The route of our travels in Mexico.
Introduction
This is the account of a trip through central Mexico that I took in February, 2005 with my wife Bonnie and my buddy Big Tree Bob. We went in search of pines and baldcypresses; in our immersion in the people and culture of Mexico, we found much more.
Links to
- Latin names take you straight to another page on this site. All of these pages (about trees) will be re-written, but since I'm writing this page first, some of them will look pretty dull for awhile.
- Other links open a new page off-site.
- Red links open a pop-up window with a picture from this trip.
- The thumbnail photos on the left also open pop-up windows. The pictures are mostly limited to 640x480 pixels or smaller, but were shot with a 5 megapixel camera. Contact me if you're interested in a high-resolution image.
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Index
| Day 1 | Flight, and journey to Amecameca. |
| Day 2 | Across Popo-Izta National Park to Puebla. |
| Day 3 | Puebla to Oaxaca, and Santa Maria del Tule. |
| Day 4 | Monte Alban, former capital of the Zapotec empire. |
| Day 5 | Highway 175 across the Divide and into the Rainforest. |
| Day 6 | Back to Oaxaca on Highway 175. |
| Day 7 | Driving from Oaxaca to Cuautla, Morelos. |
| Day 8 | The Olmec site of Chalcatzingo, and the Christian site of Chalma. |
| Day 9 | To the summit of the Nevado de Toluca. |
| Day 10 | West across Michoacan, past Uruapan, to Ciudad Guzman. |
| Day 11 | Exploring the Nevado de Colima. |
| Day 12 | We finally get to hang out on a beach. |
| Day 13 | We continue to play at the beach. |
| Day 14 | Driving, driving, driving, to reach San Miguel Allende. |
| Day 15 | Back to Mexico City, with some very large trees along the way. |
| Day 16 | The Great Temple and other sights around Mexico City. |
| Day 17 | National Anthropological Museum, Mexico City. |
| Day 18 | Teotihuacan and the Virgin of Guadalupe. |
| Day 19 | Return to Seattle. |
| Extras | Supplementary info - pine taxonomy, citations, tree measurements. |
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
Last modified on 2006.05.10