Wildclickers #73: Brown - The progression of life

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Whatti miss???

I gotta quit work

Great pics, ul! Very sweet

Visiting with my Dylan & Donna today!! He's taller than his Nonnie!!

Such a terrific kid!

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That is such a nice thing you are doing ul - your visiting will excite the children for years. I agree with you MA - she is very pretty. I am hoping her wish to become a teacher is realized.

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ehBeth, how bout our 58 Acres !!

I am still remembering our excitement at passing TEN Acres!!

Merry Andrew,
she really is very pretty and has a very nice personality.
Most people we met were pretty, some really beauties.

The area where we stayed tries to build up sustainable tourism - so there you will not find manicured lawns, landscaping and swimming pools when you have the sea at your door step.
This is still a slow growing area, but most of the money made there stays with the locals.

Not far away the people are growing coffee and cocoa trees, and another source of income is the manufacturing of cosmetics- started by the BodyShop company. This is a place where only local women work. Something some men are frowning upon.
Still, poverty is everywhere. Even malnutrion, hard to imagine in our Western World.

Cocoa tree with tiny white flowers


A fruit, not yet fully ripe. The white flesh is eaten too


Here is our selection of cocoa beans, some cinnamon and almonds-




Mhm- chocolate!

Oaxaca has always had some tourism to count on, but as a destination it's overshadowed by the nearness of the overpriced and overpublicized resort of Acapulco. Did you go to any of the histoircal sites at all, Ul? A highlight of my trip to Cancún almost 10 years ago now was spending a day at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza and sunbathing on the (topless) beach at Tuloum. But, then, I'm a history buff; perhaps old ruins aren't your cup of tea.

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and a tiny TaDa!!! for my mini subteam ...

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"Topless beach???" As I have often said, "I must get there before my eyesight fails me......"

Grin

All this sounds so great we and our friend from the MS coast are starting to plan a cruise to the Cancun area.

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Well, Dan, the beach at Tuloum is "top optional." Actually, as I recall, only two or three females went topless. Show-offs! But you'd really enjoy the Cancun/Cozumel coast, I think. Do as we did -- rent a car and take a drive through a corner of the rain forest and down the strips of beach. But look out for the tarantulas at dusk. They scurry across the road just like squirrels and chipmunks do around here. Looking for mates, I suppose. Take a look at some of the Mayan ruins. Tuloum is especially fascinating because it's the only Maya fortress to have been actually fortified with walls against invaders from the land side. On the sea side there was no need to worry about an attack. The town was built on a sheer cliff that drops several hundred feet to that benign beach.

Other points of interest in the area -- aside from Chtichen Itza, which is a world-famous landmark -- are Shel-ha and Shkaret (not sure of the spelling of any of them). At Shel-ha you can play with the dolphins, pet them and everything.

Merry Andrew,
I have very fond memories of Cancún. That was 26 years ago when there was only only one hotel on Playa Tortuga and Isla Mujures was really quiet.
Dan, if you go to this place- it is wonderful.

And yes, we did go to historical sites.
We drove up to the Sierra and then to the Valley of Oaxaca.
Oaxaca City is a nice colonial town. Just in front of the town is "Monte Alban", built by the Zapotecs between 500 BC and 750 AD. They called it Danni Dipaa. It is a huge complex giving a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains and the Valley of Oaxaca.

Great pics, Ul! Keep them coming!

Fantastic!

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Great pics, ul.... more, more

and thanks for the info Merry Andrew and ul.... that area has always interested us.

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Glimpses of Oaxaca- colorful houses, lots of churches, colonial. Many little things of interest, and a lot of political messages.
The educators of Oaxaca ere on strike since May. They block parts of the town, live in tent like housing ( a mattrass under a plastic plane) and once in a while they block roads. But actually the city was quiet and peaceful. Although there was a sign: Tourista go home- they greeted us friendly and tried to explain why they were in town.

On the news last night -- some violence has broken out in Oaxaca against the demonstrating teachers. It seems the danger is mostly at night from marauding right-wing militias. Tourists are being warned to stay in their hotels after dark, not go out. I believe a couple of the demonstrators have been killed by sniper fire.

Violence against the teachers again.
There has been an violent incident just before we went to Oaxaca. A night of fighting and shooting, several protestors were injured.
A couple of Americans, studying Spanish in Oaxaca, had a weekend in our cabana and they told is that the city is not dangerous and they couldn't understand that tourists were warned to stay away.
What we saw was a peaceful blocking of some streets and many tourists were walking through the main square, shopping in the market, or browsing the art galleries, and the handy craft places, undisturbed and always greeted with smiles by the teachers and others who participate in the strike. They always tried to find some to explain the situation to us in English. ( I really should study Spanish).Only one night a young man told us and other tourists not to go out- they had received a warning that more police had been brought in and he thought there might be a violent night ahead.
But is was a quiet night.
I just read that Amnesty International has a petition out regarding the events in Oaxaca.

What I heard, Ul, was that tourists were not being warned to stay away from Oaxaca but just to stay indoors after dark. Sad situation.

Ola, ul and Merry Andrew.

It's sad to hear of people fighting - hopefully, it will end and people will live with more happiness.

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I'm going to try and check in with the hamburgers' friend when I'm in Kingston in about a week. I'd like to get her 'insider's' read on what's going on in Oaxaca.

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