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Traversing Tepoztlan
My mistake was in assuming that the women who informed me about the loop hike had actually just done it. You see, they’d passed me only twenty minutes earlier while I was enjoying a tamale from atop a rock above a dry creek bed. I met them on their return at an intersection which, on…
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A visit to the El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
The journey to the village where I went to see the monarch butterflies at their winter home began at the bus terminal. Heading into more remote parts of Mexico with winding narrow roads meant switching from large comfortable buses to cramped rickety minibuses. In many ways, it held similarities to my visit to Nepal. The…
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Malinalco, an Artisan Hill Town in Mexico
I arrived in Malinalco after the typical succession from big bus, to local bus, to combination mini bus. This seems to be fairly routine now that I’m visiting towns more off the beaten track. That’s not to say it wasn’t a tourist town. It certainly earned the title more than the last charlatan on the…
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Yuriria…yawn
Yuriria, I knew, was a gamble. I’d seen it listed as one of the Pueblos Magicos (Magic Towns) of Mexico, but I knew not all those towns belonged on the list. It was also one of those places that all the pictures I saw online seemed to be of the same single building, which always…
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The Grand Canyon of Guadalajara, Part 2
I awoke at sunrise, ready to make my trek into the Barranca de Huentitan. I took a couple of photos from the balcony of my view room, and then headed out to see if I could find a better viewpoint. Unfortunately, the mirador (lookout) across the street was not yet open so I headed to…
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The Grand Canyon of Guadalajara, Part 1
I worked two months at La Manada dog hotel, which is among the longest stays I’ve had in one place in several years. Not that I’m complaining; I love being on the move, and I’d spent the previous two weeks counting down the days until I would be back on the road.There was talk about…
