Folks here are some photos of the casita we have rented until March 31.
View of the bay from our balcony The balcony
Inside
View from the street as you can see it’s right above the art gallery for [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by FrankandRita
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Just a very quick update to let you all know we are still alive and in Mexico, back in La Manzanilla. Arrived here yesterday afternoon after having driven more mountain roads than I care to remember going up to Angangueo to see the butterflies and surrounding Pueblas. [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2008 by FrankandRita
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texas-004.aviJust around noon as I was leaving Midland this wind started to pick up.In minutes the area was covered in dust.I have dust every where,as I write it is still blowing strong. As I was trying to take a picture of the dust storm my new camera was switched to video,so this is the result.
Peter
Posted on February 26th, 2008 by pedro
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This road is not very well traveled.I did meet a group of bikers and the odd local driver in his pickup truck.It is an older road,but it is not pot holed.Just before the border the road climbs over a mountain where a river cutt’s a nice canyon trough the mountain.To bad my camera [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2008 by pedro
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Our departure time was two pm,which was a little latter that I would have like to have left not knowing the road conditions a the terrain.Total drive was 286km ,first and last part of the drive was mountainous and the rest was fairly strait drive on a 6000ft high plateau.Road condition is good and we [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2008 by pedro
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The drive from Mazatlan to Durango was the most scenic and most “curvas” drive that I have ever done.We reached altitudes of over 9200 ft.There is town of 4000 people up there.The road is in a good shape.From Durango to Parral easy drive after the drive a day before also a good road.Parral to Creel [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by pedro
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South of Zihuatanejo, accross the coast of Guerrero I drove towards Acapulco. Unlike in Michoacan, Highway 200 follows a more inland route across the milder topography of Guerrero. This allowed for fast travel and I made it from Zihuatanejo to Acapulco in less than four hours. That doesn’t include my stop at [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Poolio
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Who didn’t have sleeping problems at night with the “pinche” rooster in Mexico? This very short animation movie (23 seconds) is fully dedicated to Ben and Sylvia but also to Rita’s sister, Judy and her chum Raynald…
Drawings by Annie Boulanger
Animation and music & SFX : René Gaudet
P.S. I always use the 20mm cannon for that [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by René Gaudet
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Folks, here’s a bit more detail and pictures of our trip from Manzanillo to Playa Azul then to Patzcuaro. Jonathan has already said a lot so I will just fill in some details from our perspective. The Michocan coast line from Manzanillo to Playa Azul is as Jonathan said, breathtaking, with more beaches [...]
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by FrankandRita
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Here it is the URLs (they are supposed to works by cliking directly on it but if not, just copy and paste the link into your favorite browser)
Alberto, el peluquero de Yacona (Where Frank got a hair cut)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNUiBG_EbQA
Los Nomadas locos del Volkswagen (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aw6RQC_Quo
Los Nomadas locos del Volkswagen (part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbBSlYkTLvI
I hope to add [...]
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by René Gaudet
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