Did You Know? Mexico in the Guinness world records: part one
In the current edition of Guinness, the Mexican responsible for most records is Sergio Rodriguez Villarreal from the northern state of Nuevo León. He specializes in creating giant Christmas figures an...
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Did you know? Mexico has more than one geographic center
Mexico has more than one geographic center.
I've often been asked, "Where's the center of Mexico?", and I've always deliberately fudged my reply, but is there a simple answer to this question? Well, p...
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Gómez Palacio and Torreón - Mexico's desert surprises
Three sets of twins - two of them unusual tourist delights - await the intrepid traveller who explores the area around the industrial cities of Gómez Palacio and Torreón in northern Mexico.
The firs...
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Day Of The Abanderamiento
I'm sitting behind a small desk in the English department of a Ciudad Juárez
politécnico - a sort of combination senior vocational high school cum junior college - across the Rio Grande from E...
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The Vibrant Voyages Of H. Ramirez
Drenched in color, the paintings of Chihuahua artist H. Ramírez pulse with energy and emotion. These elements form the core of Ramírez's work; his very brushstrokes are informed by the artist's inner sentiments.
read moreLorena Rodriguez: From The Personal To The Universal
Her multidimensional, female characters inhabit Mexico's contemporary landscape. Her paintings explore the many layers that comprise these women and the society in which they live.
Lorena Rodríguez
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Painting Poetry - Veronica Leiton
"I firmly believe that the work should speak for itself. It alone will reflect what one as an artist thinks and feels."
Abandonado como los
muelles en el alba
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Violeta Retamoza: from Aguascalientes to the world
Golf is the magic carpet that lifted Violeta Retamoza from Cerco del Laurel in Aguascalientes and sent her out to see the world.
So far, it has earned her a scholarship at the University of Tennessee ...
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Armando
Juan Mata Ortíz is a small village of potters, farmers and cowboys in Northern Chihuahua. About 30 years ago, an unschooled artistic genius, Juan Quezada, taught himself how to make earthenware jars i...
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Eating the guest of honor
Juan Mata Ortíz is a small village of potters, farmers and cowboys in Northern Chihuahua. About 30 years ago, an unschooled artistic genius, Juan Quezada, taught himself how to make earthenware jars i...
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It's A Bargain In Mexico!
Juan Mata Ortíz is a small village of potters, farmers and cowboys in Northern Chihuahua. About 30 years ago, an unschooled artistic genius, Juan Quezada, taught himself how to make ollas,
eart...
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El Cohetero-the Fireworks Man
The 4th of July exploded on November 20th in Mata Ortíz in 1992. The cave-black night near the bridge over Río Palanganas was shot with a kaleidoscope of color and a cacophony of noise, thanks to Jim...
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The Valley Of The Caves
Imagine living in an adobe home set into a cave halfway up the side of a mountain. Each morning you wake and look out on a vista of gleaming, craggy red rock reaching above forests of dark green pine t...
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A Gift For Giving
Juan Mata Ortíz is a small village of potters, farmers and cowboys in Northern Chihuahua. About 30 years ago, an unschooled artistic genius, Juan Quezada, taught himself how to make ollas,
eart...
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My Heart Won't Let Me Stop . . .
Juan Mata Ortíz is a small village of potters, farmers and cowboys in Northern Chihuahua. About 30 years ago, an unschooled artistic genius, Juan Quezada, taught himself how to make earthenware jars i...
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From Father To Son: On Top Of The World
"When I walked into the museum and saw my ceramic sitting there beside the plaque for the Galardón, I was astonished. I had had no idea I had been awarded the Grand Prize." José Quezada sat with his ...
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The Zone Of Silence of nothern Mexico - scientific marvel or just fiction?
The MapimI Reserve overlaps an area known as La Zona del Silencio (the Zone of Silence) which attracts tourists and curiousity-seekers from all over the world. These people and their guides are locally referred to as zoneros or silenciosos. They are generally considered to be slightly daft or a nuisance, but they represent a substantial population of strangers who wish to see, experience, and take away with them
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Juan Quezada
As told to Shelley Dale by Juan Quezada
Illustrated by Shelley Dale
Norman Books (Santa Monica, CA 90403)
Juan Quezada with
his wife Gu...
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Be careful, Miss Geri: climbing the bell towers in San Luis Potosi
What a thrill it would be to climb to the uppermost bell of this magnificent cathedral, I thought.
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San Luis Potosi: a brief overview
Situated about 300 miles north of Mexico City at an elevation of 6,200 feet, San Luis Potosi doesn't suffer the high summer temperatures and humidity of coastal areas. Although it's out of the Colonial Circle of cities such as San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Morelia, and Patzcuro, SLP, too, is rich with colonial architecture and history.
read moreInvestigating Aguascalientes
Harry and company are moving to Aguascalientes. They are fed up with Guadalajara, with the high rents, the traffic congestion, and the noise (car horns, stereos, drunks, parties, dogs, and church bells...
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House Hunting In Aguascalientes
Mary and I went to Aguascalientes on the last day of September to look for a house to rent. Harry and Alejandro had left the previous day, traveling by bus. We offered them a ride in the White Bullet (...
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Monterrey: North Star Shines
Fortune magazine recently voted Monterrey, capital of the northern state of Nuevo León, as the best city in Latin America in which to do business. A brief look at the statistics for Nuevo León gives ...
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The state of Chihuahua, Mexico - resource page
Chihuahua is a land of magnificent scenery --mountains, canyons, deserts and fresh, clean, clear air. Its spectacular canyons are the biggest in North America. Within the canyons are beautiful waterfalls, one of which is the highest in Mexico. Chihuahua also contains fertile valleys--orchards and cropfields that were coaxed from the desert by the persistence of hardworking, warm, and loyal people.
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Hotels and accomodations - City of Chihuahua, Mexico
Hotels and other accommodations for the city of Chihuahua, Mexico.
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