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	<title>Midwesterner in Mexico &#187; Travels in Mexico</title>
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		<title>Back to Mexico City!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2012/01/06/back-to-mexico-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past year has been a struggle for me &#38; John to readjust from the &#8220;every other weekend = a 3-day+ vacation to a beach, jungle, colonial town or archaeological site&#8221; schedule that we got accustomed to living in Mexico City.   (Yes, I can almost feel your waves of sympathy washing over me.)   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baja California Sur Roadtrip: Part 2- Los Cabos</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/11/10/baja-california-sur-roadtrip-part-2-los-cabos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/11/10/baja-california-sur-roadtrip-part-2-los-cabos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baja California Sur State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cabo San Lucas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casa de Mario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Arco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Cabos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VRBO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[www.vrbo.com]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=3141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In follow up to my prior post regarding our Baja California Sur roadtrip, we continued on from Todos Santos to Cabo San Lucas, the most well-known spot for tourists. I will admit to being a bit skeptical of visiting Cabo prior to our arrival&#8230; I feared the existence of too many all-inclusive resorts &#38; too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baja California Sur Roadtrip: Part 1-Todos Santos</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/09/25/baja-california-sur-roadtrip-part-1-todos-santos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/09/25/baja-california-sur-roadtrip-part-1-todos-santos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baja California Sur State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baja California Sur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabo San Lucas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotel California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotel Riazor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Paz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todos Santos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=3074</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we assessed our options for a longer vacation in Mexico over Semana Santa last year, we asked ourselves the question that most tourists as themselves: what would Jennifer Aniston, Leonardo DiCaprio, &#38; Cindy Crawford do for their vacations?   Well, as it turns out, what they would do is prance around in their swimsuits at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sparkling Wineries in Querétaro: Viva Freixenet!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/08/29/sparkling-wineries-in-queretaro-viva-freixenet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/08/29/sparkling-wineries-in-queretaro-viva-freixenet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Querétaro State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cavas Freixenet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freixenet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freixenet World's Wine Bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Redonda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Querétaro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruta de Queso y Vino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tequisquiapan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve shared before how I&#8217;m a sucker for well-branded tourism, so Querétaro&#8217;s efforts to promote their wine &#38; cheese &#8220;route&#8221; certainly did not fall on deaf ears during my time in México. Even before we made our trip to Finca Vai for some cheese tasting, we drove from Mexico City to the same area in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheese Tourism in Mexico: a visit to Finca Vai</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/08/15/cheese-tourism-in-mexico-a-visit-to-finca-vai/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/08/15/cheese-tourism-in-mexico-a-visit-to-finca-vai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Querétaro State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cheese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finca VAI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City daytrips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Querétaro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruta de Queso y Vino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tequisquiapan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visitas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheese and dairy products in general are one of my favorite things to eat. So when I learned via Querétaro&#8217;s robust tourism board of a nearby farm that combined cheese-making with a barnyard animal petting zoo, it seemed like a no-brainer.  The fact that it was basically a simulated visit to the Midwest was just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting the Alebrije Hotspot of Oaxaca</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/25/visiting-the-alebrije-hotspot-of-oaxaca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/25/visiting-the-alebrije-hotspot-of-oaxaca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alebrijes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacobo and Maria Angeles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Martin Tilcajete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turismo El Convento de Oaxaca]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite parts of my trip my recent Oaxaca trip via Mexico Today turned out to be the visit we made to the small town of San Martín Tilcajete. When John &#38; I visited Oaxaca back in 2009, we&#8217;d heard from friends about all the little villages specializing in various handicrafts that are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Random Events in Mexico City &amp; beyond!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/06/upcoming-random-events-in-mexico-city-beyond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/06/upcoming-random-events-in-mexico-city-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hidalgo State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quintana Roo State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Actopan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbacoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cerveza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cerveza Mexico 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feria de la Barbacoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gourmet Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hidalgo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holbox Dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isla Holbox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha Libre La Experiencia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[things to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiburon ballenas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whale sharks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of my continuing &#8220;Live Vicariously Through My Friends in Mexico&#8221; program, I wanted to alert y&#8217;all to some upcoming events in DF, Quintana Roo, and Hidalgo state that I thought may be worth checking out. Rest assured I continue to keep my finger on the pulse of kitschy activities despite my absence from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fields of Oaxaca</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/06/24/the-fields-of-oaxaca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/06/24/the-fields-of-oaxaca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airplane photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm fields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nebraska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pleasanton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sponsored]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sandbar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2842</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe it was a famous photographer who once said, &#8220;Some of the best photos this world has seen were taken from small, fogged-up airplane windows while flying over the state of Oaxaca.&#8221;  Even if that&#8217;s not true, I&#8217;m still going to subject you to a photo I snapped on our descent into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Burros are Back!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/04/26/the-burros-are-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/04/26/the-burros-are-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Fair!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estado de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feria Nacional del Burro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some things are so important to alert my readers to that I have to emerge from my 2-month blog hibernation to do so.  Any guesses what could possibly make that exclusive priority list? The Feria Nacional del Burro, of course!!
