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Global Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes (English &/y Espanol

2008-07-21T18:29:13Z

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SECOND

GLOBAL RAINBOW GATHERING OF THE TRIBES

Nov. 1st -30 2008

COUNTY OF LA PAZ, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

MEXICO

Email: rainbow_gathering@yahoo.com

(From Ancient Native Peoples’ Prophecies)

“When the Mother Earth is sick and the animals dying there will come a Tribe of Peoples from all Cultures who believe in deeds, not words, and they will restore the Mother Earth to her former beauty.

This Tribe will be called, The Warriors of the Rainbow.”

We invite all peoples dedicated toward the healing of the Mother Earth and sharing peace with all Peoples to attend the Second Global Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes in the County of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

This Gathering would like to request to all those who will be coming, and who are involved in active projects, to bring exhibits and create workshops to share. All projects working towards the objectives of achieving world peace and the restoration of our home planet are more than welcomed to present your visions and the realities which your efforts have managed to achieve.

For more information on Rainbow Gatherings and how they work please go to www.welcomehere.org and follow the links to the various aspects. The Rainbow Guide section is particularly informative. We are all volunteers and all aspects of the needs of this event need assistance. This includes all Gathering preparations work & networking, as well as putting together all life support needs for the community which the Gathering becomes as it evolves.

Currently, site suggestions are being compiled from around the Municipio (County) of La Paz and the General Rainbow Council that forms via on site volunteers from this region and beyond will choose the best option. Actual directions will be sent out one month before the Gathering. This region has a fairly large network of ecological groups and projects which will all be invited to take part in the creation of the event, with no doubt more projects spawning out of that as councils relate the needs of the region.

Please contact us with your intent of coming, project efforts to be shared, etc. and to be added to the primary Gathering mailing list.

Rainbow Hawk: Focalizer

SEGUNDA

GLOBAL ARCO IRIS REUNION de las TRIBUS

Noviembre 1 -30 2008

Municipio DE LA PAZ, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

MEXICO

Correo electrónico: rainbow_gathering@yahoo.com

(Desde la Antigüedad Native Peoples' Profecías)
"Cuando la Madre Tierra está enferma y los animales que mueren allí vendrá una tribu de los Pueblos de todas las culturas que creen en hechos, no palabras, y se restaurará la Madre Tierra a su belleza antigua.
Esta tribu se llamará, los guerreros del arco iris ".

Invitamos a todos los pueblos dedicados a la curación de la Madre Tierra y compartir la paz con todos los pueblos para asistir al Segundo Encuentro Mundial de Rainbow de las tribus en el Condado de La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Esta reunión gustaría pedir a todos aquellos que se viene, y que están involucrados en proyectos activos, para lograr crear exposiciones y talleres para compartir. Todos los proyectos de trabajo hacia los objetivos de lograr la paz mundial y la restauración de nuestro hogar planeta son más que bienvenidos a presentar sus visiones y las realidades que sus esfuerzos han logrado alcanzar.

Para obtener más información sobre Rainbow reuniones y cómo funcionan, por favor vaya a www.welcomehere.org y siga los enlaces a los diferentes aspectos. El Rainbow sección de la Guía es particularmente informativa. Todos somos voluntarios y todos los aspectos de las necesidades de este evento necesita ayuda. Esto incluye la recopilación de todos los preparativos y el trabajo en red, así como la elaboración de todas las formas de vida las necesidades de apoyo para la comunidad que se convierte en la Reunión a medida que evoluciona.

Actualmente, el sitio sugerencias están siendo recopiladas de todo el Municipio (Municipio) de La Paz y el Consejo General arco iris que se forma a través de los voluntarios sobre el terreno de esta región y más allá de elegir la mejor opción. Actual direcciones serán enviadas a cabo un mes antes de la reunión. Esta región tiene una gran red de grupos ecologistas y los proyectos que serán invitados a participar en la creación del evento, sin duda, un mayor número de proyectos de desove de que, como los consejos se refieren a las necesidades de la región.

Póngase en contacto con nosotros con su intención de venir, proyecto esfuerzos para ser compartidos, etc y que se añade a la primaria Gathering lista de correo.

Rainbow Hawk: Focalizer

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looking for a place to stay outside Puerto Vallarta

2008-07-01T23:19:47Z

will be in Puerto Vallarta for a week with my family and extended my tix a few days , April 7th to the 10th
Looking for a place to go,away from heavy tourism, high conscious vibes, community minded , inexpensive place to stay for those days, My return flight is from Puerto Vallarta so I need to stay close by the town
I teach yoga, bodywork,craniosacral therapy, open to contributing in trade.
blessings, Andi

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Tesoro Mexicano

2008-05-08T21:18:06Z

http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdK5wM3Lvm8&feature=related

http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=9ANmHxa8uh4&feature=related

Every person CAN make a difference by making sure that everyone else knows that FECAL and his friends are trying to sell off PEMEX and create a NAU.
The big question is why would anyone want to create any connection with the biggest debtor nation on the planet, run by war criminals and torturers, while the dollar falls, people are made homeless in thousands, stockmarkets crash, scandal upon scandal emerges, in a country reliant on massive importation of hard drugs and the theft of oil from around the world? Why would any Mexican President want to join with the United States of Apartheid when it such a huge lie? Surely something is seriously wrong with FECAL and his friends. Why are they being allowed to get away with it?

There is so much to talk about, so perhaps visitors to Mexico can actually talk about the issues and discuss the solutions rather than just be like a bunch of 'gringos' taking whatever they want as is so often the case!

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Tracking down a song from Mexico

2008-04-26T03:33:28Z

I wasn't exactly sure what to title this topic but here's what I need; I'm looking for a song that my dad had on a reel to reel tape that is called "Malaguena Salerosa". The version he had was old but I'm not sure how old but I was listening to this song when I was a child in the late 60s-early 70s. It was heavily orchestrated and very slow moving and so beautiful. I wasn't really sure where to ask my question but if any of you might be familiar with this song or anyone who might have sang it 40 or maybe 50 years ago or so, please pass some information on to me.
I've been on wikipedia and you tube, and googled the song to death. So if anyone can help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

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Dr. and teacher looking for work in Mexico

2008-04-16T12:33:38Z

Greetings Mexico Lovers,

My family is contemplating a move south. I am a holistic physician and a craniopath as well as being a fully certified and licensed Dr. of Chiropractic. My wife is a birth and wellness educator and an early childhood education teacher. We have two young children and we all speak spanish.

Any leads on where can post our resumes, check out international job listing boards, submit our work bios/request to a international job hunters/finders in the profit or non-profit sectors. Perhaps you know of a school,clinic, social-health agency that is hiring and places in Mexico

We would love any insight/advice on how go about relocating to Mexico on a semi-permanent basis. The 411 on work permits/visas for U.S. citizen. Also tips on moving Mexico with children

PS we Love the Playa del Carmen and many other places in MAJESTIC MEXICO

Gracias, The Lande Tribe

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Coming to Mexico

2008-03-29T09:03:55Z

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=16500179

Check out the link and win a chance to attend

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Backpacking GDL, DF, Oaxaca, Chiapas... uff!

2008-03-13T17:22:57Z

Hola,

Hopefully I can explain my situation... We are in Guadalajara right now, and we are leaving to Mexico City around March 14, Our final goal is San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas or even Guatemala if we have enough time... We want our longer stay to be in Oaxaca.

So I want to plan our stops (from GDL to Oax at least) So GDL to Mexico City, from there I was thinking about stoping in Puebla, Cholula specifically, then I dont know; then Oaxaca, Oaxaca, like one day-night, then Puerto Escondido, we want to be in Pto Escondido for a few days (a week maybe?) for surfing and all, then go to Sn Cristobal, and then maybe Guate (how far is it?) then go to Tuxtla to catch our plain on March 31st... All that within 18 days...

