Port of Call: Mexico
  Bienvenidos a México

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Welcome to Mexico, a sun-drenched land covering over 760,000 square miles (almost 2 million square kilometers). It is the 14th largest independent nation in the world and the 11th most populous country with 31 states and a Federal District.

The earliest signs of Aerial view of Angel of Independence monument (El Ángel de la Independencia), which is a centrepiece to a roundabout next to the Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico human occupation in Mexico - stone knives - have been carbon-dated at 21,000 years ago. From these early inhabitants came mighty civilizations including the Mixtec, Olmec, Toltec, Aztec Aztec dancers in city square, Mexico City, Mexico and Mayans who all flourished 4,000 years before any contact with European civilizations was made.