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The Mexico City government has added another route to the popular double-decker, open top, sightseeing Turibus service, this time taking in the south of the capital, which according to officials is not much frequented by tourists because of the distance from the areas downtown where most visitors stay. The “southern circuit” is 47 kilometers long, [...]

Two unsolicited emails – aren’t most of them? – popped into my inbox this week, both about the ancient Mayan site of Chichen Itza. One called for recipients to vote for the site as one of the new seven wonders of the world. (I’m not quite sure what was wrong with the old ones, but [...]