So, this sounds reasonable to you? I am sort of mexican and my friend is German, we want to surf and see the country...

Any advice or encouragement welcome!

(and actually, we havent book anything, should we book a hostal in Oaxacas beach? We thought we would look once we are there cause we dont know where we would like to stay, I mean which beach, but maybe there will be a lot of people and we should book, maybe... Is Pto Escondido the best place to stay for 2 singles in a budget?)

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advice travel mexo

2008-03-03T00:52:50Z

hey everyone
i am flying to mexico city on the 13th
and flying out on feb 10th
any thing you think i should chek out

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NAU story - everyone should know!

2008-03-02T21:15:09Z

Mexico is going to lose its sovereignty and Mexicans will lose their self-determination, without any vote, and consultation or any benefit.
The whole scam is being brought in by the elite Masonic groups in power in the USA, Canada and Mexico without consulting their own people. Only the most brainwashed people (and Masons and their stooges) will support it and will support the global elite who are bringing such measures in. The benefit is only for the elite and there will be only more slavery, more taxes, more coercion, more centralisation and oppression, as a result.
As I said during the corrupted elections in Mexico, Calderon (FECAL) and the very corrupt PAN were ensured a victory because they are behind the PPP and the whole scam of removing Mexican sovereignty. I said the truth and every one of my warnings about FECAL have sadly become true.
It really is time to wake up! Stop supporting the companies that are Mexican elite owned, use local people and their businesses, help poor Mexicans to be empowered, buy copies of Zeitgeist with Spanish subtitles and show them in Mexican houses. We can all make a difference!

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-4843239992459432244

and there are plenty more to view and learn about the subject.

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seeking travel companion for Mexico trip next week

2008-02-06T17:39:43Z

I am an adventurous Oregonian brainstorming about a 10 day to two week trip in mainland Mexico leaving approximately February 12th. I'm interested in finding a like-minded, cool and adventurous travel partner to explore areas yet undetermined. I'm open to starting out in the Yucatan, visiting the Oaxaco region and scurrying up the west coast.

Let me know if such a vague and open schedule looks good to you.

Skylar

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Restaurant Cha Cha Cha in Patzcuaro

2008-01-17T08:57:59Z

Patzcuaro is a lovely colonial town about a half hour from Morelia. The gorgeous colonial architecture of the central area of town has lots of arts crafts stores for great shopping. Don't miss Restaurant Cha Cha Cha next to the Basilica. The menu is for an international crowd with local and Mexican accents. There's a full bar with amazing Margaritas. I highly recommend it!

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Guitars in Mexico?

2008-01-07T01:53:01Z

Hola, Im leaving here in Canada without my precious guitar and am wondering If I can find easly a quality acoustic steel string guitar in Mexico, say for less than $200 Canadian? Ill be looking in the areas between Cancun and Verecruz. Any idea?

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rainbow reforestation

2008-01-07T00:12:57Z

<http://www.reforest a.nomadsunited. com/>
VERY SOON INFORMATION ON THE INTERGALACTIC RAINBOW GATHERING TO TAKE
PLACE IN <http:///>
MEXICO ON NOVEMBER 2007 <http:///>
LOCATION:
The event will take place north of Chiapas, Mexico. Close to a village
called Ostuacan.
Camping is on the shores of a deep river, where swimming is fantastic.
Nearby is the Chichonal Active Volcano, that in it's crater holds a lake
with emerging volcanic hot water, an unforgettable experience. (swimming
is possible with a bit of common sense and taking certain precautions)
There will are also many beautiful horses, and a few excursions will be
arranged, though we cant guarantee that everyone will be able to take
part in this activity.
We use horses to transport the baby trees to their location minimizing
our carbon emissions.
The event is non-commercial, and is free for all, we maintain a
vegetarian food diet, basic maintenance choirs should be shared equally
by all those attending.
We count on donations to feed everyone as well as support from
environmental institutions, we also raise funds through the shows we
offer in the communities. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
We consider essential to compliment the reforestations with
environmental education initiatives thus helping raise awareness of the
importance of planting trees and conservation. We work together with
governmental and nongovernmental organization to help monitor the trees.
We organize plantations in schools accompanied by the students, in this
case we prefer to plant fruit trees which also helps the students to
have fresh fruits right in school, this being specially very beneficial
in low income villages.
Fruit orchard planting in School (21st of May)
For more info on our environmental education program please check:
www.edu.nomadsunite d.com <http://www.edu. nomadsunited. com/>
COMMUNITY OUTREACH MULTI ETHNIC PERFORMANCE
7th of May Community annual Fair,
24th May Post Reforestation Performance offering.
In our reforestations we seek to reach out to the local community by
creating a multi-ethnic show, so after the end of the festival we
usually offer this event to the community, which usually includes music
from all over the world, ethnic dances and several other performances.
For more info please check
www.shows.nomadsuni ted.com <http://www.shows. nomadsunited. com/>
Bring:
We suggest to bring essentials for camping in nature.

- Tent and tarp
- Waterresistant raincoat
- Sleeping bag
-Own plate, spoon and cup.
- Musical instrumments, if you have
- Flashlight and candles

DonÂ´t bring!
-Plastic, each person is responsable for his/her own waste.
-There is no electricity in this area so avoid to bring electronic
devices. No hay energÃa elÃ©ctrica en esta zona, evita traer
aparatos que la requieran.
-DonÂ´t bring alcohol nor drugs !
PARTICIPATE!
Participants upon arrival are advised to sign in agreement to a letter
of terms conditions that are provided upon entry, in this way the basic
concepts of communitarian life are established and the people are
informed regarding basic notions of how to behave in the environment,
preventing the space from suffering negative ecological effects.

If you are interested in participating please register so we can
coordinate how many trees will be planted as well as general food
supplies and so that the event does not exceed the maximum capacity of
the area. Location will also be announced to those registered. Please
mail us at:
reserve@nomadsunite d.com

Don't forget to bring your musical instruments, camping gear, rain is
scarce though we recommend to come prepared.

Bring positive vibrations and the will to serve eachother and the earth.
We hope to see you here to share 7 days of magical planetary healing.

Nomads United

www.nomadsunited. com <http://www.nomadsun ited.com/>
March for global Cooling

This reforestation will be the launch of
a new campaign to help revert global warming.

Remember that the earth does not belong to Mankind
But Mankind to the earth.

We march with the earth
and for the earth

and her voice is our voice!

www.march.nomadsuni ted.com <http://march. nomadsunited. com/>

Why reforest

Reforestations are essential activities to help revitalize the health of
the Earth and combat climate change. Today around the world the
deforestation has grown to an alarming rate exceeding by far the index
of reforestations, this brings catastrophic consequences to the
atmosphere as well as for other organisms that's depend on these forests
for habitat..

We have but a short time to avert damaging and economically debilitating
climate change. We also have all the economic, intellectual and
technological know-how to head off this calamity and avoid the
disruption and misery that inaction would entail.
The solutions are numerous and, as many economists say, affordable when
compared with the costs of complacency.

Globally, forest cover is at least one-third less than what it once was.
It is time to reverse the trends, it is time to act.

Climate change confronts us now. There is no longer conjecture or debate
around an abstract or hypothetical future. We need action. We need to
plant trees and in doing so send a signal to the corridors of political
power across the globe that the watching and waiting is over â€"
that countering climate change can take root via one billion small but
significant acts in our gardens, parks, countryside and rural areas.
Achim Steiner, Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme

â€ The question is not whether climate change is happening but
whether, in the face of this emergency, we ourselves can change fast
enoughâ€
Kofi annan
<http://www.unep. org/billiontreec ampaign/>

Our reforestation programs.