For any readers who had the misfortune of missing my live coverage from the National Donkey Fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zihuatanejo: our last beach trip in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/06/zihuatanejo-our-last-beach-trip-in-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/06/zihuatanejo-our-last-beach-trip-in-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guerrero State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beaches in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casa Cuitlateca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kau-Kan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lety's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacation in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zihua]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I sense your sympathy may be limited when I tell you that today is the last day of our LAST Mexican beach vacation, and it&#8217;s raining. We&#8217;ve truly been spoiled with all the amazing travel opportunities during our 2.25 years here in Mexico, but nonetheless we wanted to jam in one last trip to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I need a cactus chair</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/30/i-need-a-cactus-chair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/30/i-need-a-cactus-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prickly Pair Chair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Room Mate hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentina Gonzales Wohlers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across an interesting blog today entitled &#8220;Hoy es un gran día para mostrarte lo mejor de México.&#8221; (Today is a great day to show you the best of Mexico.)  It&#8217;s kind of an assortment of travel hot spots, activities, and design highlights around Mexico. Even if you don&#8217;t speak Spanish, he has some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My husband protects me from screaming, naked girls</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/23/my-husband-protects-me-from-screaming-naked-girls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/23/my-husband-protects-me-from-screaming-naked-girls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quintana Roo State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casa de las Olas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't call the police just take out your camera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skinny-dipping morons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tulum]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 5th full day of our Yucatan Peninsula vacation, and we&#8217;re currently in beautiful Tulum on the east cost of Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Isla Holbox &#38; Valladolid were great; more to come!) We&#8217;re staying in a house (Casa de las Olas) on the very south bit of Tulum&#8217;s beachfront, literally the last property [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Pimpin&#8217;: Holiday Inn Express, Cancun</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/18/big-pimpin-holiday-inn-express-cancun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/18/big-pimpin-holiday-inn-express-cancun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quintana Roo State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday Inn Express]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living high on the hog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John &#38; I have been incredibly lucky to be able to do a *ton* of traveling around Mexico during our two years here. The last item to check off our list has been Yucatan &#38; Quintana Roo states, better known to most gringos as CANCUN.   Truth be told, I have never had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Best Festival EVER in Mexico? Ask the burros!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/01/what-is-the-best-festival-ever-in-mexico-ask-the-burros/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/01/what-is-the-best-festival-ever-in-mexico-ask-the-burros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 23:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best fair ever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brahma bulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burricornio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burro fashion show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burro races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feria Nacional del Burro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otumba]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let me start by saying: Feria Nacional del Burro 2010 *exceeded* our expectations. Get ready for some heavy photo coverage, folks.   As I mentioned on Thursday, I&#8217;d gotten wind of this Burro Festival on Twitter, and after seeing how witty their website was, I had no choice but to go. Besides, having a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Weekend Plans? How about the BURRO FESTIVAL??!?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Fair!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estado de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feria de Burros]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Otumba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarcasm in Mexico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to keep up with the young hipsters of today, I created a Twitter account several months back &#38; vaguely monitor my fellow &#8220;Twitteros&#8221; (as they are called here in Mexico). While parsing through Twitter&#8217;s mountain of 140-character data bursts is truly a &#8220;diamond in the rough&#8221; kind of situation, every now and then I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now included on Mexicana flights: free Scandinavian escort!