Serena Centro Guadalajara

... to meet some really great folks and become fast friends with a few. A lot of the people here actually study or work in Guadalajara, and most are from Mexico, so I've been hearing (and speaking) lots of Spanish and improving a ton. My telcel phone is filling up with names and numbers, and I have offers (that I'll definietly take advantage of) to stay with some new friends in Monterray and Mexico City. Surprisingly, hanging around and playing Lotteria ...

... br><br>Diane will have some first hand experience and photo's to show her elementary school students about Asian life and cultures.<br><br>We are now signing off for this trip. <br><br>I would like to thank Randy for his hospitality and acting as our personal tour guide, translator and financial negotiator in dealing with the Asian natives.  They have a tendency to take advantage of the dumb "Farang" (Foreigner).<br><br><br><br>

In 2001 Diane and I built our home approximately 7 miles North of Marksville, LA, USA on LA Highway 1. We built a 3 bedroom house with 2-1/2 baths, living, dining, kitchen, office, bar, front and rear foyers, carport and storage room, consisting of 3,000 square feet of heated/cooled area. In addition I built a 2,400 square feet enclosed metal building for use as a workshop. Our home sits on ...

Natchez Parkway is a 444 mile road beginning in Natchez, Mississippi and ending in Nashville, Tennessee. Started in the late 1930s the modern Natchez Trace Parkway parallels the old trace. This is the story of people on the move, of the age old need to get from one place to another. It is the story of Natchez, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians following traditional ways of life, of French and Spanish people venturing into a world new to them and of people building a new nation.

... in the days when cotton was king and money flowed freely.<br><br>Natchez visitors are lured by the city's reputation for grassy promenades, overlooks of the Mississippi River, historic downtown and unique collection of antebellum houses representing architecture of the long-ago south.<br> <br>Let's begin with the downtown stroll consisting of 14 stops.

... we thought was construction noise - in fact it was barges out on the river we were camped by (referred to locally as the Tenn-Tom waterway, connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers) - quite a scene.   We went on up to Columbus, Mississippi after breakfast - a historic place with many ante-bellum mansions not destroyed in the Civil War (it was a hospital town and also well fortified) - also the birthplace of playwright Tennessee Williams.  We went to the visitor ...

... it had been down for 2 hours or so. I had many ominous warnings, uncertain territory behind and in front, bayou, and a very rough road shoulder, also not knowing my battery life left so took caution and camped in Catahoula Lake rec. area. The bayou was all around, and I was afraid a gator might come out from the high scrub on the road side, so I slept with a knife in one hand and my baggage and bike piled all around me. Didn't pull out the tent so as not to ...

... a specific meaning or representation to Mexican history. One of the buildings that had murals in it used to be a jail, insane asylum, and an orphan house. They said that at one time they were housing 3000 orphan children....WOW!! The boys and girls were separated within the building. The girls would be taught how to cook, clean, sew,....etc. The boys would learn how to make items with tools and to use those tools to create a ...

... generally not very attractive. You certainly wouldn´t want to swim in there but the setting as a whole was quite nice with mountains around and palm trees and jungle. The thermal baths were good although we didin´t really need a 41 degree pool on a day when it was about 35 outside anyway. The main pool was slightly cooler and very relaxing. Our next stop will be Acapulco following a short flight.

... during which a mariachi band, followed by assorted revelers in various states of consciousness, tramps all over the city amongst tiny alleys and side streets playing music. Apparently these go on all the time in Zacatecas. Small ceramic mugs were tied around our necks and filled with mezcal by any one of the several guys carrying ten-gallon jugs of the stuff. And filled with mezcal, and filled with mezcal, and filled.... By the end I was making sure I always held my cup ...