Our innovative reforestations combine the plantation of trees fused with
a multicultural events, workshops and temporary ecologically friendly
living spaces that last from a few days to several weeks. This promotes
reforestation events not only as necessary duty of each individual to
combat climate change, but coordinating a culturally appealing and
spiritually earthbinding.

Through the reforestations and creative activities and workshops we
intend to generate a deep and lasting effect, as much for the local
communities as well as for the participants and simultaneously create a
forest or of fruit orchard that can also help as nutritious source of
food of the communities, as well as to absorb carbon dioxide emissions
which are exceeding on our planet.

Another key point is the life and direct experience of participating in
an temporal ecological community with all the benefits and complications
that this carries, thus also promoting ecovillage living and a more
sustainable lifestyle. Workshops are offered on a volunteer basis, We
ask from those attending consideration in order to maintain a
harmonically working community as well promoting principals of respect
towards the environment.

Participants upon arrival are advised to sign in agreement to a letter
of terms conditions that are provided upon entry, in this way the basic
concepts of communitarian life are established and the people are
informed regarding basic notions of how to behave in the environment,
preventing the space from suffering negative ecological effects.
We use horses to transport the baby trees to their location minimizing
our carbon emissions. The event is non-commercial, and is free for all,
we maintain a vegetarian food diet, basic maintenance choirs should be
shared equally by all those attending.
We count on donations to feed everyone as well as support from
environmental institutions, we also raise funds through the shows we
offer in the communities.

We consider essential to compliment the reforestations with
environmental education initiatives thus helping raise awareness of the
importance of planting trees and conservation. We work together with
governmental and nongovernmental organization to help monitor the trees.
We organize plantations in schools accompanied by the students, in this
case we prefer to plant fruit trees which also helps the students to
have fresh fruits right in school, this being specially very beneficial
in low income villages.

I Reforestation Festival
Palenque, Chiapas
Mexico
December 2005
Click here to see the full size poster
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta1. htm>

Temporary ecovillage habitat.

Participants have the opportunity to offer workshops with a cultural or
ecological focus, like for example: Acoustic Music, permaculture, cob
brick building, African Dance, collective Intelligence, consensus and
facilitation, handcrafts from recycled materials, Horse maintenance and
care, temascal (sweat lodge), Maya calendar, African percussion, yoga,
martial arts and capoeira

In order to be able to live in this communal space that hosts a
considerable amount of people, it is necessary to distribute the work
equitably. For that reason we created the energetic administration that
equilibrates workload. Which is vital in successfully maintain an
organic community in a natural context.

In the morning, after the breakfast we form a circle of discussion where
people take responsibility for choirs and activities. The tasks are
distributed according to the amount of people that attend, divided by
the amount of necessary activities.
Usually during or after every reforestation we take the time to organize
a show for the village, that combines ethnic music, dances and many
acts. We also use the space and time to respectfully transmit ecological
messages.

This innovative initiative seeks to venture into new way of creating
events without a negative impact to environment, as well also to raise
awareness in the participants and the local communities, on the
importance of reforestations and sustainable development in a creative,
dynamic, attractive and effective method.
II Reforestation Festival
Chapultenango, Chiapas
Mexico
Augst 2006
Click here to see the full size poster
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta2. htm>
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta1. htm>
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta2. htm>
<http://nomadsunited .com/>

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Tabasco and Mexican elite corruption

2007-12-18T21:07:57Z

This story is already old. Some say that there is another revolution building in Mexico now.

http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2007/11/mexico_aftermat.html

Where was Carlos Salim with his 'richest man on the planet' billions?
The Hispanic elite families and their rotten friends are the cause of so much suffering, loss and death.
Something will change, and soon!

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CIA jet crashes in Yucatan...

2007-12-18T19:45:46Z

...with 4 tons of cocaine on board!

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/12/19210/608/933/420107

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good job Mexico on climate change action.

2007-12-12T13:46:35Z

Mexico, one of the top ranked nations on climate change ! Gives the U.S. and a Canada a place to look up to being the worst on the list.

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Café Los Cuiles.

2007-12-11T09:03:03Z

Hi to you all. I am new to your wonderful tribe! I am heading out to Mexico at the end of the year, on an adventure! I so far plan to see Mexico City, Oaxaca and possibly Cancun. In Oaxaca I am making my way to a little place I have been told about called Café Los Cuiles.. I just wondered if any of you know it / have been there? I`ve heard so much about it, and would like to hear more? Thanks.

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total distance from SF to Veracruz?

2007-12-06T17:04:40Z

trying to figure driving costs and expenses. Where can I get an interactive Mexican atlas online? Like mapquest, but different?
thanks

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intergalactic rainbow ,mexico

2007-11-29T03:16:34Z

WE FOUND IT!
RAinbow included
amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazin g place
3 huge rivers
1 really big where there is river side camping, pretty much eveybody
can camp on the river, then it extends into the second cristal blue
river that emanates from a rock!!!!!! its unbelievable, the rivers
starts gushing straight from the rocks sourounded by caves, and
stalakites, cristal clear pure water, enough for 1000 generations,
its really a celestial place. there are tons of huge pools, and one
that seems like a sanctuary really sacred grounds. Its one of the
most amazing natural wonders i have ever seen. its boggling to see a
cascade come out of a rock! the area is really surreal.
then the cirle can hold around 5000 people at least, holding hands
perfeclty flat, sourounded by the main river. camping can be along
the river, on the main grasslands or in the jungle.
there are no ticks, though at the santuary there are mozzies.
there is a parking spot that can hold about 300 cars easy and is by
the river.
And last but not least is that the land is for sale.
so a community can be formed.
just the water alone is an amazing eternal wealth.
and the beuaty of the spot is priceless, yesterday as we were coming
back, it started raining, as we were wondering if too keep on
looking and just then a rainbow appered pointing to the spot.
hence divine intervention!
We also went with a super amazing crew, and made some music for the
people. We told them what we wanted to do and they were very exited.
so there is welcome from the owners of the land and the recently
emerging miny comunity that is about 5 km from the place, it is very
remote. no people in the area, good privacy.
there is a medium size town about 90 min away, and a full on city
(las choapas) about 150 min away.
So there is a lot of abundance of water and land.
land here is stil pretty cheap.
though i havent closed a price with the owner, he is open to
negotiate and even more if we do what i hope we can make out of it.
We are planing to start the seed camp dragon portal 30 november, and
plant watermelons, tomatoes, cabbage and all kinds of veggies, that
will hopefully give fruit toward the end of the gathierng. We foudn
a horse cart to bring the food in, there are also some canoes. and
we have pots and stuff for the seed camp. though it would be nice to
get in some cool seeds, and people to work in the SEED CAMP
(literally)
We also want to work on the kitchens and some cob building, and
whaetver we need to organize for x amount of people.
the actual gathering will start (Portal resonating dragon) 29 of
january, let me know what you think we havent sealed the dates yet
though we are about to!
hope you are happy, we will compose an oficial invite these days,
but youc an pass it on.
just dont mass mail it please untill we have all the info down.

for more info check
http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/intergalac ticrainbow

kareen

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spanish schools

2007-11-16T17:34:37Z

I have been looking at a school in Guanajuato called Escuela Mexicana, for speaking spanish (not a beginner).
Any reviews or suggestions for schools there?
I am also interested to see if any of you prefer signing up and paying for
classes from the states or if you think going down there and then deciding is best.
I am leaning towards going down there and checking a few places out.
But I will be by myself and maybe I should try to set up some share housing
or staying with a family.
Any one with family or friends that want a paying guest for one or two nights?

thanks

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Fox statue pulled over and broken 'like Saddam'

2007-10-16T19:49:30Z

So funny to see that the Vincente Fox statue was pulled over and broken by PRI supporters at the Boca del Rio in Veracruz. The images of the event/demostration, days before the planned inauguration of the statue can be read about here:
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29746.html
and the links lead to a series of photos of the event, which look so similar to the felling of the famous Saddam statue in Iraq.

