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History of Nayarit

From History.com

Early History
Although humans may have settled in Nayarit as early as 5,000 B.C, the first known civilization in the region, the Cora, appeared sometime around 400 A.D. Concentrated on the Nayar plateau of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Cora society reached its apex about 1200 A.D.; many of their descendants continue to live in the area. The Cora relied on agriculture, and cultivated beans, corn and amaranth.

From the 9th to the 12th century, other tribes migrated into the region, including the Tepehuano, Totorano and Huichole. Over the next 300 years they were driven back by tribes from the Indian civilizations of Xalisco. These tribes were members of the Chimalhuac�n Confederation.

Middle History
In 1523, Spanish conquistador Hern�n Cort�s briefly visited Nayarit. He was followed five years later by Nu�o Beltr�n de Guzm�n, infamous for his ruthlessness in overthrowing indigenous leaders. Beltr�n de Guzm�n conquered many villages in the region and founded the settlement of Esp�ritu Santo on the ruins of the indigenous city of Tepic. In 1531, Cort�s returned and tried to take control of the area, but Beltr�n de Guzm�n appealed to the Spanish crown and was named governor of a province comprised of the territories he had conquered.

In 1536, Diego P�rez de la Torre replaced Beltr�n de Guzm�n as governor. He ruled only two years, however, before being killed during an indigenous revolt in 1538. Throughout most of the 16th and 17th centuries, Franciscan priests of the Roman Catholic Church sought to convert and pacify the Cora, who fiercely resisted Spanish occupation. Spanish control of the region was constantly threatened by indigenous revolts, such as the famous uprising led by Tenamaxtli in the 1540s. Rebels in the Nayar mountain range continued to harass the Spanish until they were finally conquered in 1722.

Mexico began its march toward independence in 1810 under the leadership of Miguel Hidalgo. In Nayarit, a local priest named Jos� Mar�a Mercado took up the cause, occupying the capital city of Tepic without a battle in November 1810. By December he had also captured the port of San Blas, but his success was fleeting. Within a year, royalist forces had recaptured most of Nayarit. Even so, the larger revolution eventually succeeded, and Nayarit became a part of independent Mexico in 1821.

Recent History
Under the first Mexican constitution in 1824, Nayarit was made a region of neighboring Jalisco. In the 1830s and 1840s national politics were dominated by conflicts between centralists and federalists and in the 1850s and 1860s by clashes between liberals and conservatives. The liberals finally consolidated their power under President Benito Ju�rez, who shaped the future of Nayarit by separating Tepic from Jalisco in 1867. The city was not an independent state, however; it instead became a military district of the Mexican Federation.

Soon after Ju�rez left the presidency, Porfirio D�az rose to power, ruling Mexico from 1877 to 1880 and again from 1884 to 1911. During this period, Nayarit--like many states in Mexico--enjoyed economic growth due to improvements in transportation and communication. Increased prosperity was concentrated in the hands of a few, however, and most of the region�s inhabitants remained poor. Social unrest brought about the Mexican Revolution of 1910, when Francisco I. Madero led the effort to overthrow D�az.

Although D�az was removed from power in 1911, the war continued as various revolutionary factions battled among themselves. Forces loyal to Madero, Francisco "Pancho" Villa and Venustiano Carranza fought for control of the government in Nayarit. When the government adopted a new constitution in 1917, Nayarit was declared a federal state, and a brief period of peace and prosperity followed.

Like the rest of Mexico, Nayarit was under the political control of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party) from the beginning of the 1930s to the latter part of the 20th century. Under their leadership, the region experienced a surge of economic development and political stability.

Nayarit Today

For many years, one of the most significant contributors to the economy of Nayarit has been tobacco production. Two of Mexico�s largest tobacco companies are headquartered in the state, and a major cigarette factory operates in Tepic.

Tourism and other service industries account for about 24 percent of the state�s economy. Agriculture also supports the economy, with tobacco, sugarcane and tropical fruits being among the chief crops. Small factories manufacture tequila, leather goods, textiles and wooden products.

Although tourism is increasing, Nayarit�s coastline is still largely undeveloped, enabling visitors to surf and swim on beautiful, uncrowded beaches. The state is home to some of the best snorkeling in western Mexico, especially in the Las Marietas archipelago.

