexico: “PROMESAS“. Using my excellent Spanish skills I translated this to “Promises”, although who’s promising who what I can’t tell you. Thanks: Timo V Tikansalo & marwan

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Thursday, 13th October 2005

Laredo Monster Flag

Just beside the International bridge between Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico we find this gigantic Mexican flag, the way it sticks out the earth makes it look like something out of a cartoon. This is one of a few…

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Wednesday, 14th September 2005
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