So, Mr Coca Cola isn't so popular in Mexico? Is he not a 'great Mexican hero' like all the others and deserves a statue in his honour like the heroes of the revolution and other great achievers?
Does this mean that his useless stance on corruption, his connection to El Yunque, his secretive Plan Por Panama and North American Union connections are not so 'great' after all?
Could it be that the PAN is just another corrupt elite group stealing millions from the Mexican people and helping multi-billionaires like Carlos Salim and his friend Salinas to steal even more from Mexico each day? Are they not just more stooges for the US and global Masonic elites and their rotten plans?

Will the statue be put up again and guarded to prevent the angry crowds from breaking it again?
We'll just have to wait and see!

‡›)

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Northern Mexico

2007-10-16T16:23:41Z

Hey All-

I'm currently traveling in Northen Mexico and will soon head south as well. What are some things I should see/do in this part of the country??

Paz-
gg

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aztec dance teachers in mazatlan?

2007-09-30T19:40:00Z

I'm wondering about an aztec dance class or teacher in mazatlan???

any leads

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Searching for Missing Brother

2007-09-26T22:07:52Z

I received this message from Jesica Trees who is looking for her brother. If anyone knows this individual would you please pass this message on and/or contact either Jesica or her Dad directly.

"My name is Jesica Trees, I live in Portland, Oregon. Early this year I spoke with my brother James Trees, Jr., and at that time he was living in Tijuana. Our families have had trouble reaching him, with repeated attempts via phone and email. His birthday recently passed, and although I called and sang happy birthday to him on his voice mail, it wasn't quite the same as actual contact. We miss him, and hope very much that he is okay. If you know my brother, I hope you can pass this sentiment along, and urge that he get in touch with his sister or his dad (he only has one of each). Thank you in advance for reading this, hopefully we'll get in touch soon.

Jesica Trees
971-322-3335
j_e_k_a@msn.com

James Trees, Sr.
503-307-3878
itsjeka@aol.com"

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anyone in chiapas??

2007-09-24T04:38:47Z

http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/denuncias/811/

812 is also pertaining to the same thing

anyone know more about this ? its in a (not so great) english translation on my blog too.......wondering if people know anything about this particular group or about what may be happening or not........it's already claiming to not be on any news or radio or anything

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Tibetan Seminar in Mexico City

2007-09-09T04:32:34Z

For more information
Vist: www.osaling.org
September 21, 22 ,23. In Pema Ling Mexico City, Durango 68 ,Colonia Roma
or Call 52073489
Teacher : Lama Yeshe Nyima

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Hurricane Dean & I Have The Same Travel Plans

2007-08-26T00:03:06Z

Silly. I got this (nonrefundable) ticket to Cancun. Gonna be there for 9 days. Visiting familia, taking care of the homefront.

Funny part is, I'm supposed to land at the same time as Hurricane Dean makes landfall in the Yucatan. afternoon on Tuesday.

Which means of course that I'll likely spend *at least* an extra 24 hours on standby at my gateway airport, Phoenix IA. Maybe even more time, depending on how long it takes for the Cancun Airport crew to scrape 1,000 tons of jungle off the runway.

But I wish I was getting there BEFORE DEAN. It would be my 4th Hurricane. And I love hurricanes. There's something very sexy about them.

But instead, I'll get there after, and enjoy seeing my hometown simultaneously washed clean and tremendously littered. The sky will be the clearest blue you can imagine. And the calm after the storm (and all the unearthed insect life) will draw out every tropical bird in the Petén in droves of feeding and singing. There will be enough downed palm leaves to make a city of palapas. I will help my friends patch their busted windows, and I will very likely sweep floodwater out of my own home.

There will be little to do, as far as entertainment goes, for a few days as every business recovers. Dean is expected to go straight through the Cancun area, as have 2 or 3 hurricanes in the last 5 years already. Tourism usually takes a year to recover from a major hit like that, and the recurring nature of this calamity in the region has dealt a major blow to the local economy because it's created a kind of hurricane-prone reputation for Cancun and scared off tourists.

But that's okay, I'm not there for a party. I'm there to see family & friends & to take care of the house. Which I will definitely have to.

I just hope there's some *beach* leftover for me after Dean. I'm itching to snorkel.

Wish me luck, and let me know if anyone of you are gonna be in the area!

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spooky pic of hurricane Dean over the yucatan

2007-08-21T04:00:19Z

i posted it moments ago in the photo section of this tribe

look carefully at the face created over the yucatan peninsula

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Secret unification plans exposed on film

2007-08-17T13:53:07Z

Zeitgeist the movie exposes the information that Mexico, the USA and Canada are being unified with a new government and the individual currencies are to be scrapped and changed into the Amero.
The second part is available with Spanish subtitles now and more will follow.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2141569373929310139&q=zeitgeist+movie+spanish&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

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El Yunque

2007-07-30T13:22:31Z

Critics say secret society has infiltrated Mexican government - Despite denials, critics say hard-liners have infiltrated ruling party

06:38 PM CDT on Monday, July 9, 2007
By LAURENCE ILIFF / The Dallas Morning News
liliff@dallasnews.com

MEXICO CITY – It sounds like a Hollywood thriller.

A secret organization born in the Cold War and determined to overthrow an authoritarian government outlives the regime and instead begins to undermine a democratically elected administration in hopes of installing a modern theocracy.

Luis Paredes Moctezuma, the former mayor of Puebla in central Mexico, said that very scenario exists in the administration of President Felipe Calderón and the National Action Party, or PAN. He asserted that the party has been slowly infiltrated by the radical group over decades.

Mr. Paredes, a PAN member, said he spent three decades in the secret group El Yunque, or The Anvil, and participated in an ongoing conspiracy "to restore the rule of God" through an ultraconservative Roman Catholic government.

"El Yunque is more dangerous than the narcos," Mr. Paredes said, referring to the government's struggle to recover large swaths of Mexico from drug cartels. Hundreds of Yunque members are now in the bureaucracy, and they control four state governments, he said.

Mr. Paredes said El Yunque established cells in the U.S. 15 years ago, as university-educated professionals migrated and put down roots. "They're in Dallas, in Boston, in Washington, D.C., in Los Angeles, in Miami," he said.

Not all political analysts or PAN members believe that El Yunque exists or that it has significant power within the ruling party or the government. Officials named as Yunque adherents by former members deny any connection.

Those who believe in the group's power, however, warn that Mr. Calderón could be distracted from the drug fight and badly needed economic reforms if El Yunque touches off a divisive struggle within the PAN as the party prepares to elect a new leader next year.

"Of course it's a real group, and it has power," said political commentator Ricardo Alemán. "At this moment, it has managed to maintain control of the party. I think that if Felipe Calderón has not cut deals already [with El Yunque], that he will do so."

The U.S. has praised Mr. Calderón's war against drug cartels. And the president's high approval ratings have allowed him to stave off opposition criticism for plunging the military into the drug fight. A PAN scandal could threaten that, analysts and self-proclaimed former Yunque members said.

"If the moderate wing of the PAN breaks from the radical wing of the PAN, then an internal war will break out, and Mr. Calderón will be the first to suffer," Mr. Alemán said.

