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Nomadic travel’s Slideshow

by moro Posted on 26 April 2007

A year ago began the adventure of this blog… a mosaic of emotions in the deepest heart of the American continent. We have interiorized a magical world, sometimes so complex to be hardly understood. From United States, thinking head of … Continue reading →

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Frontera Corozal, Lacandon jungle

by moro Posted on 15 October 2006

The last Mexican night flies away slowly but inexorably, like the course of the rio Usumacinta, where we are staying now. The road that has lead us from the highlands near Comitàn to Frontera Corozal, it is a hard way … Continue reading →

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From the jungle and Zapatist communities

by moro Posted on 10 October 2006

Last part. Early in the morning the micro leaves from San Quintin to Las Margaritas. An even harder trail in comparison with the one from Ocosingo. After some hours of travel we reach the “caracol” La Realidad: as our driver … Continue reading →

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Manuèl, su familia y la tierra

by moro Posted on 10 October 2006

Fourth part. At night, Manuèl and his wife told us the history of their life, that is the history of many campesinos, indigenous people and Latin Americans, before and after them. An adventure begun in ’67, when ejido Emiliano Zapata … Continue reading →

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Ejido Emiliano Zapata and Laguna Miramar

by moro Posted on 6 October 2006

Third part. Adolfo awakes us very early in the morning, but we are slow and after a short breakfast and the research of the boots, when we are ready to leave, the sun is already high on the horizon… we … Continue reading →

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Towards the Lacandon Jungle

by moro Posted on 5 October 2006

Second part. It’s early in the morning, but the emotion keep us wide awake: we put all our dreams on the “camioneta” that will take us to San Quintin, ready to share them with the other people who undertake the … Continue reading →

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Mayan world

by moro Posted on 18 September 2006

In the Yucatecan peninsula, every aspect of community life is influenced by Mayan culture. Although the strong presence of tourism, or maybe thanks to it, this feature suddenly appears very evident… and it will be more and more evident, travelling … Continue reading →

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Tulum, Caribe!

by moro Posted on 14 September 2006

After visiting the incredible archaeological site of Chichen Itza (where we saw the well-conserved pyramid of Kukulkan, which represents the Mayan calendar, and the “Gran juego de pelota”), finally we reached the Caribbean coast, by the village of Tulum. Far … Continue reading →

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Yucatan: from the highlands to caribe

by moro Posted on 9 September 2006

Arranged so quickly the consular issue, we restarted our nomadic travel: from Mexico City to Yucatan peninsula… after seeing the legendary volcano Popocatepetl (5500m of altitude), we went down from the highlands to the tropical jungle and we passed through … Continue reading →

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