Mary and Aldo's American Odyssey
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Hugs & teary goodbyes
Sharing a joke as we prepare to go to the supermaket
A community leader explains how they established the hot house to produce all year around & the difficulties of breaking into new markets
Incredibly well-behaved children under six enjoy the food
A father helps his little girl eat the fruit based sweet
Community women and children share the food they have learned to cook for a balanced diet in higienic conditions
World Vision Staff and Reymundo's parents watch the weaving with interest
A community women weaves with an adapted bike wheel
The School and Community leaders welcome us to present their projects with pride
Mario and Leoncio of World Vision with Reymundo (our sponsored child) and his parents.
The iguanas were around with the Maya (500 BC-800 AD) when felling the jungle for construction resulted in reduced waterfall, food crisis and war
At one of Palenque's Maya pyramids before we climbed to the top and the batteries ran out on the camera
Monday, September 20, 2010
The Red Queen was in charge of the Maya - here's her palace
Men in the bus clearing a tree on the road in pouring rain
Agua Azul when heavy rain turned the water brown
The rubbish bogged our boat in the canyon
Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas
A Ribeiro painting in wool
Aldo learns the art of wool refinement
Who's for worms and chilli with Mescel
Tule Tree, 55 feet wide and 2000 years old at Oxaca
Tomb 7 & Stones of the Dancers in Oxaca
Olmeca, Zapoteca and Mixteca ruins of Monte Albano, Oxaca
On the road to Oxaca
Pueblo
Santa Maria Tonantzintla temple decorated by Indigenous people
Aztec Sun Dial / Calendar
Care to sacrifice your heart and put it in this stone for the Gods?
Street vendors
A teacher demonstration to increase the commitment to education
The most beautiful post office
Aztec Ruins next to the cathedral
Uneven sinking of neighbouring doors at the Zocolo
Measuring the uneven sinking of the cathedral
Madonna of Guadalupe
The Zocolo
Mexico City Zocolo dressing up for the 200th Anniversary since Independence
WWII Memorial
Aldo making a fashion statement in front of the hotel where Martin Luther King stayed when he wrote his famous "I have a dream" speech.
China Town
Wshington on a hot summer's night
The White House on a Summer's Day
The Station with the flag, park, fountain and baroque builing representative of Washington
Window from which JFKennedy was shot
Reconstructed Washington after 9/11
Aldo enjoying a walk down Mulberry St with State Empire Building in the background
Aldo's favourite dish in Little Italy NY
Inside the museum- Wow! Look at those sculptures
Rooftop of National Art Museum overlooking Central Park
Surviving statue from Nagasaki with back part blown away
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