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88Fray Marcos de Niza and His Monument
Driving south on Duquesne Rd in the Santa Cruz County sector of the Coronado National Forest in Southern Arizona one comes upon a broad, grassy plain which looks more like it belongs in the grasslands of the...
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73Squatter Settlements
Urban areas done in field observations in cities such as Bangalore, India, Thailand or Peru, the definition of a squatter settlement varies, it can be the definition of a makeshift housing or slums. Much of...
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78Treasure of the Cursed Superstition Mountains
A certain "Norman" told author R.G. Babcock the story of an old Blackfoot Indian about a large horseshoe shaped outcropping of sandstone, called the Painted Rock, where the cursed Aztec Treasure could be hidden...
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71Want the World's Best Weather? Visit "Cowhorn."
Remarkable, 80-mile, scenic drive from Mexico City. Never hears of Cowhorn? Well, translate it into Spanish and you come up with Cuerna (horn) and Vaca (cow). Put it together and you have Cuernavaca, in...
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76If You Want to be a Writer: First be a Reader!
Some Joys and Pitfalls of Writing for a Living.As this is an area covered by loads of professional writers, many providing self-help information way beyond my reach, I will confine this article to some of my...
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76The Island of the Living Dead Dolls
Come and follow me to the Canal of Xochimilco, with its unsettling mystical charm. Over hundreds of years the area has been desecrated to this one single canal, the sole tributary of the Xochimilco Lake......
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80Prostitution is Endemic in Mexico
Sad Mexican street scene credit guanabee.com Prostitution is Endemic in Mexico. Unless religion puts a damper on things, anywhere women have little opportunities compared to men, prostitution, overt or...
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67Visceral Realism: A New Literary Movement?
Literary movements are best seen in hindsight. Critics can identify several novels of an era sharing similar characteristics and, voilá, a literary movement has been identified, viz: The Romantic...
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77Was Man the Aquatic Ape?
Was Man’s Immediate Ancestor an “Aquatic Ape?“ Mankind’s Watery Awakening. Why we prefer the “missionary position.” Babies can swim before they can crawl. When we look at the skeletons of...
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87Entering Mexico: What to Expect at Mexican Immigration and Customs
Will they let you in? Do you have all your paperwork? Where did you stash your passport? Are you "allowed" to bring {fill in the blank} into the country? Do they speak English? Entering any foreign country...
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