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IN SEARCH OF PARADISEMy father, our friend Rafael Augustine, and Ileft Guayabitos for a sojourn to San Miguel DeAllende. Rafael is a Slovenian who as a youngman was jailed numerous times by thecommunist regime for trying to escape from theformer Yugoslavia. He eventually did escape andmigrated to Canada, which has been his base ofoperations for the last forty years. Raphaelclaims he has been semi-retired since his earlytwenties. What Rafael had done throughout hiscareer was to work only long enough to financehis next adventure. He therefore never held along-term job, but instead worked as a contractdraftsman for several hundred engineeringcompanies. He has traveled around the worldthree times and has been visiting Mexico sincethe early 1960s. He has native fluency inSpanish and decided that he wanted to find hisShangri-La in Mexico. After months of researchRafael believed his paradise was possiblysituated near a lake close to the town of SantaMaria Del Oro.He said his goal was to buy a small home orplot of land to settle on. However, by this pointwe had visited over a dozen locations and I wasnot convinced that Raphael would buy anything.Anyway, Rafael wanted to go to Santa MariaDel Oro because of the “climate.” Del Oro issituation at an elevation of approximately 4,500feet, which Rafael believed provides a good allyear-round temperature range. Raphael is fairskinned and worshipped the sun in his youth. Hisskin is now aged, spotted, and hypersensitive tothe sun and heat. Consequently, mild and
pleasant weather is Rafael’s criteria. He is an oldtiger whose day has come and gone. Once agreat dreamer and traveler, he now spends mostof his days indoors, watching Mexican soapoperas.I was a little concerned about the uphill routeto Santa Maria Del Oro because our motor homewas thirty years old and had had overheatingproblems on the drive into Mexico. Once wearrived in Guayabitos I installed a radiatoroverflow in hopes of solving the problem. Luckily,the long and winding climb from Guayabitostoward Del Oro went smoothly. It was a clear, butslightly hazy day and the scenery along the routereminded me of California’s central coast. Whenwe arrived in Santa Maria Del Oro we followed asign that read “Laguna.” The highway led us to alarge bend in the road, which opened up anincredible view. We stopped to survey the sceneand then decided to eat lunch. It was verybeautiful and I was very surprised; the viewreminded me of a Swiss alpine lake. The lakewas several kilometers below us and was ringedby a mountain range. It reminded me of a type oflake that would be described as volcanic inorigin. The mountain edges were well worn andprobably several million years old.
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Los Dos AlejandrosAdventures In Mex
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Los Dos AlejandrosAdventures In Mex
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ChaptersPreface....................
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FREE SPIRITS, SWIFT WATERS,AND CROC
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The fellow decided to show us how t
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six of us walking in single file on
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My father and I enjoying a cool bee
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The Mexican Hairless Dog is a rare,
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Street Musicians Of Mexico
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Street Musicians Of Mexico
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Street Musicians Of MexicoHuichol I
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Street Musicians Of MexicoCentral M
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language. Half the fun is finding o
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My expectation was that we would fi
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Thinking about the formal “tour
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IF YOU DON’T MIND, IT DOESN’T M
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Street in La Penita
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Trucks pulled over to the side of t
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slowly up the hill I was lost in my
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snake. It was yellow with brown spo
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The following morning Jim left our
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THE LIZARDS OF NUEVO VALLARTASunday
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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
Page 52 and 53: Worship In MexicoNo sooner had the
Page 54 and 55: Worship In MexicoVirgin of Guadalup
Page 56 and 57: Worship In MexicoPedro’s Cross, T
Page 58 and 59: Worship In MexicoTown of San Miguel
Page 60 and 61: Worship In MexicoNative Altar used
Page 62 and 63: “Elation” barely describes how
Page 64 and 65: I assumed, its peacetime equivalent
Page 66 and 67: could see that it was actually a la
Page 68 and 69: My old room was just as I had left
Page 70 and 71: Faces of MexicoMy Father and I with
Page 72 and 73: Faces of MexicoHuichol Indian, Las
Page 74 and 75: Faces of MexicoThe Old Communist, T
Page 76 and 77: Faces of MexicoFisherman, Los Ayala
Page 78 and 79: Faces of MexicoSister & Brother, Sa
Page 80 and 81: Faces of MexicoPuerto Vallarta, Jal
Page 82 and 83: Faces of MexicoIce Cream, Las Varas
Page 84 and 85: Faces of MexicoDon Phillipe, Stone
Page 86 and 87: Faces of MexicoGuadalajara, Mexico
Page 88 and 89: Faces of MexicoAlejandro and the Ra
Page 90 and 91: Faces of MexicoCarnceria, Las Varas
Page 92 and 93: It was a difficult moment and I loo
Page 94 and 95: an island called Calita Partida. So
Page 96 and 97: Cerro Grande (UFO Mountain) and Lak
Page 100 and 101: After lunch we decided to follow th
Page 102 and 103: Ancient Sites & Petroglyphs of Mexi
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Page 118 and 119: etirement. And now the journey was
Page 120 and 121: I knew my adventure in Mexico was e
Page 122 and 123: COLLISON ON THE HIGH SEASSaturday,
Page 125 and 126: FOR THE ONES WE LOVESeveral years a
Page 127 and 128: My Favorite PhotoThey say it is the
Page 130: A Beginning Without An EndThe Journ
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