"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
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> "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!
>>>
>>> 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.
>
That's a heckuva term to use when you're talking about Creel! It's about a
4,000 ft jump. The drive from Creel to Batopilas does give you a bit of
that jumping off feeling, though. There is bus service from Creel to
Batopilas for cheap. It's a converted school bus-type thing.
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