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In the Spring of
1962, I first traveled to Monterrey, Mexico, on a Reader's Digest sponsored
journalism fieldtrip. I feel in love immediately with Mexico. The following
summer I was the guide for a group from my church and on that trip I met some
Mexicans with whom I corresponded and spent the following Christmas. The
next summer I lived with the Jose Gonzalez family while
attending Monterrey Technical Institute, where I studied Spanish. Papa
Gonzalez let me add Gonzalez to my name after I ate a meal covered in his
picante sauce. I
probably know Mexico better than I know the United States. In 1988 I
discovered Oaxaca, Mexico, 300 miles southwest of Mexico City. I have lived there twice and visited there on
many occasions. I founded two tourist newspapers there (Oaxaca Times-
English and Oaxaca - English and Spanish). Of all the
places in the world where I could live, I have chosen Oaxaca and I returned
there in April, 2002.
Here are a few
of my many photos of Oaxaca.
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