But like all conspiracy theories, this one has doubters.

"I have never found anyone who admits to being a member of El Yunque," said Sergio Sarmiento, a longtime political commentator who works in radio, TV and newspapers. "All I see are attacks from the left. It's an easy way to dismiss someone."
Personality clashes

The fight within the PAN is as much about personalities as it is about ideology. Mr. Calderón, a centrist, and party president Manuel Espino, seen as further to the right, have been feuding since before the presidential election a year ago.

The PAN, Mr. Sarmiento added, has always been a rightist party with religious overtones and does not need a secret group to impose those values.

What many commentators and politicians agree on, however, is that the specter of El Yunque, real or imagined, has never before been publicly discussed as it is now.

•A video of an alleged Yunque initiation ceremony was posted on YouTube in late May, sparking PAN politicians such as former Sen. Javier Corral to call for the group to go public. The authenticity of the 11-minute video is in doubt.

•Luis H. Alvarez, a member of the PAN old guard who has been party president twice, acknowledged the existence of El Yunque to the Mexico City newspaper Reforma. "I fear that it does have some adherents, but certainly a minority," the newspaper quoted him as saying last month. Mr. Alvarez did not return calls seeking comment.

•At the PAN's national assembly in early June, Mr. Paredes handed out 5,000 T-shirts with the inscription "Yunque no, PAN yes," injecting the group into the party's debate.

•To coincide with that assembly, the a.m. newspaper in León, Guanajuato, published an eight-story report on El Yunque, naming its alleged leaders and quoting politicians who said the group had taken over the PAN in Guanajuato. Among those named as alleged Yunque leaders in the state were Gov. Juan Manuel Oliva; his chief of staff, Gerardo Mosqueda; and state Education Secretary Alberto Diosdado.

Contacted by telephone, representatives of the three men played down the report and said their bosses had no comment.

Enrique Gómez, publisher of a.m., said El Yunque's control of the state government is an open secret in Guanajuato.

"The PAN has been invaded by a parasite called El Yunque," Mr. Gómez said. "The danger here is that they are fascists."
Purported views

The group greatly admires the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and is anti-Semitic and hard-line Catholic, the publisher said.

Guanajuato legislators under El Yunque's control tried to pass a law banning abortion even in cases of rape, Mr. Gómez said. Public outcry killed the proposal. Likewise, he said, public schools in the state have more limited sex education than even mainstream Catholic schools.

The most extensive work on El Yunque has been done by an investigative reporter from the magazine Proceso, Alvaro Delgado, who won the 2003 National Journalism Prize for his book El Yunque: The Ultra-right in Power. A follow-up book, The Army of God, was published in 2004.

In both, former members describe how El Yunque formed anti-communist and pro-Catholic front groups that integrated themselves into the party over decades.Mr. Delgado said leaders of the PAN have long struggled with the group's participation in the party: On the one hand, it helped the PAN build a base; on the other, El Yunque is anti-democratic. Mr. Calderón is seen as a foe of the group, although people close to him have been accused of being Yunque leaders, including chief of staff César Nava, a possible candidate for party president. Mr. Nava has denied knowledge of the group's existence.

A spokesman for Mr. Calderón's office did not return calls for comment.

In interviews with suspected Yunque members, Mr. Delgado said, the subjects walked the fine line between not committing the sin of lying and maintaining the secrecy of the group.

Mr. Espino, the current PAN president, playfully told Mr. Delgado "maybe I am" a member of the group during an interview for the 2004 book.
'Their real project'

"They obviously appear as reasonable people, but they continue to hide their real project," said Mr. Delgado. "They continue to be secret because their project is in violation of the Mexican Constitution and its laws, which establish a secular state."

Mr. Paredes, the former Puebla mayor, said El Yunque was formed in the early 1950s as a reaction to anti-Catholic sentiment under the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled from 1929 to 2000.

Middle-class religious students like him joined El Yunque and rightist front groups in the 1960s to counter a world they saw turning to the left with the Cuban revolution and the threats posed by the Soviet Union and communist China, Mr. Paredes said.

As the PAN began to win local and state elections in the 1980s and 1990s, he said, two Yunques emerged: one that was pragmatic, because politics demands compromise; another that was dogmatic and dominant.

Mr. Paredes began distancing himself from El Yunque in 1988, he said, as he traveled the world and began seeing the fruits of democracy, particularly by the socialists in Spain.

El Yunque opposed his candidacy for mayor of Puebla in 2002, he said, and when he refused to take orders from the group, it sabotaged him by charging him with corruption. Mr. Paredes said the allegations are false.

"El Yunque must disappear; there is no other option," Mr. Paredes said. While the group opposed Mr. Calderón's candidacy and is therefore in a poor position to influence him, Mr. Paredes said, the president may need all the support he can get.

"Calderón has serious problems in the fight against the narcos and on tax reform, and he could be tempted to lie down with the enemy," Mr. Paredes said. "But he may wake up with his head cut off."
EL YUNQUE

According to critics, El Yunque, or The Anvil, has a long history in Mexico:

•Begun in Puebla in 1953 as a student movement to fight communism and liberal government, its ultimate goal is the creation of a Roman Catholic state.

•Through the establishment of a series of anti-communist, pro-religious front groups, El Yunque expands its membership on college campuses in the 1960s and 1970s.

•During the economic crises of the 1970s and 1980s, El Yunque members become leaders of business organizations battered by the government's erratic economic policies.

•Mostly through front groups, El Yunque integrates into the conservative National Action Party, or PAN, during the opposition party's growth period in the 1980s and 1990s.

•With the PAN's victory in the 2000 presidential election, Yunque members move into government posts and solidify their presence at the highest levels of the PAN.

SOURCES: Luis Paredes Moctezuma, former mayor of Puebla; Alvaro Delgado, author of El Yunque and The Army of God

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Bombing Pemex--Or Not?

2007-07-28T13:19:41Z

July 27, 2007

Did Guerrillas Strike at the Heart of Mexico's Oil Industry?
Bombing Pemex--Or Not?
By JOHN ROSS

The flames jetting 300 meters into the night sky and the black smoke billowing over the fertile flatlands of central Mexico's Bajio were not a good omen. According to a spokesperson for the national oil monopoly PEMEX, the two explosions that rocked installations in Guanajuato and Queretero states July 5th and 10th were caused by a sudden drop in pressure in two natural gas pipelines due to "pinchazos" or illicit perforations in the ducts to siphon off fuel.

The explosions, which shredded aging, poorly-maintained infrastructure underscored the urgent need for private investment in the nationalized enterprise argued PEMEX director Jesus Heroles Jr., mimicking President Felipe Calderon's take on the subject. Calderon, who was elected a year ago in a fraud-marred vote taking, has pledged to privatize PEMEX.

But were the explosions just further mishaps in an endless skein of pipeline blowouts and toxic spills that have plagued the state oil company for years?

On July 11th, newspapers in Mexico City began receiving a series of communiqués under the rubric of the "Military Zone Command of the Popular Revolutionary Army and State Committee of the Party of the Popular Democratic Revolution" claiming credit for blowing out two 36 inch natural gas pipelines in Guanajuato (July 5th) and a key valve house in Coroneo Queretero (July 10th) that shut down gas distribution to millions in central Mexico.

The Popular Revolutionary Army or EPR for its initials in Spanish, a long dormant guerrilla whose home base is usually in the conflictive states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, explained that the two explosions had been "surgical strikes against the oligarchy" and signaled the initiation of a "national campaign of harassment" that would continued until two disappeared EPR leaders are presented by the Calderon government "with life."

