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Batopilas Batopilas, Copper Canyon, Northern Mexico, Mexico

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The only train in Mexico

A travel blog entry by propyr_teidi

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... started to tail off, and we decided that if we showed people pictures of this part they wouldn't know where in the world it was! Looked like a massive plain with coule-have-been-made-up hillocks in the distance. As usual the Lonely Planet totally omitted to point out that by the time the train reaches the flat part of the journey there are ridiculous as-far-as-the-eye-can-see sunsets going on, instead suggesting that you get off the train before this point. I ...

At the bottom of the Copper Canyon

A travel blog entry by stanfalk

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I´m currently in Batopilas which is at the bottom of the Copper Canyon and in the real heart of Tarahumara land. At the moment I´m the only tourist in town due to the fact that it´s gotten a bad reputation for being a center for marijuana cultivation. The locals pretty much admit that the only business in town since the silver mine shut down is ¨la mota¨ but I don´t get the impression ...

Batopilas

A travel blog entry by martenijzerman

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Hallo

De rit van Creel naar Batopilas was in 1 woord geweldig. Geweldig mooi, geweldig zwaar maar ook geweldig interessant. Het was een rit van 145 km door gebergte tot ongeveer 2500 mtr hoogte. Door deze bergen lopen rivieren of in ieder geval rivierbeddingen, dus klimmen en dalen. Het gebied wordt bewoond door de Tarahumara Indianen. De mannen dragen grote witte lendedoeken met een wijde blouse erover en de vrouwen dragen prachtige rokken. De ...

Hold on Tight

A travel blog entry by helen-sean

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... and not a little gold for the Spanish, 2nd town in Mexico to get electricity so we´re told, some toff had a grand piano dragged over the mountains to his mansion, very Fitzcarraldo. Its tiny and many miles from anywhere.

On arrival its a weird vibe, lots of soldiers in the main square, far more than a town of 7000 needs, surely. Lots of very drunk people staggering around, throwing up, bit like Bolton ...

Arareko

A travel blog entry by rayou

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... 40 hectares, 3km de longueur)...nous marchons donc gaiement jusqu'à nous rendre compte, à un détour de chemin, que le lac est bien plus grand que nous l'avions prévu. Trop tard pour faire demi-tour nous voici engagés dans une randonnée plutot épuisante de plusieurs ...