Zitacuaro, Mexico

Dear Friends, I attended mass at Iglesia de Nuestra Catholic Church.  The majority of people are Catholic so a mass is offered every hour beginning at 8:00 and ending at 7:00.  The church was jam-packed with people standing.  Sunday (Domingo) is a shopping ...

... tucked in the mountainsides.  Along the way, we passed farmers who were leading donkeys loaded with fruits and vegetables to sell in Zitacuaro.  We hopped out of the Combi and walked up to Macheros. This is the small community which cares for this monarch ...

Today we visited the Institutito of Michoacano de Ciencias de la Education.  In America, this university would be comparable to a community college....such as Ivy Tech.  The school is in a beautiful setting as it sits on a mesa and is surrounded by the ...

After a brilliant week in Mexico City Claire and I headed to a small town close to the Resevario de Mariposa Monarca (Reserve of the Monarch Butterfly). It is really amazing. All the monarch buttferflies from Canda and North America come to this one place ...