Although the Mexican government refrained from using the T-word, it was definitely in the air. "EPR ALLIANCE WITH AL QAEDA!" whooped the headlines on newspapers hanging from the kiosks. Indeed, a purported Al Qaeda document emerged in 2006 encouraging attacks against U.S. allies that supply Washington with oil - Mexico exports 1.6 million barrels of petroleum to the U.S. daily, without which George Bush would be hard pressed to wage war in Iraq.

With the terrorist alert heating up to hot orange, President Calderon convoked an emergency meeting of his security cabinet. The military has 30,000 troops in the field fighting Washington's drug war and elite units had to be re-deployed to protect strategic installations. Machine-gun nests blossomed outside PEMEX gates, along energy pipelines, at dams, and electricity generating facilities. Navy patrols around offshore platforms in the Caribbean were stepped up.

Washington has a proprietary interest in the Mexican oil flow and news of the bombings furrowed brows in the U.S. capital. As a signatory to the euphemistically named North American Agreement for Security and Prosperity (ASPAN), Mexico is designated as the U.S.'s southern security perimeter, potentially invoking military action by the United States North Command housed in Colorado should terrorist activity be detected in the neighborhood. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security regards Mexico as a potential terrorist staging area.

The EPR bombings were the first here since last November when a previously unknown guerrilla formation - the Army of the Insurgent Popular Revolution (ERIP) - took credit for taking out the nation's top electoral tribunal, a bank, and the national headquarters of the once-ruling PRI party.

The Popular Revolutionary Army's successful July jamboree shut down more than 90 manufacturing plants in central Mexican cities, sending tens of thousands of workers at such transnationals as Nissan, Honda, Vitro (Mexican owned), Kellogg, and Ideal Standard, the world's largest toilet maker, home for the day.

The precision location of the plastique charges (plastique is popular in Europe but not much used here) points to an inside job and disgruntled PEMEX workers are one object of an on-going investigation. If the EPR is really responsible for the explosions than their technical skills and ability to strike close to the heart of the economy have taken a qualitative leap since the group was last heard from.

The Popular Revolutionary Army made its public debut June 28th 1996 on the first anniversary of the massacre of 17 dissident farmers at Aguas Blancas Guerrero under the guns of a corrupt governor, Rubin Figueroa. In documents distributed to the press, the EPR identified itself as a Marxist-Leninist military organization composed of 14 little-known guerrilla "focos" that seemed to revolve around an alliance between a clandestine clique of Maoists with a predilection for bombing - the PROCUP - and the Party of the Poor, founded by the long-dead guerrilla martyr Lucio Cabanas along Guerrero's Costa Grande in the 1970s.

The EPR is said to have bankrolled its uprising with the kidnapping of Banamex president Alfredo Harp Helu in 1994 for which they received a reported Latin America record ransom ($12 million USD.) With a hefty arsenal at its command (tons of weapons were alleged to have been delivered to Guerrero in 1994), the EPR repeatedly attacked military and police installations during the summer of 1996, killing and wounding dozens of troops. A synchronized six-state shooting spree on August 28th took 24 lives, many in Oaxaca.

The EPR quarreled with the other Mexican guerrilla, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), accusing its charismatic, pipe-smoking spokesperson Subcomandante Marcos of trying to make a revolution with poetry. The Sup, in turn, lambasted the EPR as only being interested in taking state power and refused suggestions of an alliance between the two armed organizations.

After the August 1996 attacks, the Popular Revolutionary Army seemed to become unglued. Military pressure and internal dissension led to fragmentation and a handful of split-offs such as the EPR-Democratic Tendency, the Revolutionary Army of the Insurgent People (the ERPI as opposed to the ERIP), and the FARP (the Armed Front of the Popular Revolution) have staged sporadic attacks for several years.

But following last summer's much-questioned presidential election, the EPR issued a rare communiqué announcing its intentions to vindicate the popular vote in favor of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador - AMLO quickly rejected the guerrilla's intervention and the rebels held off their promised campaign.

Rather than marking the first anniversary of the Great Fraud against Lopez Obrador, the Bajo bombings probably obey a more immediate calling: the arrest of two top EPR comandantes May 24th in Oaxaca when Eduardo Reyes Amaya and "Raymundo Rivera Bravo" AKA Gabriel Alberto Cruz Sanchez were taken into custody in a hotel in the city's market. Cruz Sanchez is described by guerrilla historian Carlos Montemayor as a 30-year veteran of clandestine armed movements in Mexico and is thought to be the brother of Tiburcio Cruz Sanchez also known as Francisco Cerezo, a maximum EPR leader and patriarch of a clan that includes three activist sons, two of whom are serving long prison sentences for bombing banks in 2001.

According to the Oaxaca daily Noticias, which the hated governor Ulises Ruiz has tried to shut down repeatedly, the two men were severely beaten at the state prosecutor's offices and transported in a military ambulance up to Mexico City where they are thought to be still alive and imprisoned at the notorious Military Camp #1. State and federal authorities claim they have no record of the two guerilleros in any Mexican prisons.

In Mexico's hothouse political ambiance where Calderon's credibility is constantly questioned, news of the EPR's purported assault on PEMEX was met with deep skepticism. Failure of the nation's top intelligence agency, the CISEN (now run by Calderon's favorite political pollster) to anticipate EPR resurgence is compared to the CIA's blackout prior to 9/11. AMLO describes the bombings as "a smokescreen" to privatize PEMEX and reinforce the criminalization of social protest.

But whether the attack was a government ruse to reign in social discontent, induce terrorist paranoia as a tool of control, and underscore the need for opening up PEMEX to private investment or a legitimate initiative by the armed resistance, the bombings have spiced up a pot already over boiling with upheaval.

On Monday July 17th, for the second year in a row, dissident teachers and militants of Oaxaca's Popular Peoples' Assembly (APPO) sought to take back the "Guelaguetza", a traditional cultural interchange between Oaxaca's multiple indigenous peoples that Governor Ruiz has turned into a tourist-only commercial spectacle. 45 people were arrested and 42 hospitalized when celebrants were attacked by heavily armed state and federal police. The APPO and its allies have vowed to shut down Governor's version of the dance festival set for July 23rd and 30th.

Ruiz has repeatedly tried to tie the APPO and dissident teachers to the EPR. A year ago last July during the protestors' successful efforts to shut down the Guelaguetza, the EPR's initials were painted on a hill overlooking the city. Similarly, both Ulises and Calderon's PAN Party accuse Lopez Obrador's Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), which is on track to win big in the Oaxaca state legislature later this summer, of being infiltrated by the EPR.

Those skeptical of the Popular Revolutionary Army's involvement in the Bajio bombings point out that the EPR has no social base in states like Queretero or Guanajuato, the home state of ex-president Vicente Fox and the mysterious religious right formation "El Yunque" which has had so much influence in both the Fox and Calderon administrations. Moreover, guerrilla watchers like Montemayor underscore that bombings are not the EPR's usual Modus Operandi (although the PROCUP were skilled bombers) - during its 1995 rampage, the EPR staged direct attacks on military bases and personnel.

Others such as the left-leaning daily La Jornada analyst Carlos Fazio scoff at the bombing as a "hoax." "Why would the left try to destroy PEMEX when we are fighting to defend it from destruction by neo-liberal privatization?"

What surprised Felipe Canseco, a former leader of the PROCUP and uncle of the Cerezo clan was how long it took the EPR to respond to the disappearance of its leaders in Oaxaca on May 25th. "When I went down, he comrades took action the next day," he recalls. Canseco, who served eight years for guerrilla activities, estimates that there are 30 armed groups operating in 22 out of Mexico's 32 states.

