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The 2019 edition of CUERNAVACA, A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS & TOURISTS is available at Amazon.com.

After hours of work and over 200 changes, I have published the 2019 edition of my guidebook, CUERNAVACA, A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS & TOURISTS. It has 24,218 words plus maps and photos. Sorry a print edition with so many color photos would be so expensive I would have to print 1000 copies to be able…

23/02/2019 in CUERNAVACA COMMENTARY, MEXICO & LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS, MUSINGS FROM MEXICO, TURISMO MORELOS.

POINSETTIAS ABOUND IN THEIR NATIVE STATE

  Cuetlaxochitl is the Nahuatl name the Aztecs gave to poinsettias, native not just to Mexico but to our state of Morelos.  The Aztecs used it to make a red dye and for ritual ceremonies.  The conquering Spanish friars converted it to Christian rituals with the red leaves representing the blood of Christ. The original…

03/12/2014 in CUERNAVACA COMMENTARY, MUSINGS FROM MEXICO.
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