Southern Mexico - What should I include on my reading list?
I enjoy doing background reading prior to a trip and after I return. Do you have suggestions for a reading list relevant to my Mexico trip, which will include the states of Tabasco, Chiapas and...
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Hi Sharon -- I'm going to poach on some of your planning -- it looks like we will be joining our daughter in Oaxaca and Palenque this summer (yeah, we know it will be HOT HOT HOT, but she's a teacher...
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Sharon, are you looking for non-fiction, research reading, or fiction?
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Diane, how wonderful! I know you will have a wonderful time. You can certainly tag along with my planning and research. We are looking at a December trip, so it won't be quite so hot. We went to Tikal...
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ChiChi - I am looking mostly for non-fiction. Although I will include fiction that had a lot of local culture, history or legends. By the way, I think a real interesting way to get into another...
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Of course THE classic is the 1841 Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens, with drawings by Frederick Catherwood. Stephens was the explorer who "discovered"...
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Chi Chi...thank you for the suggestions. I finished Oaxaca Journal tonight. The trip Oliver Sacks outlined is not my style at all... I prefer more variety. I did find it interesting in that a lot of...
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No, I didn't know that about ferns and Oaxaca either, until he came out with the book. I have read most of his other books and they are quite fascinating (although they have nothing to do with...
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Oh, goodie! Another one for my reading list. Thank you, ChiChi!!! -Sharon
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Sharon, I just wanted to tell you that after pulling out the edition I have of the Stephens/Catherwood classic to tell you about it, I realized that I had never read it all the way through. The...
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