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Jim & Carole's Mexico Adventure
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Photo-journal of our life and travels in Mexico. Includes village life and people, fiestas, folk art, colonial cities, hiking and mountain climbing, Mexican culture.
- Author: Jim Cook
- Listed in: Adventure Travel North America
- Tags: travel Photography folk art Mexico Adventure beaches
Recent Posts
The Mexican Revolution: Past and present
Viva Zapata! Mexican Revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata poses in full war regalia. This old picture is a classic of the Revolution, with Zapata clutching a Winchester rifle and wearing the obligatory crossed bandoliers and broad sombrero. Last week w...
Corn Harvest Fiesta at Raul\'s farm
Evangelina brandishes roasted corn ear at Raul's Corn Harvest Fiesta. Evangelina is a regular hiker and is married to Chuck, who leads the Friday hiking group. Last summer we met a local Mexican farmer named Raul during one of our several exploration...
Zacatecas Part 6: The Magic Pueblo of Jerez
A visit to a Pueblo Magico. Above, the entrance gate of of the Parrochia church in Jerez named Nuestra Senora de la Soledad is draped with banners for a fiesta. Jerez is about the same distance southwest from Zacatecas as the La Quemada ruins, 57 kil...
Zacatecas Part 5: Ancient ruins of La Quemada
La Quemada, enigma of the north. One of my goals during our stay in Zacatecas was to visit La (ciudad) Quemada, which in Spanish means "the burnt city." This refers to a massive fire, traces of which were found by early Spanish visitors to the area. ...
Zacatecas Part 4: Fantastic masks of the Rafael Coronel Museum
The Rafael Coronel Museum contains a huge collection of extraordinary masks. Carole has become an aficionado of indigenous Mexican masks, about a dozen of which adorn the walls of our Ajijic home. When she read about the thousands of masks contained ...
Zacatecas Part 3: The Eden Mine and Baroque Art of Guadalupe
El Eden Mine is entered by train. For me, one of the most interesting sites we visited during our sojourn in Zacatecas was El Eden Mine, which extends 3,000 meters under Cerro La Bufa hill. The silver output from El Eden helped Zacatecas produce 20% ...
