flowers for the dead

051102 el dia el muertos

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November 2nd 2005
OK… day of the dead… the day we pay respect to the people that have died, and laugh the in the face of death… it’s a celebration… not of the person dying, but of their life and to show that we too are not afraid of death (which figuratively looks like a skeleton lady with a floral filled straw hat) ☺ We decided to go an hour out of town, with a population one tenth the size of Monter ... read more

North America » Mexico » Coahuila » Saltillo

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more