Mexico beauty and genius
It has been said that beauty is where you see it and genius is all around, waiting to be identified.
Beauty — Quinta Tesoro de la Sierra Madre is an adobe house and little wildlife refuge on the ban...
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The Brownsville-Matamoros Ferry: crossing the Rio Grande from 1818 to 1929
The ferry (chalon) was an efficient means of transportation between the U.S. and Mexico for 110 years but, in 1929, it took its last trip across the Rio Grande. read more
Did you know? Mexico has the deepest water-filled sinkhole in the world, in Tamaulipas.
As vertical shafts go, this is a seriously deep one! Long considered to be "bottomless" since no-one had ever managed to find the floor, we now know it is precisely 335 meters (1099 feet) deep, making ...
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report May 2005
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Wine consumption
Tortillas in China
Can anyone counter Wal-Mart? ...
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Tamaulipas-Style Fajitas: Fajitas al Sombrero
Driving northward along the Tamaulipas coast, the traveler goes from the tropical region of the Veracruz border to the plains of south Texas. A mid-point on the journey is the small town of San Fernand...
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - June 2001
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LATIN AMERICA'S TALLEST BUILDING
VITRO ACQUIRES CRISTALGLASS
OPPOSITION TO TOURIST MEGAPROJECT? ...
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Laredo and Nuevo Laredo: Four good reasons to visit a border town
Regardless whether you translate la frontera as "border" or "frontier," the images evoked are often negative: lawlessness, dusty streets, harsh climes, and a general disregard for human life. Even...
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Opening of bridge No. 4 in Laredo
Posted by Renee on Marzo 22, 2000
Wowee! Just learned today that (barring unforeseen problems) the presidents of both Mexico and the US have agreed to come to the big bridge bash on April 14, 2000! ...
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Mexican cowboy beans: Frijoles charros
A Norteño dish originating in Tamaulipas, this is the classic accompaniment to the grilled beef dishes of northern Mexico. It is an ideal make-ahead dish, especially good with barbeque, improvi...
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Driving from Guadalajara to Laredo and back
My wife and I have driven from the Lakeside area to Laredo a few times on what always seemed to us, looking at the map, to be the shortest route, taking Highway 23 to Zacatecas and highway 54 from there to Saltillo, finishing the trip on Highway 85 via Monterrey. Starting early in the morning, it was easy to make Saltillo by early afternoon. Laredo was an easy hop the next morning. However, a couple of experiences on that route made us reconsider.
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Barra del Tordo, Tamaulipas is paradise close to home
You can stop looking for paradise. It's only 5 hours south of the Texas/Mexico border at McAllen or Brownsville. Most guidebooks dismiss the Gulf Coast uninteresting. They couldn't be more wrong. El Pa...
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