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Chihuahua Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Chihuahua, Mexico
Palomas is "Back in Business"
This is a top pick! ... border, pleading for asylum in the U.S.--running for his life. Since then the United States extended a travel advisory on Mexico, and Mexico's federal government sent a contingent of their army to Palomas. We saw no sign of that army during ...
Duty Free Zone: Border Style
This is a top pick! ... duty or tax. The customer must then "dutifully" [sorry, I couldn't resist that] carry the items purchased across the border into Mexico. When they return back into the US they declare them and pay a little tax to the state of Texas. All told, you save ...
We made the news
This is a top pick! ... ... (Contributed photo) A family of four who made its way to Desert Humanitarians Resource Center in Palomas, Mexico, late Friday, was provided medical attention, food and blankets by Resource Center personnel. Alima McMillian, coordinator of the ...
Sights of Palomas--a whole range
This is a top pick! This entry is a slide show of some assorted shots of Palomas with my written memories attached. You can click on the photos, most of them have stories or explanations. Good-by, Palomas, until next year! I've grown to love you. Hope to see you ...
Chihuahua - the town not the dog!
This is a top pick! ... a place where you have to speak Spanish and not many of the people you meet speak English. It gives you focus! Alex: Chihuahua was nice - not loads to do but pretty. We went to Pancho Villa's (a Mexican Revolutionary) House which was interesting (not ...
Keeping busy in Palomas
This is a top pick! Our friends Peter and Polly spearhead an effort to organize an economic cooperative in Palomas, giving the people there some hope for a better future. A local family donated space from a former car wash which they're transforming into the ...
Copper Canyon and Surrounds
This is a top pick! ... eyed local people, speaking a dialect of old German to each other. Ah, we've found the answer. Apparently, the area around Chihuahua is home to the Mennonite sect, who came here from Germany, after firstly trying to live in Russia and Canada, and who ...
Who are Desert Humanitarians? How can I be one?
This is a top pick! A loosely-associated group of compassionate people, seeing the needs of the poor in Mexico, banded together under the name "Desert Humanitarians." They got a grant, rented a storefront in Palomas (the Migrant Resource Center), and provide a simple, free ...
Chihuahua
This is a top pick! ... of blowing up! Somehow, we made it in unscathed! With an hour or so of daylight left, we ventured into the centre of Chihuahua to the Plaza de Armas and had a look at the Cathedral. We then spent some time catching up with the travelogue and emails ...
Easter in Mexico
This is a top pick! We spent a most meaningful Easter weekend working at the soup kitchen in Palomas. A special treat was having Catholic Worker visitors from Luck, WI, John and Bonnie, visit and help. Another treat was having Annunciation House co-worker Renee and her ...
Ai Chihuahua!
This is a top pick! ... reason to even leave the bus station. Apparently this is where the bad stuff happens! But the final nail in the Chihuahua coffin was the 3-sided noticeboard in the bus station filled with A4 posters of missing people! Albeit all were Mexican and ...
I'm out to prove there are Chihuahuas in Chihuahua
... waste the salt. Only put a lime in a beer if it's in a metal can to cut the metallic taste. We're entering the Chihuahua Desert. The Miracle Church is on the right side on the hill. On Saturdays and Sundays many will start from Juarez at 5am ...
Bound for Mexico
... back to the bus station. Upon arrival in El Paso we had to catch another bus that would take us over the border into Mexico and onto Chihuahua, our stop over before heading up to the Copper Canyons. When we arrived in El Paso the onward bus was sitting ...
Divisadero
Divisadero offre l'un des plus impressionant et plus haut panorama sur le canyon. Nous faisons donc une petite ballade à cheval qui nous permet d'apprécier un magnifique coucher de soleil, qui donne à la roche des couleurs orangées. Puis le lendemain ...
Chihuahua
... road. I was eager to cross the border that day so didn't stop in the city's historic center. Chihuahua's outskirts, though, look like a rather prosperous place with all the ugly roadside restaurant, fast food, and retail chains that dominate ...
Le mythique train Chihuahua - Pacifico
... 90 millions de dollars de coût de construction 630 km reliant Los Mochis sur la côte Pacifique à la ville de Chihuahua 39 ponts vertigineux 85 incroyables tunnels 2500 m d'altitude maximale (station Divisadero) 14 heures pour joindre les 2 extremités ...
Nuevo Casas Grande
at janos, you turn south, making your way towards hwy 16. you will see beautiful mountain hills along the way. Casas Grande is one of Mexicos largest Mormon communitys. yo will eventually reach highway 16 near Cuauhtemoc, west of ...
Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico
... which took about an hour. I gave a very bittersweet goodbye hug to Carmen, and told her that thanks to her, my expectations of Chihuahua were far exceeded. Eduardo was going to take me to the bus station to go to Cuauhtemoc, about an hour closer to the ...
We're really bummed about leaving the rim.
Early morning (well, since we got up at least three times from 1am to 3am to see the meteor shower that wasn't). Then at 5:30 to see what was supposed to be a 10 on the sunrise scale, only to have a cloud bank come in and ruin it sunrise on the ...
Officially Ghetto
... , consisting of two strips of ham in a bun cost me $5 and everyone else 25 pesos. I am white, obviously. My arrival in Chihuahua was relaxed and less troublesome than I expected. No one was looking to sell anything to anyone, and I was able to glide ...
Est. Consuelo
Mid day, we take two vehicles north to the very small village of Est. Consuelo. An older couple live with thier younger son, wife and two children. We pack ourselves into a cozy room and are filled with typical mexican food, with dulce de ...
Ortiz
For 2pm lunch, we are invited out of town (10mins) to the village of Ortiz. Doña Sara grew up in the home and has been here since. She is not well so Olgita and Rachel are staying with her.They help prepare the meal. The jalapeños are ...
Chihuahua
... de Benito Juarez, autre personnage important de l'histoire du Mexique à avoir vécu ici. Le troisième personnage associé à Chihuahua est Miguel Hidalgo, curé et révolutionnaire qui fut fusillé dans le palais du gouverneur, aujourd'hui orné de ...
el noroeste
... matter which one cos they're all carbon copies of each other like they came off some abominable assembly line - and throw Chihuahua in the pile. It's endless suburban sprawl, warehouses, walmarts, all that goodness. Pretty desert though. I need to go ...
The night of the bus
... , but this time eyes assaulted by great views of rolling fields, mountains, ranches, the sunset and great big skies. Arrived in Chihuahua 15 minutes after a bus had left for Monterrey - not so superman this time - more murphy man but hey ho. There was ...
Chihuahua
... singers. Chihuahua is a nice little city but after you visit the museums and local landmarks there isnt a great deal to do. Tomorrow i leave Chihuahua. Next stop......the Colonial town of Zacatecas where i will meet Ale from ...
Laying Low
Chihuahua, capital of the state by the same name, sprawls between a ring of mountains, yet with a small central area. I wondered around amongst the numerous cowboy boots & hat stores, had a good steak, but mostly just rested up in a nice hotel, ...