Mural at Riverfront Hotel

A Mexican Birthday—Bob is 65!

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February 9th 2007
February 9, 2007, Friday. We had a nice breakfast, met our guide Nacho. Packed up and stopped for supplies—lunch, water, snacks, and of course, beer. The trip to the bottom of the canyon is about 40 miles on a paved road and 40 miles on a gravel road, bumpy, hair-pin turns, all leading down, down into the canyon, magnificent scenery. The Sierra Tarahumara probable possess ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chihuahua » Batopilas

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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