Viejo Zoquiapan: A Magnificent Ruined Church lost in the Hills Of Oaxaca.
The border means more than a customs house, a passport officer, a man with a gun. Over there everything is going to be different; life is never going to be quite the same again after your passport has been stamped and you find yourself speechless among the money-changers. The man seeking scenery imagines strange woods and unheard-of mountains; the romantic believes the the women over the border will be more beautiful and complaisant than those at home; the unhappy man imagines at least a different hell; the suicidal traveler expects the death he never finds. The atmosphere of the border – it is like starting over again.  Graham Greene  The Lawless Roads Travel must rank with the more serious forms of endeavor. Admittedly there are other ways of making the world's acquaintance. But the traveler is a slave to his senses; his grasp of a fact can only be complete when reinforced by sensory evidence; he can know the world, in fact, only when he sees, hears, and smells it. Robert Byron.  The Road to Oxiana	This site brings together some fieldnotes from trips I have made in Mexico to fairly out of the way places. It is intended for the frugal traveller looking for out of the ordinary adventure. I offer some tips and contacts that will help you on your way. Enjoy! To read from my books: The Book of Chumayel; The Counsel Book of the Yucatec Maya (1539-1638). The Mystery of the Mayan Hieroglyphs. Use Google here:         Search the full text of our books
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