One of the hottest pirate DVDs on the Mexican street these days is "The Violin", which depicts the military's "dirty war" in Guerrero in the 1970s in brutal detail. The disappearance of the two EPR leaders and the government's claim that it is not holding them is painfully reminiscent of those terrible years when an estimated 650 Cabanas supporters along the Costa Grande were forcibly disappeared and held in secret lock-ups where they were tortured and eventually killed and thrown into the Pacific Ocean from Mexican air force planes near Acapulco.

If recent events are any indicator, Mexico's dirty war is not just a movie.

John Ross is in Mexico City, plotting a new novella. If you have further information contact johnross@igc.org

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Trip to Mexico

2007-07-06T14:24:22Z

So, my mom wants to take my family to Mexico over winter break, and I have never been. Any recommendations on a not super touristy place to visit for a couple weeks in December...essentials are: a good beach, mellow ocean, good snorkling, fun day trips;ruins, more touristy towns, beautiful places, etc. Thanks all, Aura

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CHICHEN ITZA visit

2007-06-18T23:01:34Z

I want to visit - has anyone been here - have any suggestions? I will be attending a wedding at the end of July in San Cristobal and am thinking of staying a couple of weeks and visiting the surrounding areas as well but have never been - would love to meet with people who are interested in alternative healing, sacred places, and spiritual family : ).

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NEW REAL DE CATORCE TRIBE! My friend just gave me a bunch of awesome photos of Real de Catorce!

2007-06-12T02:36:33Z

¡Provecha!

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¡REAL DE CATORCE ES EL PUEBLO MAGICO!

2007-06-08T00:05:30Z

I've never made so many friends in 2 days in my whole life. It's like West Marin was in the seventies. ¡Que Increible!

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New Guadalajara tribe: please join if you have any good GDL info. or anecdotes.

2007-06-03T16:23:48Z

¡Muchas Gracias!

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biking to mexico

2007-06-02T06:55:48Z

Has anyone here ever ridden a bicycle to mexico from Vancouver BC? I'm about to do this through a non-profit, with about 20 others (agentsofchange.ca) to fundraise for micro-credit in Mexico. We are leaving May 3rd, and I would greatly appreciate any tips or advice. Also, I hear the roads are pretty crazy in Mexico, so has any body even ridden a bike around Mexico? I've done it in China, and they have lots of dirt roads, and potholes......so i don't expect them to be perfect by any means.
peace&light
*kelli

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Heading back Oaxaco

2007-05-04T22:22:58Z

Hi there, myself and friends are heading back to the Oaxaca coast over Thanksgiving weekend. We will be flying into Huatulco and heading up the coast to Puerto Escondido for a few days. After that, we will just play it by ear. Anyone know how busy that area is around thanksgiving? Can we find some good rooms in Huatulco without reservations? Any secret spots in-between Puerto Escondido and Huatulco anyone knows about?

Any favorite resorts in Huatulco? Basically, we don't want to be too isolated, we want to stay somewhere with lots of options for food, markets, beaches, etc.

thanks!
-troy

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Cheap Flights

2007-05-04T22:00:46Z

Hola Tribers,
I was just wondering if anyone knows something i dont know about getting cheap flights from Mexico City up to Los Angeles? The cheapest i have found so far is about 160USD but there's always those dudes you bump into on the road who reckon they managed to pick up flights around half that price. hmmmm. any help would be great!!
Ta!

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Mazatlan

2007-04-30T18:30:12Z

Tell us more. I've never been. Would like to visit. Have a friend who'll be there for a month in June.

What is your experience, impressions, feelings re: Mazatlan? How does it compare to Baja, Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo, Acapulco, and Cancun?

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Buying Property

2007-04-26T02:35:41Z

Have any of you ever considered buying property in Mexico? I went to Mexico last summer and have plans to go back again this year. It's so depressing that at the rate I'm going now I'll never be able to purchase property in the Bay Area, but somehow a bit of land in the Yucatan or the Oaxacean Coast seems attainable now or in the very near future.

Does anyone have any wisdom to share on the topic?

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how do i get an apartment in Mexico????????

2007-04-26T02:25:24Z

Hi
I'm moving to Mexico for a change of scenery and piece of mind, just wondering if anyone can give me some helpful info on how to go about getting long term living accommodations in Mexico. I'm moving to Mazatlan for a while; So would it be better to stay at a hotel or hostel for a few days-- then look for a place? Or would it be better to find lodging before I arrive? Also, considering that I don't want any kind of luxurious area or apartment/guest house, how much can I expect to pay? And how much will it help that I speak a pretty fair amount of spanish with no accent and I am Mexican American? Thanks to all those that can help.

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busses to and in Mexico

2007-04-24T03:45:50Z

Hi there, new member here!
I just wanted to share a nice little tidbit of budget advice for those who have more time than money.
There are several Mexican bus lines that have stations here in the US. Autobuses Zavala & Transportes Matehuala both run out of stations in Tulsa, OK and Springdale, AR (and other places, I'm sure) and their prices to Mexican destinations are *way* cheaper than Greyhounds, and their busses are Mexican Clase Ejecutivo (the Cadillac of busses). Their toll-free number is 1-877-ZAVALA-3.
Just wanted to share. My family and I are going all the way to Palenque from NW Arkansas by bus, and I wanted to share the surprising find. I found out by driving around Springdale (AKA Little Mexico) and saw a Mexican bus station. I just stopped in and asked for schedules & rates.

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¡New ESL teachers in Mexico tribe!

2007-04-19T22:38:05Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/eslmex

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Looking at immersion courses for learning and living spanish....

2007-04-19T15:47:16Z

I was hoping to get some info on anything about immersion courses. I have been looking at places in Oaxca but was wondering about other towns. Hoping to keep the price down and definitely live with a family. Any info would help. I will be going by myself so other tips for women flying into and taveling to destination by themselfs would help too.
Thanks

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language school recommendations??

2007-04-19T15:42:50Z

I'm thinking about spending November in Mexico. I've spent a fair ammount of time in Guatemala, but not nearly enough in Mexico. I'd like to spend at least a week or two taking spanish lessons to brush up. I prefer family and community owned situaions (where I know most of the money for the class is going to the instructor I work with) over fancier more touristy places...

I was really most interested in going to the Oventic Language School in Chiapas but alas, I haven't been in any one place long enough to become active in a solidarity group (which is one of the requirements for registration). Maybe next year.

Any recommendations?

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Around Playa Chacala

2007-04-18T22:27:54Z

Im going to be in the area around playa chacala mexcio for 2 weeks the first of next month....Looking for other places to visit around the area, preferably off the beaten path...any suggestions?

Cheers!

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Now Online www.jeyandex.com

2007-04-18T18:19:58Z

Finally online Jey & eX Iboga Mexico webpage www.jeyandex.com plz take a look !!

cheers !!

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When in Mexico......

2007-04-16T14:19:32Z

Many Mexicans are having a hard time with the price of tortillas doubled due to a rise in the price of white maize. The main reason for this is the demand for corn ethanol, which of course is a process driven by the USA. Mexico and its people invented the maize that everyone knows, and should be able to be self-sufficient in its cultivation, yet they are being manipulated by the corrupt elite of the USA. It is like the story of GMO seed, and even the manipulation of the laws about tobacco cultivation by native peoples (who gave tobacco to the settlers as a gift of true respect).
It will be good for all travellers to Mexico to remember all this, and particularly to avoid all US owned corporate hotels, shops and other businesses. Anything that is small scale, local, Mexican owned is at least a step in the right direction.
I would take it a step further and network with Mexican people and establishments who are non PAN or PRI supporters. This means deliberately choosing conscious people and places, staying in villages, accepting a little less luxury, bringing your money to those really in need. There are organic farms and Permaculture projects that need help and welcome willing workers. There are always small hotels and pensions that could do with some more custom. I have stayed in small hotels in various places around Mexico over many years and they are always comfortable and good value. In some villages families offer rooms.

