Mexican Fire Opals Opals Mexico is famous for its "Fire Opal", which is a type of opal rarely found in Australia. It is defined as a transparent-to-translucent stone with an orange-to-red body color which may or may not show a play of color. Also found is "Water Opal" which is a colorless (or very pale [...]
A Shopping Tour of Acapulco Acapulco, Mexico The street running from Fort San Diego to the Zócalo runs parallel to the Costera, and is named for General Morelos. It crosses only one street, Juan R. Escudero, which after a few blocks becomes Cuauhtémoc, Acapulco's principal business strip. If you walk north on Escudero, away from [...]