The government program Tepic Ciudad Blanca coordinates citizen initiatives to make the city cleaner and safer through trash collection and recycling, graffiti removal and neighborhood crime watches.

Facts & Figures

� Capital: Tepic

� Major Cities (population): Tepic (336,043) Santiago Ixcuintla (84,314) Valle de Banderas (83,739) Compostela (62,925) San Blas (37,478)

� Size/Area: 10,417 square miles

� Population: 949,684 (2005 Census)

� Year of statehood: 1917

Fun Facts

� The renowned painter Diego Rivera designed Nayarit�s coat of arms in 1921. A corn plant fills the upper left portion of the emblem, symbolizing the state�s capital, Tepic, the name of which comes from the Aztec word for corn, tepictu. At the upper right a golden bow and arrow represent Nayarit, the god of war worshipped by the Cora, the region�s most prominent indigenous tribe; Nayarit is said to have invented the bow and arrow. At the bottom, white peaks signify the Sierra Madre Occidental, a mountain chain that was home to the Nayar kingdom in the 1500s. At the center of the coat of arms, a small shield depicts an eagle eating a snake on a cactus, the nation�s symbol. Seven footprints encircle the small shield, representing the seven Aztec tribes that walked from the mythical Aztl�n to their new home at Tenochtitl�n.

� Nayarit is one of the smallest Mexican states. Only Aguascalientes, Colima, Morelos, Tlaxcala and the Federal District are smaller.

� One of Nayarit�s typical dishes is called cucaraches de camaron (shrimp cockroaches), although it contains no insects.

� Luis E. Miramontes, chemist and co-inventor of the contraceptive pill, was born in the state�s capital, Tepic.

� Nayarit has an unusual combination of both tropical and temperate ecosystems. About 300 species of orchids can be found there. Notable wildlife includes crocodiles, sea turtles, jaguars, humpback whales and 400 species of birds.

� The Las Palmas crocodile refuge in San Blas manages a breeding program and offers visitors the chance to see many of the large reptiles in their natural environment.

� The Spanish priest Junipero Serra, who founded many of area missions, embarked on his journey at the port of San Blas.

� Henry Wadsworth Longfellow�s 1882 poem The Bells of San Blas portrays the city as a link between the past and present. More recently, the Mexican rock group Mana recorded a song, El Muelle de San Blas (The Pier of San Blas) about the city.

� The archipelago Islas Mar�as lies about 115 kilometers (70 miles) off the coast. Since 1905 these islands have served as a federal penal colony where prisoners work and live with their families.

Landmarks

Tepic
Tepic�s eclectic architecture showcases the city�s varied history. The city�s oldest building is the church of La Cruz de Zacate, famous for a natural grass cross that maintains its shape and color without cultivation. Adjacent to La Cruz de Zacate is a former convent, built in 1784, where Jun�pero Serra resided before founding missions in Baja California and the U.S. state of California. A more recent building is the neo-Gothic Cathedral of Tepic, erected during the 19th century; its two main towers rise 40 meters (132 feet).

Archaeological Sites
Los Toriles, also known as Ancient Ixtl�n, is the region�s only major archaeological site. N�huatl people are believed to have occupied Los Toriles between 300 B.C. and 600 A.D., building columns, porticos, plazas, interior patios, avenues and stairways that survive today.

Islands
Many islands dot the Pacific Ocean off the coastline of Nayarit, including Las Marietas, Islas Mar�as and Isla Isabela.

Las Marietas, a small archipelago near Puerto Vallarta, is perfect for diving, snorkeling and camping. The natural reserve attracts tourists who come to observe humpback whales. Each year these giant mammals swim over 6,000 kilometers (4,000 miles) from Alaska�s icy seas to mate in the warm waters of Banderas Bay.

The Islas Mar�as are located 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of San Blas. The four main islands--Mar�a Madre, Mar�a Magdalena, Cleofas and San Juanico--have a total area of 274 square kilometers (106 square miles). Mar�a Madre, the largest island, has been used as a penal colony since 1905. The three smaller islands are inhabited by government officials and religious workers.

The small island of Isla Isabel, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from San Blas, is an ecological reserve that provides sanctuary to several unique bird species, including the tijereta (a kind of hummingbird), various types of bobo, pelicans and seagulls.

