"k" wrote in message
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> "Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
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>> We got back Sunday, probably the best vacation we have ever enjoyed. Cost
>> about as much as a Carnival Cruise of same duration, but so much more
>> exciting, colorful and challenging!
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>> http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dg6rrwg5_253sq9qhcd&hl=en
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>> Let me know if the file does not show up after a few minutes. It takes
>> forever to load and I will be putting it up in another site if people
>> have trouble with the Google.doc version.
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> Nice site, Wayne. We stayed with Doug a few years back on the end of our
> own trip, and rode horses in and around his beautiful ranch.
>
> Our train ride from El Fuerte to Divisidaro was during heavy rain, and we
> saw hundreds and hundreds of vernal waterfalls, some over a thousand feet
> high.
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> We spent a few days in Batopilas at the canyon bottom, in a tiny hotel
> with only three guest rooms, but right on the river. After NYC, Batopilas
> was the second city in North America to have electricity, yet two years
> ago they were busy running the first power lines to the next village, just
> two miles away. Batopilas has an ancient public water supply system, with
> the best city water we've ever had anywhere. No wonder, because it
> filters down through thousands of feet of sandstone.
>
> For anyone who has considered a trip to Copper Canyon, it truly is every
> good/amazing/phenomenal thing you've heard about it. We used California
> Native for our arrangements, but traveled on our own.
>
> Keith
Have forwarded your note to my son and daughter who are gathering info for
their own trip. They will most likely use the Margarita hostel in Creel as
their jumping off site.
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