Founded 28 years ago by the Chinantecho ethnic group, Reforma Agraria operates in one of Mexico’s threatened biospheres. The New York Times’ Matt Gross, who spent a rainy day at the Las Guacamayas eco-resort there in October, recounts his “pleasant if sweaty stroll” in the “small, protected rain forest” in his traveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/eco-farmers-in-soggy-las-guacamayas/” title=”latest Frugal traveler blog post”>latest Frugal traveler blog post.
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There’s a coin shortage in Argentina, and it’s driving people in the country bonkers. It’s particularly acute in Buenos Aires. Joe Keohane explains in a story for Slate:
Everywhere you look, there are signs reading, “NO HAY MONEDAS.” As a result, vendors here are more likely to decline to sell you something than to cough up any of their increasingly precious coins in change. I’ve tried to buy a 2-peso candy bar with a 5-peso note only to be refused, suggesting that the 2-peso sale is worth less to the vendor than the 1-peso coin he would be forced to give me in change.
A benefit for some travelers: “Subway employees are occasionally forced to wave commuters through because they are out of coins,” Keohane writes.
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The D.C. Council voted to allow bars, nightclubs and restaurants to pour booze until 5 a.m. and to serve food 24 hours a day, January 17-20. That’s the long weekend before Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. So you may not be able to find a place to sleep, but you’ll always be able to find a place to enjoy a Yuengling and a crab cake.
Photo by big berto via Flickr (Creative Commons).
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