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Mexican Riviera Research Paper

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The topic for the descriptive essay for this course will focus on my trip to the Mexican Riviera last January. As I have never been somewhere tropical before, or on many vacations at all, this week long experience made a lasting impression. From waking up and seeing the sun rise over the oceans horizon to having a fine cigar and snifter of cognac under the stars at night, this essay hopes to describe the amazing experience that affected me

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