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/10/now-included-on-mexicana-flights-free-scandinavian-escort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/10/now-included-on-mexicana-flights-free-scandinavian-escort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[I hate you Aeromexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexicana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexy advertising]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My recent blogging delinquency has stemmed from our recent vacation to Baja California Sur over Semana Santa (Holy Week) here in Mexico. As you can look forward to hearing about in painful detail in a subsequent blog post, we had a VERY BAD experience with AeroMexico trying to get from Mexico City to La Paz.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tecali de Herrera- Mexico&#8217;s hub of all things onyx</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/29/tecali-de-herrera-mexicos-hub-of-all-things-onyx/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/29/tecali-de-herrera-mexicos-hub-of-all-things-onyx/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Puebla State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ex-convent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[onix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[onyx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puebla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puebla state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tecali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tecali de Herrera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We took a day trip on Saturday to Tecali de Herrera, which I understand to be the hub of onyx (and marble) production in Mexico (or at least one of them). Tecali de Herrera is located about 47 km southeast of Puebla in Puebla state, and it took us a little over 2 hours to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Las Pozas: a Jungly Wonderland in Xilitla, Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/08/las-pozas-a-jungly-wonderland-in-xilitla-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/08/las-pozas-a-jungly-wonderland-in-xilitla-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Luis Potosi State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casa Vieja Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concrete magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concrete snakes with rebar tongues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edward James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Castillo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hostal del Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human maze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jungly bits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Pozas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurante Ambar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xilitla]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since we arrived in Mexico, I&#8217;ve heard rumblings about Las Pozas. General commentary included things like &#8220;crazy place in the jungle&#8221;, &#8220;this English guy Edward James&#8217;s surrealistic garden&#8221;, &#8220;wild concrete structures&#8221;, and perhaps the most intimidating, &#8220;8 hours away on windy mountain roads&#8221;.
With most weekends booked up between MBA class &#38; visitors, it took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Weather Barometer</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/03/mexican-weather-barometer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/03/mexican-weather-barometer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Querétaro State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican weather barometer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nebraskan farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As seen in the courtyard of the Museo del Queso y Vino (Museum of Cheese and Wine) in Tequisquiapan:
I have got to find myself one of these. In case it&#8217;s not very clear from the pic, the &#8220;measurement&#8221; part of this barometer is the cow&#8217;s tail, which is a piece of rope. The translation:

If the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two different approaches to Mexican tourism: Queretaro vs. Hidalgo</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/25/two-different-approaches-to-mexican-tourism-queretaro-vs-hidalgo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/25/two-different-approaches-to-mexican-tourism-queretaro-vs-hidalgo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hidalgo State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Querétaro State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airbrushing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I love good maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[models with body paint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruta de Vino y Queso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tequisquiapan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine & cheese route]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I constantly rave about Queretaro State&#8217;s Secretaria de Turismo (tourism board). They really have their stuff together, with amazing maps, good websites, great brochures, all of which serve to seduce people to a Mexican state that (to be honest) I initially thought didn&#8217;t really have that much going for it. (I have since reconsidered this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Las Pozas preview&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/16/a-las-pozas-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/16/a-las-pozas-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Luis Potosi State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edward James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huasteca region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Pozas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xilitla]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If these images don&#8217;t at least pique your interest regarding a trip to Las Pozas in middle-of-nowhere, Mexico (a.k.a. Xilitla in southern San Luis Potosi state), then I don&#8217;t know what will.    More details to follow of our amazing weekend trip, a mere 7 hours north of Mexico City!!