Beaches
Visitors to Destiladeras, El Anclote and Punta de Mita enjoy coral reefs, turtles, manta rays and lobsters. Los Ayala and Frideras are known for their golden sand, jungle vegetation and blue-green waters.

Mexico Gets a Break with Springtime Business
lga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press
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March 14, 2010

People dance among foam during spring break at a nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, late Friday, March 12, 2010. (AP/Israel Leal)

Cancun, Mexico � Mexico's spring break king � Cancun � is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's H1N1 flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

Those worries couldn't compete this year against Mexico's cheap airfare from the United States and phenomenal package deals that include the ever-popular all-you-can-drink enticements.

February saw 85 percent of its 28,000 rooms filled, a sign of Cancun's speedy recovery from 2009, when 1 million fewer visitors came than in a typical year. The relatively high occupancy seen in February is expected to go even higher in March when more universities are on spring break.

�We're back to normal levels after having seen tourism practically paralyzed last year,� said Dario Flota, assistant tourism secretary for Quintana Roo state.

At the sprawling, palm-tree packed Oasis Hotel, a popular spot with spring breakers, visitors from the United States and Canada looking to shake the chill from an unusually brutal winter dotted the beach, where some took photos with monkeys while others danced to music pumped out from gigantic speakers.

Emma Duranti, a 20-year-old science major at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, decided to come to Cancun after comparing it to Jamaica and finding a better deal. Duranti said she paid $1,040 for a seven-day, all-inclusive trip.

�I was expecting a good party but it went above and beyond,� said Duranti while sunbathing with two friends on the beach of the Oasis Hotel. �There is always a party on the beach, and you can party all day and party all night!�

Tourism officials say they expect about 25,000 spring breakers to descend this season on Cancun's newly rebuilt beaches and turquoise ocean, compared to the 20,000 who visited last year. That's in addition to tourists of all ages who visit throughout the year. And not only is Cancun drawing them back: Other destinations across the country are seeing tourists return, despite a U.S. travel alert warning Americans to stay away from some parts, mostly in the northern border states, because of drug violence.

Lonely Planet's U.S. staff's top-10 list for 2010 put Mexico as the No. 4 destination for the new year, declaring that �H1N1 is so 2009� and that Mexico is �still a good bargain, easy to get to for most Americans� � giving a much-needed endorsement for Mexico's third-largest source of foreign income.

Tourism all but came to a halt in April 2009 when fear over the swine flu epidemic virtually paralyzed Mexico, forcing the closure of schools, restaurants and archaeological sites and restricting air travel to Mexico from some countries. Mexico's revenue from foreign tourism dropped 15 percent to $11.3 billion from $13.3 billion in 2008, according to the Tourism Department.

The world has since learned that swine flu is treatable if detected in time, vaccines are available, and death rates have dropped in Mexico and elsewhere.

Mexico has had a tougher time fighting off its bad image from drug violence, which has left more than 15,000 people dead since President Felipe Calderon declared his war on cartels in 2006.

To counter the bad news, the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco in drug-plagued Guerrero state paid MTV $200,000 for the network to hold its spring party there this year. The city expects to draw between 7,000 to 10,000 spring breakers despite the resort's sporadic drug killings and gun battles, one of which took place near a historic tourist hotel last year.

Some U.S. universities last year warned students headed for Mexico of a surge in drug-related violence south of the border, prompting some to cancel already paid-for spring break trips.

Mexican government officials have gone on the offensive and made clear every chance they get that the violence is concentrated in a handful of states mostly along the Mexico-U.S. border, like Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua, and in the Pacific coast state of Michoacan � all far from the country's popular Caribbean Sea beach resorts.

That message appears to be working: Travelocity's senior editor Genevieve Shaw Brown said bookings on Travelocity.com for spring travel to Mexico have shot up 25 percent compared to last year. Cancun is No. 5 on Travelocity's top 10 spring break bookings list for this year, up from the No. 10 spot last year.

She said the swine flu epidemic, violence and an unhealthy economy forced Mexico to lower its prices.

