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Mexico: Spring Break and Beyond

May 17th, 2012 by Angela Yorke in Beach Travel, Destination Highlight, Mexico
Suppose you have an acquaintance from Asia. He has won a lottery and now has the means to travel anywhere he wishes. His wife wants to go to Mexico. Having watched too many movies, he feels apprehensive about the prospect of encountering the hedonistic (and chronically underdressed) youth on holiday who often become the premise of movies so tragically horrendous that they’re entertaining.

Broadly speaking, the beaches and beach towns/cities in Mexico are divided into those found on the Caribbean coast, those on the Pacific coast, and those on the Gulf coast. Typically, the water on the “Caribbean side” is
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Destination Highlight: Mexico

Mexico’s Museum of Anthropology

May 15th, 2012 by T Akery in Destination Highlight, Mexico
The Museo Nacional de Antropologia is Mexico's Museum of Anthropology.  The museum itself is located in Mexico City. Hours of operation run from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, Tuesdays through Sundays. They are closed on Mondays. The museum is free to children under age 13, seniors, students and teachers, and, on Sundays, to those living in Mexico.

One of the main features of the museum is its architecture. The umbrella or "el paraguas" is one of the more prominent features of the building. The design of the building is the work of three different designers. In addition, there are gardens
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Juan de Fuca, Galiano, and Cordova

May 16th, 2012 by Jane Wangersky in Canada
These three places hardly sound like they belong in Canada -- but Spanish place names are not uncommon along the coast of British Columbia (and Washington State). Early Spanish explorers managed to get a lot further north than California. They either gave Spanish names to places they visited, or made enough of a contribution that later residents wanted to name places in their honor.

Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, like Juan de Fuca Strait, is named for one of the earliest visitors from Spain -- Ioannis Fokas. He was a Greek pilot, working for Spain, and better known
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Highlands Ranch, CO

May 14th, 2012 by Bea in USA
My parents recently went on a business trip out in Colorado. My mom came back very excited to show me something, a map. She told me that she thought I would be impressed by it and that it would be interesting, so I waited to hear and see what she had to show me.

She brought out a map of the Highlands Ranch in Colorado; the area that they had stayed in a few days for the conference. My mom was right (as always, yes?), I was extremely impressed by the layout of the place. The first thing that caught
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