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		<title>Sluggy McSluggerson recounts some Mexico Highlights!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/11/sluggy-mcsluggerson-recounts-some-mexico-highlights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/11/sluggy-mcsluggerson-recounts-some-mexico-highlights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeological Sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guerrero State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alebrijes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahias de Huatulco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beaches]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Casa del Sol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dia de la Independencia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Grito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Huequito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotel Casa del Agua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huatulco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ixtapa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Capellina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Independence Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pyramids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pyramids in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Miguel de Allende]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teotihuacan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Restaurant in San Miguel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I&#8217;ve been a slug. Every now and then, I like to do a blog post outlining all the riveting topics I&#8217;ve been meaning to write about, promise you that I will actually write about them, and then never execute on this.  Which sucks, because we have been some really amazing places in Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A taste of Yelapa&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/01/a-taste-of-yelapa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/01/a-taste-of-yelapa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jalisco State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yelapa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for the delinquency in beach photo uploads!! We have a couple friends visiting this week, so we have been busy with a flurry of taco-eating, pyramid-visiting, tequila-drinking, lucha-watching, bullfight-attending, etc. For an added bonus, one of the visitors (college friend James) is taller than us, which has provided an exciting chance for me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¡Feliz Navidad!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/23/%c2%a1feliz-navidad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/23/%c2%a1feliz-navidad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jalisco State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BEACH HOLIDAYS!!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Vallarta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yelapa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well kids, we decided to forego the trip home to the Midwest this Christmas. This is now seeming quite fortuitous, given the crazy snowstorms that have been popping up all over the States this week &#38; last. Nebraska is apparently scheduled to get heavy snow for the next 3 days, which you can view live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico Shopping Spree</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/30/mexico-shopping-spree/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/30/mexico-shopping-spree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jalisco State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bazaar Sabado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniela Millan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrique Mondragon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercado Jamaica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico souvenirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parque Sullivan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia Juarez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Angel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tonalá]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John and I are not what one might call &#8220;interior design visionaries&#8221;. We&#8217;ve been living in Mexico for about 16 months now, and we&#8217;ve spent many a weekend wandering through various markets, stores, tianguis, etc., assessing the wares on display but unable to make any big decisions&#8230;  I think we suffer from an overly analytical mindset + a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best medical deal yet&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/21/best-medical-deal-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/21/best-medical-deal-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[everlasting love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot medical bargains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saw this hot deal advertised outside a store while passing through Leon last week:
Everlasting love for less than a buck? Sounds like a pretty good deal to me&#8230; But unfortunately as I am cautioned, this will only &#8220;preserve&#8221; your love from forming a child.   I like the romantic heart additions to class it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend escape to magical Hacienda Las Trancas</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/09/27/weekend-escape-to-magical-hacienda-las-trancas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/09/27/weekend-escape-to-magical-hacienda-las-trancas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheap wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dolores Hidalgo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hacienda Las Trancas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haciendas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haciendas in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horseback riding in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Trancas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[massages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miguel Hidalgo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most of Mexico is safe & pretty!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Miguel de Allende]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spa treatments in Mexico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After living in Mexico for a year, I&#8217;ve been a bit delinquent in checking &#8220;spend lazy weekend in gorgeous centuries-old hacienda&#8221; off my to-do list. When friend Emily alerted me to her discovery of just such a place north of San Miguel, I jumped at the chance to experience all that a remote countryside hacienda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating the Mexico City Airport</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/17/navigating-the-mexico-city-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/17/navigating-the-mexico-city-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City public transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aeropuerto Ciudad de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AICM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benito Juarez International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City airport map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxi at Mexico City airport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently received a reader request (yay!) for an overview on what happens when you get off the plane in the Mexico City Airport, so I thought I would share a few tips I&#8217;ve gathered thus far from my trips.
Airport Code: MEX
Possible Aliases: Benito Juarez International Airport, or AICM (Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México)
Website: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The multi-purpose trucks of Mexico&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/12/the-multi-purpose-trucks-of-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/12/the-multi-purpose-trucks-of-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driving in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green onions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[road to Oaxaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trucks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A glimpse of the varied trucks encountered last week on our drive to Oaxaca City&#8230;
#1) Crazy-piled green onion transporter. This truck was traveling at 60+ mph on the toll road between Mexico City &#38; Puebla. I have no idea how you stack green onions 6-feet high in a way that prevents them from being blown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This 4th of July announcement sponsored by Mexico&#8217;s Communist Party</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/04/this-4th-of-july-announcement-sponsored-by-mexicos-communist-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/04/this-4th-of-july-announcement-sponsored-by-mexicos-communist-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4th of July]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communists!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frente Popular Revolucionario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca City]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy 4th of July to all those Americans who, like us, are beyond the borders this year &#38; therefore forced to celebrate US independence in a fireworks-free zone. We *narrowly* escaped having to celebrate in an alcohol-free zone as well, due to the tomorrow&#8217;s mid-term elections here in Mexico. As explained on Burro Hall, Mexico institutes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delicate Oaxacan bathrooms&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/03/delicate-oaxacan-bathrooms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/03/delicate-oaxacan-bathrooms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe Brujula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pooh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toilet restrictions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate my end-of-job + John&#8217;s 3-day weekend, we decided to make the 6-hour drive down to Oaxaca City in the state of Oaxaca for the weekend. We will definitely have more insightful comments to add, but for the moment wanted to share this gem of a poster found in the baño of the seemingly oft-gringo-frequented Café [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yaxchilan in photos</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/06/18/yaxchilan-in-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/06/18/yaxchilan-in-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeological Sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiapas State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiapas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maya archeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yaxchilan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you read the previous post, you know that we&#8217;ve finally arrived at the Maya archeological site of Yaxchilan on the banks of the Usamacinta river.  There are more than 120 structures in the central area, distributed in three complexes at different elevations.  Yaxchilan shares similar characteristics with other regional sites, including roof combs, stelae, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to Yaxchilan in Chiapas</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/06/11/getting-to-yaxchilan-in-chiapas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/06/11/getting-to-yaxchilan-in-chiapas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeological Sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiapas State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiapas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Escudo Jaguar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maya archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yaxchilan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Julie&#8217;s been slacking off a bit of late, I decided to revisit my promise made in my original post on our trip to Chiapas to check out Palenque with a rundown of our visit to the Mayan archeological sites of Yaxchilan and Bonampak southeast of Palenque.
