Dec 21: End of Mayan calendar, or end of the world? (via AFP)
Gonzalo Alvarez, who had just arrived in Cancun for two weeks of revelry linked to a major milestone in the Mayan calendar, seemed reasonably cheerful for a man about to swallowed up by the Apocalypse. “We came to party and to get ready for the beginning of a new era,” said the 39-year old architect…