Temperatures

These pictures are screen captures showing temperatures for Mexico City and Tecolutla.  Obviously we need to be prepared for a wide range of temperatures. Note that just at Tecolutla temperatues range from 65 to 107!
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danger

How dangerous is Mexico?

On average, it is about five times more dangerous than the ; But that is an average, and as you should all know by now, averages are not particularly robust to US has an average intentional homicide rate of approximately (per 100,000 people).  Mexico's rate is about ; That is indeed a LOT ; But it doesn't tell the whole ; Remember, that if 8 people in a town make $10,000 a year and two make $100,000 a year, the average income for the town is almost $30,000 - and clearly not representative of the situation in that ; The same is true ; In 2010, the last year I could find complete statistics for all US states and territories, there was quite a bit of Hampshire - 1Vermont - - - - ;South Carolina - - - - - of Columbia - Rico - can see there is quite…
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ancient cultures

More Ancient Cultures

When people think about ancient civilizations they usually conjure up images of ancient Greece or ; But there were civilizations in South America, like the Mayans (2000 BCE - 1500 CE), the Olmec (1500 BCE - 400 BCE) and others who had calendars, writing, arts and built temples and ball courts and astrological ; They were an advanced people that we don't hear much about, except for end of the world are a few significant South American archeological finds from the last couple of 5,000 year old temple from ;Tak'alik Ab'aj is a major archealogical site in southwest Guatemala, not too far from the Mexican ; It has both Mayan and Olmec influences and is one of the largest archeological sites in Central America and was probably occupied from 1000 BCE to about 1500 ; It has (as far as I can tell): 9 terracesa water system of channels bringing…
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