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Cisco Dietz Proyecto de Jardín Privado
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Now famous Orquideas Moxviquil curator and well known Cisco Dietz has landed a private garden project for an unnamed local dignitary. The project will extend 3 years and has progressed about 7 ...
Date: 06/28/2012
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Views: 6997
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Orquídeas Moxviquil Revisited + Maya Museum of Medicine
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In just 3 years this place has really grown! Raining the day we visited, we weren't able to completely capture all the changes in pictures. Inside the greenhouse was a different story; it was simply phenomenal and overbearingly beautiful. During our
Date: 06/25/2012
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Views: 3505
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Parting Shots - San Cristobal de las Casas
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Saying goodbye once again to chilly chito charming San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, MX and my friend, Cisco Dietz is not always the easiest part of my journey.
Date: 06/25/2012
Size: 35 items
Views: 7324
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San Juan Chamula, MX - Indigenous Village
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As unworldly, misty and mysterious as is San Cristobal de las Casas - San Juan Chamula without question takes its fanfare away. With a list of prohibited photo ops a mile long, I elected to use my "nearly broken" camera to capture a few,
Date: 06/24/2012
Size: 71 items
Views: 3654
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Palenque Ruins - Palenque, MX
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A five hour ride down the switchbacks of the Chiapas mountain range lands us in the sweltering jungle flat-lands of the extreme southern Yucatan, where Tonina's ancient rival, Palenque, towers. Many do not know that in one of the final Maya battles, Ton
Date: 06/22/2012
Size: 37 items
Views: 3603
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Tonina Ruins - Ocosinco, MX
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Cisco reports that a recent additional 50% excavation of the ruins has been completed since my last visit. I return to see the progress of this seldom visited archeological site.
Date: 06/21/2012
Size: 86 items
Views: 7330
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Chiapa de Corzo to San Cristobal
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After the river tour we take a brief tour through Chiapa de Corzo, grab some lunch and then head back up 3000' to the caldron of the extinct volcano nearby, better known as San Cristobal de las Casas.
Date: 06/18/2012
Size: 110 items
Views: 7477
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Sumidero Canyon
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The Sumidero Canyon, located in Chiapa de Corzo is extraordinarily beautiful. We take a tour of this beautiful showplace of Chiapas.
Date: 06/18/2012
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Views: 3902
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San Cristobal to Chiapa de Corzo
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It's good to be back in San Cristobal. A few days still recovering from a stomach bug, Suzanne arrives and we head 3000' down in elevation to Chiapa de Corzo and the Sumidero Canyon.
Date: 06/18/2012
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Views: 3473
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Ride from Oaxaca to Bahia de la Luna
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After much research we finally find the combi company Eclipse to take us from high in the Oaxaca mountains and down the treacherous 5 hour ride along the 90% or better switch-backed road to our ultimate destination near Puerto Angel, on the Southern Pacif
Date: 06/12/2012
Size: 116 items
Views: 7571
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Oaxaca
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Our San Miguel de Allende house sitting gig with Suzanne working remotely is so successful that she decides to take 2 weeks vacation across Southern Mexico. First stop, Oaxaca.
Date: 06/11/2012
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Views: 7562
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Padre Benjamin Grimaldi 300 Year Celebration
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In San Miguel de Allende when your 5AM rooster wake-up call is replaced with the sound of fireworks, you know the weekend marks another celebration (actually it's easier to count the days where there is not one). Sleep aside, there's nothing like a good
Date: 06/06/2012
Size: 31 items
Views: 3470
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