"México" a Mexico Travel Page by anagrettel

Located bordering the Caribbean sea and the Golf of México, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and US.

Population: 108,700,891 (2007)
Religion: Roman Catholic 76.5%
Language: Spanish, + various regional indegenous language.
Currency: Peso

The Mexican flag consist of 3 vertical bands in colors green, white and red, with the Mexican coat of arms (wich is an eagle on a cactus with a snake in its beak) located at the center in the white band.

Mexico's flag as it is today was adopted in 1968. The colors of the flag represent hope (green), unity (white) and the blood of the national heroes (red).
The Mexican Coat of Arms is taken from an Aztec legend which recounts the way in which the Aztecs came to choose the site where they built their capital city of Tenochtitlan (where Mexico City stands today).

The Aztecs, were nomadic people. Their leader was informed in a dream by the god of war, Huitzilopochtli, that they were to settle in the place where they would find an eagle on a prickly pear cactus with a serpent in its beak. The place where they saw this sight was quite inhospitable - a swampy area in the center of three lakes, but this is where they settled and built the great city of Tenochtitlan.

México is a great country for tourism, the people is warm and friendly, with lots of Historic and archeologyc places to visit, plus some of the best beaches.

The most visited places are: CanCun, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel,Mazatlan, Mexico city, Tijuana, San Miguel de Allende, Acapulco, Rosarito, Ensenada, La paz, Oaxaca, etc.