�Now Mexico is reaping the benefits of cheap travel costs with the return of spring breakers who are looking for deals,� Shaw Brown said. �It's been communicated very well that Mexico is an outstanding value.�

Those who risk it are also reaping the benefits for doing so: The federal, state and local governments have invested $80 million to rebuild Cancun's world-renowned powdery white beaches that have been suffering from erosion.

Calderon was scheduled to inaugurate the recently completed project along Cancun's 8-mile long strip that extends the beach to 280 feet wide. The work, which took a year to complete, is the second attempt to rebuild the sandy playground since Hurricane Wilma devastated the area in 2005. An artificial reef was also built off the coast to help contain the sand.

Elysee Burgess, a 21-year-old nursing major from Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., had only one complaint: She has to get up from the beach every time she wants to get another drink from her hotel bar.

�The beach is great, there are some awesome parties,� Burgess said, while her friend Kristen Fleming took a picture with a monkey. The only drawback? �You can only get one drink at a time.�

A Fight with a Masked Mexican 'Princess'
Simon Reeve - BBC's Tropic of Cancer
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March 14, 2010

Lucha libre or "free wrestling" is one of Mexico's most popular sports. Its stars can make a lucrative living but it is very much a man's game. Women wrestlers struggle to make a living and gain recognition but they say they are far from throwing in the towel. (Claudia Wiens/BBC)

Masked wrestling is hugely popular in Mexico but in this macho country women fighters face a struggle for recognition.

It was the most painful experience of my entire journey around the Tropic of Cancer.

Forget the covert incursion into Burma, or crossing a minefield with a driver who did not know the way.

My worst injuries were actually suffered while being bounced around a wrestling ring by a diminutive Mexican princess.

But not just any princess.

The woman doing the damage was La Princesa (The Princess), a star of Mexico's lucha libre or "free wrestling" circuit.

Masked wrestling is hugely popular in the country, where women wrestlers are known as luchadoras.

I had only just begun my journey around the world, starting the trip on a beach on Mexico's Pacific Coast.

But just as we were leaving Mexico for Cuba, the next country along the line, for some reason my team thought it would be a good idea to put me up against The Princess during her training session.

Lucha libre started around the time of the Mexican Revolution (1910) and became very popular in the 1940s.

It is still a hugely popular sport among lower classes, as it is cheap to watch, fun and accessible.

If a wrestler loses a championship they have to endure a humiliation - either losing their mask (for up to a year) or having their heads shaved.

Macho Mexico

About half of all Mexican wrestlers get into the sport because one of their parents was involved.

Families with no history of wrestling are less keen for their children to enter the ring.

The Princess had first hand experience of family disapproval.

"My family did not want me to be a wrestler and I trained in hiding but once I was in the ring then they had to accept what I liked," she said.

But in macho Mexico, women wrestlers find it harder than men to secure wrestling bouts, along with fame and glory.

Just like male wrestlers, female wrestlers describe themselves as professionals, but due to the poor pay they usually take other jobs and train for an hour or two in the evening.

Women in Mexico - including wrestlers - are paid about 20% less than men.

So women like The Princess fight in the shadow of the country's venerated male wrestlers.

"In the case of Lucha Libre us women wrestlers have shown that we have ability, of course we don't have the same strength as the men but we have the same techniques, the same willpower to win and to demonstrate that female wrestling is of high quality.

"As far as the other wrestlers, well they (men) have always fought against it, because we are women, because they are macho and they want women at home.

"Wrestling in front of our fellow men is always going to be the same thing, they are never going to accept that a woman is better than them in the ring.

"The fact that men don't accept us, it has helped us to stand out and be better and above all to show our achievement and willpower," The Princess told me.

Black and blue

Eager to prove how tough she was, La Princesa invited me in to the ring along with her wrestling partner.

I expected her to be gentle with her fragile guest but she wanted to prove that Lucha Libre was not completely stage-managed.

"Loosen up," said Pepe Cohen, my Mexican guide, "otherwise she will have to use more force."

It was easy for him to say from the safety of the ropes.

La Princesa chucked me around the ring, slammed me onto my chest and generally battered me.

I had been expecting to risk my health and lose some dignity on my travels, but not like this.

Looking back at my entire Tropic of Cancer adventure, I think the injuries inflicted by The Princess lingered the longest.

I had black bruises, on parts of my body I could not show the camera, for more than a month. But no broken bones.

