Regions and States of Mexico
Why a 100-Mile Drive in Mexico Can Take 4 Hours in One Region and 90 Minutes in Another
A hundred miles on a relatively straight Mexican highway can feel like an ordinary motorway journey. Cover the same distance through the mountains of Oaxaca, Chiapas or Chihuahua, and the driving experience changes completely. Hairpin bends, steep gradients, village crossings…
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Why Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Mexico Isn’t « Folk Wisdom » and What Travellers Should Understand
A field of maize, beans and squash growing together might look unfamiliar to a traveller accustomed to monoculture. Yet Mexico’s milpa farming system reflects generations of experimentation with soils, plant interactions, local climates and food production. It is not simply…
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