Yaxchilan, on the west bank of the Usumacinta River which forms the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I may have descended from statues</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/09/i-may-have-descended-from-statues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/09/i-may-have-descended-from-statues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 05:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheap lodging in San Miguel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotel Mansion Virreyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no skin color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no tan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Miguel de Allende]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I am too lazy tonight to summarize our full San Miguel de Allende &#38; Guanajuato trip AND because I feel we have moved beyond the need for regular swine flu updates, I will instead share with you one of the more horrifying pictures we took during our weekend away.
Please find below a photo taken in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malinalco with the visiting Nebraskans</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/12/malinalco-with-the-visiting-nebraskans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/12/malinalco-with-the-visiting-nebraskans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeological Sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aztecs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B&B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casa Mora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chilaquiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estado de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hammock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malinalco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum of Malinalco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weekend getaway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My parents from Nebraska came for a visit last month, so we decided to show them some of rural Mexico in addition to the Big Taco, D.F.  We spent a couple nights in Malinalco, located roughly 40 miles south-ish of Toluca or 60 miles (but ~2 hours) from Polanco in Mexico City.
Malinalco is a cute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picturesque Palenque</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/05/picturesque-palenque/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/05/picturesque-palenque/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chiapas State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tabasco State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Archaeological Sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiapas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maya archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palenque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[villahermosa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago while Julie was stuck in class a few friends and I whisked off to spend a long weekend in Chiapas, where we visited the archelogical sites of Palenque, Yaxichilan, and Bonampak &#8211; a perfect three-day weekend.  We flew into Villahermosa (in the state of Tabasco) late afternoon on Friday, grabbed a rental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Makes a Nebraskan feel right at home&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/17/makes-a-nebraskan-feel-right-at-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/17/makes-a-nebraskan-feel-right-at-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Taste of Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livestock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malinalco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nebraska]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My parents are visiting Mexico this week from Nebraska. To help them adjust, we found this slowly-moving cow herd on the road outside our B&#38;B in Malinalco. Mexico can always be counted upon for the random herd of livestock to help make a Nebraska farm boy feel like he never left&#8230;
I&#8217;m pretty sure rural Nebraska [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chiapas-style Car Wash</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/17/chiapas-style-car-wash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/17/chiapas-style-car-wash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chiapas State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car wash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiapas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usumacinta river]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John made it down to Chiapas this past weekend (while I was stuck at class busy being a brilliant MBA student). A summary from him should be forthcoming, but in the interim, I was entertained by this photo of a car wash along the Usumacinta River along the border of México and Guatemala.
 
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		<title>Animal Highlights of México, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/09/animal-highlights-of-mexico-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/09/animal-highlights-of-mexico-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bear attack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[critters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Marquesa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[squirrels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The plethora of unique animals here never fails to entertain me, so thought I&#8217;d share a few photo highlights of critters (or representations thereof) we&#8217;ve encountered over the last 7 months here in Mexico City and beyond!!
