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| 5th International Workshop on Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics IWNET 2009 |
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LocationThe Workshop will take place at Jacarandas Hotel »» , a 5-star deluxe fully equipped resort hotel, located at Cuernavaca, Morelos State Capital. Known as the "City of Eternal Spring, 40 minutes from the Mexico City.
From Mexico City International AirportTerminal 1. Once you have collected your luggage, you should go through customs and once outside you will find yourself on the ground floor. You should then go to the first floor and look for the fast-food area. Here you will find directions to reach ground transportation. Look for the ticket line of Pullman de Morelos. Once there you should ask for a ticket to Cuernavaca-La Selva. The cost of the ticket is 145.00 MXN (about 10.00 USD or 7.5 Euros). When you arrive at the bus terminal in Cuernavaca, the best way to reach Hotel Jacarandas is by taking a taxi at the taxi station outside. The price must be fixed before you get inside the taxi and it should be approximately 50.00 MXN (about 4.00 USD or 2.5 Euros). You should ask the driver to take you to Hotel Jacarandas located on Cuauhtemoc street. Terminal 2. Once you have collected your luggage, you should go through customs and once outside you will find yourself on the ground floor. You should then turn right and walk through the walkway until you find a Wings restaurant. In this restaurant there is a booth for Pullman de Morelos buses. Once there you should ask for a ticket to Cuernavaca-La Selva. The cost of the ticket is 145.00 MXN (about 10.00 USD or 7.5 Euros). When you arrive at the bus terminal in Cuernavaca, the best way to reach Hotel Jacarandas is by taking a taxi at the taxi station outside. The price must be fixed before you get inside the taxi and it should be approximately 50.00 MXN (about 4.00 USD or 2.5 Euros). You should ask the driver to take you to Hotel Jacarandas located on Cuauhtemoc street.By car from Mexico CityTake the Mexico-Cuernavaca highway. Once in Cuernavaca look for the exit labeled Plan de Ayala. Follow the Plan de Ayala avenue to the west until the roundabout where you should look for Cuauhtemoc street. Hotel Jacarandas is about 600 meters from the roundabout. The enclosed map will help you find the way.Cuernavaca CityCuernavaca, state capital of Morelos, lies barely an hour's drive south of Mexico City. Its mild subtropical climate, myriads of brightly- coloured flowers and city centre full of old colonial charm make it a popular place of escape for people from the capital, adding to the large proportion of its residents who are retired. Recently however, creeping industrialization and ever greater numbers of visitors have tended to mar the city's once rather intimate atmosphere. History Cuernavaca (Náhuatl: Cuauhnáhuac = "near the trees") has a long Old Indian history, believed to date back to the Olmecs. From about ad 1200 it was the capital of the Tlahuica (Náhuatl: "people of the earth") who were subjugated by the Aztecs under Itzcóatl early in the 15th c. Even before that there is some suggestion of an association - most likely simply mythical - between the Aztec chief Huitzilíhuitl and Miahuaxihuitl, daughter of the ruler of Cuernavaca, a man famous for his supernatural powers. The future mighty Aztec ruler Moctezuma I was allegedly born out of this relationship. Right up until the Spanish Conquest the Aztecs maintained magnificent summer residences in Cuernavaca. The Spaniards under Hernán Cortés seized and sacked Cuauhnáhuac in 1521. After the Emperor Charles V deprived him of his political power, Cortés stayed on in the city for a long while as Count of Cuerna-vaca, before finally returning to Spain in 1540. In the colonial period the Spanish upper class greatly enjoyed visiting Cuernavaca, and the Emperor Maximilian and his wife Charlotte took up residence there on several occasions during their short reign (1864-67). In the course of the Mexican Revolution (1910-20), the rebellious peasantry led by Emiliano Zapata - who, with his cry of "Tierra y Libertad" (Land and Liberty), demanded redistribution of the huge landed estates - razed many haciendas in the surrounding area. From 1936 to 1938 the English author Malcolm Lowry (1909-57) lived in Cuernavaca at Calle Humboldt 15. Using its old name he made the city the setting of his novel "Under the Volcano", published in 1947.
XochicalcoXochicalco is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos. The name Xochicalco may be translated from Nahuatl as "in the (place of the) house of Flowers". The site is located 38 km southwest of Cuernavaca, about 76 miles by road from Mexico City. Xochicalco is the site where the first workshop on Astronomy in Mesoamerica took place.
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