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.

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Ancient Chacchoben, "The Place of the Red Maiz"

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Chacchoben's largest pyramid is   Templo 1, which   stands on the Gran Basamento . After our visit to  Lago de Bacalar , we continued ...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Fort San Felipe, Bacalar's bulwark against pirate attacks

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A rusty cannon points toward  Lago de Bacalar from one of the fort's four bastions . In my previous posting, I wrote about the piracy...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Conquest, Colonization, & Piracy

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The Spanish land in the New World . There is a lot going on in this early painting. Three heavily-armed Spaniards stand arrogantly before ...
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