I limped from the ring unaided, received a hearty slap on the back from The Princess and we pressed on with the journey.

Tropic of Cancer is a six-part series starting on Sunday 14 March at 2000 GMT on BBC Two. Read more at The Tropic of Cancer website

More Mexican Refugees from Crime & Violence Head North
Frontera NorteSur
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March 15, 2010

Business leaders in the south Texas borderland have noticed a surge in Mexican nationals seeking homes and business opportunities since the beginning of the year. According to a real estate broker in McAllen, Texas, the new migrants are fleeing the narco-violence and criminality that are shattering the peace in the Mexican border states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon.

"People from Mexico are looking for a house in this area because it is more secure," said Noe Lopez of the RE/Max real estate company. Of 30 or 40 loan applications received by his firm each week, 90 percent of the requests are from Mexican nationals, Lopez said. Seventy percent of the Mexican applicants are from Monterrey and the remainder from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, he added.

Luis Cantu, vice president of international relations for the McAllen Chamber of Commerce, said his city had seen a "great influx" of Mexican business persons inquiring about investment opportunities in the US. "They are looking at establishing their businesses. They are buying their residences here in McAllen," Cantu said. "This is something we began to notice at the beginning of last year. So far this year we've seen a great number of people."

The flight of middle and upper-class families to McAllen follows a pattern in other areas of the Mexico-US border hit by rising insecurity. In recent years San Diego, Laredo and El Paso have been important refuges for an undetermined number of new immigrants. Reportedly, families have also fled violence-wracked rural Chihuahua for Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.

The out migration is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.

Chihuahua, Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon are key battlegrounds in the wars between competing underworld syndicates for control of territory and goods.

A key industrial center, the area in and around Monterrey is a prime hot spot. Last weekend three municipal policemen were killed and a police cadet wounded in San Nicolas, Nuevo Leon, when gunmen surprised and disarmed the officers. Before opening fire, the killers reportedly blurted out to their victims: "May God Bless You."

Earlier, on March 3, eight presumed cartel gunmen and two soldiers were killed in a clash in Anahuac, Nuevo Leon, according to the Mexican Defense Ministry.

To underscore the seriousness of the security situation, the US Consulate in Monterrey has instructed its employees to avoid non-essential travel in the metropolitan area of Mexico's third largest city. The Consulate also recommended that US citizens avoid travel if possible on the highways between Monterrey and the border cities of Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo.

In a statement dated March 5, the Consulate noted "numerous confirmed reports of deadly gun battles" in and around the cities of Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa, and in small towns north and east of Monterrey. The US government agency also reported the setting up of cartel checkpoints on main highways to the US border, grenade attacks in the Monterrey metro area, and an increase in carjacking.

Sources: El Universal/Notimex, March 9, 2010. El Sur/Agencia Reforma, March 8, 2010. Article by Miguel Dominguez and Mauro de la Fuente. El Diario de El Paso/EFE, March 6 and 7, 2010. Monterrey.usconsulate.gov/

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Frontera NorteSur (FNS)
Center for Latin American and Border Studies
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Calder�n: Mexico Committed to Improving Security
Adr�an Jim�nez - The News
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March 15, 2010

The SRE said that authorities will continue to work to strengthen public security in Ciudad Ju�rez and in the rest of Mexico.

Mexico City � In response to the murders of three people connected to the U.S. consulate to Ciudad Ju�rez, Chihuahua, over the weekend, the Mexican government promised that national authorities will work to solve the murders in order to bring to justice the ones responsible.

The federal government, through the Foreign Affairs Secretariat (SRE), said it is committed to ensuring the security of the diplomatic and consular personnel, as well as their families�, in Mexican territory. The SRE said that authorities will continue to work to strengthen public security in Ciudad Ju�rez and in the rest of Mexico.

The U.S. Department of State issued a new travel warning, replacing one dated Feb. 22. U.S. consulate employees in border cities such as Tijuana, Nogales, Ju�rez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros have also been authorized to take leaves of absence until April 12.

Similarly, the SRE said that it will continue cooperating with U.S. diplomatic authorities throughout the murder investigation.

In a press release, President Felipe Calder�n expressed his indignation and condemned the events that happened in Ju�rez. He said that Mexico is thoroughly committed to solving these �serious crimes.�

Calder�n expressed his condolences to victims� families and said his administration is committed to improving Mexico�s security.