The PAN, Calderon and their elite friends, are behind the problems of Mexico since the election. Despite all the warnings about FECAL and his allegiance to the USA, plus the Plan Por Panama (PPP) which was initiated largely by Fox, millions of Mexicans voted for the PAN. The election was rigged and full of fraud by the PAN and PRI.
If the PRD and AMLO had been inaugurated into government the situation would be quite different now. The people of Oaxaca would have another governor and fewer people would be dead, raped, injured, or in prison. The PRD would be far more likely to protect the Mexican economy and seek solutions rather than just send in the militia.
Thanks to the PAN and its supporters there will be no protection for the Mexican people and their economy. Once again there is a government who will sell its own people for the gains of the elite. All the indications are that Calderon has no principles at all and is stooge of the elite. He is only using the army and PFP to 'restore order' and maintain control, while allowing corrupt politicians like Ruiz of the PRI in Oaxaca, to remain and continue with his abuses.
Problems like those in Michoacan, Oaxaca, Atenco, and elsewhere are just the beginning of years more of abuse and corruption.
If you know anything about the devaluation of Mexican currency in '94 and the effects that it had on millions of middleclass and ordinary folk, you will know what the effects of corporate control and US backed governments are upon Mexico and its people. I know lots of decent people who lost their savings and businesses due to Salinas and his elite filth knocking 3 zeros off the value of the Peso. Those with welfare systems and credit cannot truly understand what it has meant to peoples' lives.

So please please please be conscious in your decisions and leave Mexico better than you found it! You know it is the only right way to go!

Viva Mexico y Mexicanidad!

Ometeotl

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Oops forgot the URL

2007-04-16T10:01:47Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/gdl

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Tulum

2007-04-11T23:14:04Z

A really good friend of mine is getting married at Tulum in one of those massive americanized complexes. I am able to secure a really cheap fight Cancun, and can make it to Tulum by bus, what I need to know is if there is anywhere to stay in Tulum that is reasonable.... (by reasonable- i mean I have very limited funds).
Hostels, etc... ?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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if anybody comes to mexico go to palenque is the best.

2007-04-11T22:45:58Z

palenque is a magic land.

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temescal recommendations

2007-04-06T22:07:54Z

hello all !
i am currently volunteering at tashriat (tashirat.com) near tepoztlan and i am looking for good temazcales in the amatlan, ocotitlan, tepoz area. lots of the touristy ones in tepoz look shitty and freak me out.

if anyone has any suggestions please pm me ..... it would be so appreciated !

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Alternative transportation to the Yucatan?

2007-03-27T02:29:10Z

Hello again!
So does anyone here know of a cheaper way to get to the Yucatan than flying? Freighter boats or something? I live about a day's drive from the Gulf coast. I really want to see the Mayan temples & complexes, and the cenotes and beaches of the Yucatan, but can't afford to fly (or take more than 3 weeks to take a bus down the Gulf Coast).
There was this cruise line out of Florida, the Yucatan Express, but they don't seem to be in business anymore. Then I found a site for some ferry supposed to run from Texas to Vera Cruz, but it doesn't seem to be up and running either.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance!

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need a cheap overnight between cancun and belize or guatamala

2007-03-24T04:39:39Z

Traveling to C.A. in a year ,with me will be a couple of adults and my kids ranging from age 12 to 16.Will be flying into cancun, probally arive aroand noon,getting on a bus by probally aroand 1:00 need a good overnight spot between there and tical in guatamala.I Realize this could take more than one dayand possibly a route through belize.With the group size cost is a major factor.

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huatla and oaxaca

2007-03-12T01:11:00Z

hello everyone!

i have been living in mexico for 4 years now and i am coming to see huatla in march or april.

i would love to hear about the best spots to see there and in oaxaca if anyone wants to share them.

gracias!
juan

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Piano Man with Dog is in Mexico

2007-03-10T04:06:13Z

Sorry I have not had time to post to this group more... I didn't even know people responded to my last post. I'm doing alot.
Boner and I are in Saltillo, Mexico right now... whoo...whee...whooo....... send us peace and clarity... and... truck, dog, man safe places to stay with internet access. :) We came through today, got insuranced, bonded, claimed, health certified, passported, checked, did I forget anything? Please connect us to anyone who can put us up overnight or with people you might like us to visit and lift some spirits for. We'll be presenting musical opportunities for all in Saltillo, Zacatecas, Guadalajara, Tepic, Acaponeta, Tecuala all the way to Roblito! See you soon.

danny and boner

www.ragginpianoboogie.com/blog.php

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Yucatan Travels

2007-03-07T18:01:31Z

Hi,
I'm interested in cruising around the Yucatan south of Cancun. Never been before. I'm looking for two things: female travel partner to go this summer, maybe get a couple of new friends together...Anyone interested? AND/or Suggestions on places to go, see, visit, do, etc.. Was also thinking of signing up for the TrekAmerica 19 day walking tour of the Yucatan. Sounds interesting. Anyone know about their trips?

I want to take a few weeks and see the ruins in different locations, lay on the beaches, snorkle, canoe, kick back and enjoy. Wondering if anyone can offer suggestions for great places to visit, cenotes, cool off the beaten track things to do, places to stay, hotels or palapa retreats where ya can lounge and sip cool drinks.

Not interested in the most lavish expensive but moderate priced...those places that are clean and have good food & facilities but not too touristy like all inclusive resorts. I want to kick back but also like to go out and dance and enjoy the night life so interested if you have suggestions in where to go in different cities for night life too.

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community of service in Roblito, Nayarit

2007-02-21T21:38:58Z

A dozen of us organized through tribe are in a little village called Roblito until mid-April doing community service and art projects.... come join us.

www.solomax.com/roblito.html

-Cor

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mexico city df underground music scene

2007-02-19T05:45:32Z

anyone have any info or links
muchisimas gracias

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Villages, Friends, Guides, Overnights

2007-02-05T18:12:55Z

I will be arriving in Mexico for the first time in a few weeks probably entering through the Austin area of Texas and will be heading for Roblito on the central west coast. I would appreciate assistance and suggestions. I will be looking to stop with short musical visits in small villages and out of the way areas... as many as possible… along my entire route. I need help to find overnight places to stay, routes to take, places to go, people to see, safety for my dog, myself, my truck and equipment, guides to help us along our way... so we can "gift" the world. I speak no Spanish. I know what I am getting into with this journey and I am unafraid. Please read my profile for more information and also check out… http://ragginpianoboogie.com and http://travelingpiano.com

danny

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7777 gathering pics from Sayulita and Tepic

2007-02-03T03:27:20Z

http://actionhero.smugmug.com/gallery/2413009#126532900

Time is art

Pure Magic everyday!

-Cor

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Visa requirments?

2007-01-31T22:51:15Z

Hello tribe!
I'm making a trip down south in jan of 07; driving...
I am wondering if mexico has a requirement for a passport? and, any special insurance for a car or lisence requirments needed? thanks!

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Shipping Advice from Mexico to Canada?

2007-01-30T18:49:25Z

I am currently in Mexico and would like to ship some glass back to Canada (upwards of twenty boxes that I have ordered from a factory). Unfortunately, the factory will only ship it as far as the border and from there, I must make all of the necessary arrangements to get it home. I am currently researching my options and was wondering if there was anybody out there for hire who might be able to help me get the glass from Laredo, Texas to Toronto... also, if anybody can recommend a mexican broker to help me with the paper work...
thanks,
tanja

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