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Rug Weaving
Next stop on our day trip was a family-operated rug weaving business. Rugs are made from wool and dyed from local plants – sometimes seeds ground using traditional grinding stones. Some colours are created from others by adding various things like citrus. When you turn the rug over it is identical on the other side…
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Santa Maria del Tule
We took at tour outside Oaxaca on Monday. First stop – Santa Maria del Tule. What is famous about this place is the 2000 year old Montezuma Cypress Tree – supposed to have the widest girth of any tree in the world with a circumference of 40 meters – estimated to weigh 630 tons.
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La Paz
Our time in La Paz is almost over. We head off to Oaxaca Thursday morning. What did we do here? Very little. We do a lot of walking mostly up and down the Malecon, to the coffee shop, the market and the grocery store. That’s not me by the way. Other pictures taken in La…
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Arriving in La Paz
We just arrived in La Paz Mexico a few days ago – a yearly trek with friends Chris and Toula that started 12 years ago after Mom passed away. Prior to that we had spent Christmas with Mom (and Dad – who passed away in 2003). This morning I headed out (as I often do)…
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2017-18 Selection
Final post of the year – maybe – completing a selection from all my photos: 2017-18 SELECTION.
WR Foster 