The Cora of Nayarit
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The Cora, or Na'ayarij, people inhabit the rugged mountains and deep canyons of the Sierra del Nayar (a territory of around 5,000 square kms), part of the Sierra Madre Occidental. Most of the 16,410 Coras in Mexico (according to the 2000 census) live in Nayarit state (15,389 people). There are several Cora communities in the area of El Mezquital, Durango, and Coras also live across the Nayarit border in Jalisco. There are 5 major Cora communities in Nayarit -- Santa Teresa, Jesus Maria, San Pedro Ixcat�n, San Juan Corapan, and Rosarito Saycota. Coras speak a Uto-Aztecan language; together with Huichol the two languages form the Corachol language family. Some linguists say the two major dialects of the Cora language are so different they might be considered separate languages.

People have inhabited the Sierra del Nayar for at least 2,000 years. Spanish explorers first contacted the Coras in 1530. Attempts at conquest and conversion were violently repelled until 1722 when the Cora military leader Tlahuitole was captured and executed, and the Spanish destroyed Cora temples at Yauhke (Mesa del Nayar). Jesuits and then Franciscans established missions in Cora territory and began converting the Coras to Catholicism. In 1857 the Coras were part of an indigenous army that took control of much of Nayarit until the 1870's. The Coras rose up against the government again in 1926-1929 during the Cristero Rebellion. In the 1940's Mexico finally gained some measure of control over the Sierra del Nayar, establishing an administrative center in Jesus Maria.

Coras are farmers who grow maize, beans, and squashes and other crops such as sugar cane, tomatoes and chiles as elevation and rainfall permit. Families also plant fruit trees and vegetable gardens. Families have ancestral rights to farm specific areas, although the land itself cannot be owned. Domestic animals like cattle and goats as well as turkeys, chickens and bees are kept. Most Coras live in isolated "ranchos" composed of related families with some families also owning houses in the ceremonial centers which they occupy during festivals. In the past Coras practiced polygyny, with a man marrying several sisters, but this practice is dying out. Part of economic life for many Cora men and boys is the annual winter migration to the plantations of the Nayarit coast to perform wage labor. Some Cora men have migrated to the western US to find work.

Most Coras are Catholics, although Protestant conversions are taking place. Cora religion is a syncretic mix of Catholicism and indigenous beliefs in ancestor worship, shamanism, and animism. Deities such as the sun (Tayau), fire, and the morning star are venerated along with Jesus, Mary, and Catholic saints. Tobacco and peyote are used in religious contexts. The most important annual festival is "La Judea," the week-long Semana Santa (Holy Week) celebration in which hundreds of participants ("borrados") transform themselves into white and black demons, Moors, Pharisees, Jews, Christs, and other personages to carry out processions, battles and rituals.

Cora men traditionally wore ankle-length white manta pants and colorful shirts along with leather huaraches, palm hats, and hand-woven shoulder bags. Many men now wear jeans, western-style shirts, cowboy hats, and other non-traditional clothing. The dress of women varies among communities, but generally women wear long, full skirts and elbow-length blouses of bright colored fabrics often decorated with ribbons and embroidery. Women also wear bead necklaces and earrings, wrap themselves in dark-patterned rebozos, and carry colorful hand-woven shoulder bags

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Pacific Coast Road, Driving and Travel Guide Log 2010

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The Mexico Road Log and Driving Guides give details of what to expect along major travel routes when visiting different areas of Mexico. "Far more than a simple map, these road logs detail intersections, driving directions, points of interest, and provide important information on driving hazards that even current GPS systems do not track" said Dot Bell. "The Road Logs are a must for those who are driving throughout the Baja, Pacific, Gulf Coast, and the Interior of Mexico."

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The Bell's originally designed the Mexico Road Log for a Caravan they were leading down Mexico's West Coast. "We wanted to list every individual gas station and identifier so folks wouldn't get lost. We wanted to warn them of every turn and hazard along the way," says Bell. "They were such a hit and even the people who have driven Mexican Roads for years were asking for them. They wanted to be reminded where the next gas station was, if it sold diesel or where the next Military checkpoint was likely to be."

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