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Deep, Dark, Delightful – Cacahuamilpa Caves National Park, Guerrero State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 26 January 2011
Caves are a gamble. Some are so smelly and claustrophobic that they are really only enjoyed by folks who love headlamps and own special sacrificial “caving clothes.” Other caves are totally accessible…but boring as a walk through someone’s cellar. Then there are caves which offer up amazing examples of caviness even to those of use who can’t spell spelunker let alone define it. Cacahuamilpas is one such cave system.
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Silver (and Gold) City – Taxco, Guerrero State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 24 January 2011
Many people come to Taxco, a Pueblo Magico about 90 miles southwest of Mexico City, to buy sterling silver jewelry in this town which was made famous and fat from the silver deposits that once surrounded it. With the silver mostly gone, Taxco has done a remarkable job of morphing it’s mine-town roots into a reputation as a great place to buy creative jewelery designs in (you guessed it) sterling silver. Tourists looking for a few pieces for themselves or as gifts rub shoulders with major importers looking to buy pounds of jewelry at a time to sell in the US or Europe.
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Getting high outside Mexico City
Blog: Say Yes to Tacos - 3 June 2010
Last weekend, I was the highest I´ve ever been in my life. La Malinche (a.k.a Matlalcuéyetl, Matlalcueitl and Malintzin) is a huge dormant volcano in Puebla and Tlaxacala states...
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Pyramides, Pozole, y Mezcal: Part II
Blog: Say Yes to Tacos - 1 November 2009
Without further ado, we piled into Kies and his friend Jorge`s cars, and trucked it down to Tixla. It was a gorgeous five-hour drive at sunset, and we gawked at brooding purple mountains back-lit by a ferocious, angry red sky. The whole trip was downhill (Mexico city is very high, while Tixla is closer to [...]
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