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		<title>Photo highlights from Querétaro State</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/12/photo-highlights-from-queretaro-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/12/photo-highlights-from-queretaro-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Querétaro State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[churches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Querétaro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post with the relevant details of our trip to Querétaro, Tequisquiapan, &#38; the Freixenet Winery will be forthcoming, but for now the behind-in-her-readings MBA student can only be bothered to post a few of the random photo highlights of our 3 day trip to the state of Querétaro&#8230;.
 
 
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		<title>We are one with Street Food Vendors of Querétaro</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/04/we-are-one-with-street-food-vendors-of-queretaro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/04/we-are-one-with-street-food-vendors-of-queretaro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We felt obligated to take advantage of both of us having New Year&#8217;s Day 2009 off from work, and so parlayed it into a 2-night stay in Querétaro, a town of ~1.6 million people located two hours northwest of Mexico City. Our recent string of luck continued, as we happened upon yet another holiday festival&#8211; the town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s Monarch Migration: bazillions of butterflies</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/16/mexicos-monarch-migration-bazillions-of-butterflies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/16/mexicos-monarch-migration-bazillions-of-butterflies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Michoacan State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[El Rosario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, John &#38; I took advantage of the Friday I had off of work in honor of el Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe to drive to Michoacán to see the annual monarch butterfly migration! In a nutshell, millions of butterflies migrate from the US &#38; Canada each year starting in November to spend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Judas Priest falls in a forest and no one hears them, do they still exist?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/29/if-judas-priest-falls-in-a-forest-and-no-one-hears-them-do-they-still-exist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/29/if-judas-priest-falls-in-a-forest-and-no-one-hears-them-do-they-still-exist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun with Semiconductors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight during my business trip to Guadalajara, I discovered that one of my coworkers has been hiding his knowledge of über-trendy spots in GDL (by instead allowing us to end up repeatedly at Karne Garibaldi which, while it has amazing food, is arguably less &#8220;trendy&#8221; and more &#8220;cafeteria-esque&#8221;).  So after a ~10 hour staff meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acapulco&#8211; Mexican Independence Day Wknd Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/22/acapulco-mexican-independence-day-wknd-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/22/acapulco-mexican-independence-day-wknd-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guerrero State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acapulco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad techno dancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beach]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hooters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Brisas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday morning Sept 14, John, Robyn and I rolled into our fancy-pants hotel in Acapulco, Las Brisas. Although we probably didn&#8217;t *need* to stay in one of the top 3 hotels in Acapulco, this was our last hurrah before I started work and after all, one never knows when one will get back to Acapulco! So we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Las Estacas: Mexican Independence Day Wknd Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/21/las-estacas-mexican-independence-day-wknd-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/21/las-estacas-mexican-independence-day-wknd-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dirty water]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally! Getting around to writing about our trip to Acapulco &#38; Las Estacas over the Mexican Independence Day long weekend (at 11PM on Sept 15).  We headed south out of town on Saturday morning with several friends, thinking an 8AM departure would surely put us well ahead of any other holiday-seekers. Boy were we wrong. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land Speed Record for&#8230;serving meat</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/09/land-speed-record-forserving-meat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/09/land-speed-record-forserving-meat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guadalajara]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight in Guadalajara, I visited the Guinness World Record holder for the &#8220;fastest service in the world&#8221;. I was not overly impressed by this concept prior to entering Karne Garibaldi, but I must say, as soon as we sat down, I was excited by the flurry of food that emerged. One possible reason for their speed in service is their somewhat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xochicalco, our first archaeological venture</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/17/xochicalco-our-first-archaeological-venture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/17/xochicalco-our-first-archaeological-venture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeological Sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archaeology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[en route to Taxco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On our way back from Taxco the other weekend, we decided that our first Mexican road trip wouldn&#8217;t really be complete without hitting a historically-significant archaeological site. Conveniently, Xochicalco was (more or less) on our way back, a site that was in its prime around 650 AD. It was around this time that the better-known site of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxco, home of silver galore!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/03/taxco-home-of-silver-galore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/03/taxco-home-of-silver-galore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guerrero State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Berta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Casa de las Palmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pork]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having officially lived in Mexico City for a whopping seven weeks, we decided it was time for our first excursion into the countryside. Much internet-searching &#38; advice-gathering lead us to Taxco, a former silver mining town of ~50,000 people located about 2.5 hours to the south of D.F. Originally founded by the Aztecs, this town [...]]]></description>
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