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FREE SPIRITS, SWIFT WATERS,AND CROCODILESFriday, 11 March: Today, my fatherand I went to the fishing village ofPlatanitos. We had been here severaltimes before and wanted to explore astretch of beach called Las Tortouguas,which means turtle in Spanish.It was a beautiful area and alsodesignated nature preserve. To getto this stretch of beach we had tocross a lagoon situated on the southside of the village. That whole areawas actually miles of mangroves andstreams that flowed like a small riverinto the ocean at a narrow point.Our hope was to cross over at low tide.When we arrived at the lagoon we tookoff our shoes and headed into the
crystal-clear shallows. We saw several childrenplaying along the shore and playfully called out totheir mothers, “No crocodiles?” They laughedand said, “No problema.” Acquiescing to localknowledge, we walked into the water and wereable to walk across three-quarters of its width.But at that point it looked like the lagoon formeda small, swift-moving channel flowing into theocean, and the water looked like it would be overour shoulders. I was ready to try to swim acrossto the far bank, but my camera was in myknapsack and I was worried that the water woulddamage it. We then looked down the lagoon anddecided to follow the shore until it reached itsnarrowest point near the ocean. From thatvantage point, we thought we could walk across.But when we actually got to the narrow spot, thelagoon water was rushing into the ocean at thesame time as the ocean waves were breaking onthe shore and flowing into the lagoon. Thegnashing waters, small whirlpools, and waveslooked somewhat treacherous. As we got closerto the narrow point we met two women who werelooking for shells. They told us that although thewater looked treacherous, if we went into thewater we should simply flow with the current,which would initially pull us out toward the ocean,but would then loop us back onto the oppositeshore of the lagoon. They told us it would be asafe crossing—if we didn’t panic. A local fellowthen appeared and told us that several weeksago he had found a dead ten-foot crocodilewashed up on the shore! My father and I decidedthat the next time we heard someone say, “Noproblema,” we would run the other way.
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Page 16 and 17: The Mexican Hairless Dog is a rare,
Page 18 and 19: Street Musicians Of Mexico
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Page 42 and 43: The following morning Jim left our
Page 44 and 45: THE LIZARDS OF NUEVO VALLARTASunday
Page 46 and 47: THE HANDSaturday, 26 February: I wa
Page 48 and 49: PRAYERS TO THE GUARDIANWe left Guay
Page 50 and 51: SACRED HEARTSWe came upon the outsk
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Worship In MexicoTown of San Miguel
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Worship In MexicoNative Altar used
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“Elation” barely describes how
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I assumed, its peacetime equivalent
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could see that it was actually a la
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My old room was just as I had left
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Faces of MexicoMy Father and I with
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Faces of MexicoHuichol Indian, Las
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Faces of MexicoThe Old Communist, T
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Faces of MexicoFisherman, Los Ayala
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Faces of MexicoSister & Brother, Sa
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Faces of MexicoPuerto Vallarta, Jal
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Faces of MexicoIce Cream, Las Varas
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Faces of MexicoDon Phillipe, Stone
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Faces of MexicoGuadalajara, Mexico
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Faces of MexicoAlejandro and the Ra
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Faces of MexicoCarnceria, Las Varas
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It was a difficult moment and I loo
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an island called Calita Partida. So
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Cerro Grande (UFO Mountain) and Lak
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IN SEARCH OF PARADISEMy father, our
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After lunch we decided to follow th
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Ancient Sites & Petroglyphs of Mexi
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etirement. And now the journey was
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I knew my adventure in Mexico was e
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COLLISON ON THE HIGH SEASSaturday,
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FOR THE ONES WE LOVESeveral years a
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My Favorite PhotoThey say it is the
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