Jim & Carole's Mexico Adventure

Carole and I live in Ajijic, a village on the shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest natural lake. During our travels in Mexico, we have found a startling cultural mix from ancient pre-hispanic to the 21st Century.This is a land of vivid colors and contrasts, a country which provides us with fascinating new perspectives. We hope you enjoy this photographic journal as much as we have enjoyed creating it.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Purépecha Fiesta at the Ajijic Plaza

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A Purépecha woman dances gaily in the Ajijic Plaza. For several days before Christmas, a group of crafts people from the State of Michoa...
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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Mexico City Part 6: Aztec Cosmology (Continued)

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Centeotl , the God of Maiz , brandishes a couple of corn cobs.  He wears an elaborate head dress, large ear spools, and suspended from his...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Mexico City Part 5: Aztec Cosmology

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The Bat God is not a deity whom I would want to encounter in dark alley . The god Camazotz was associated with vampire bats, blood, cave...
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