Back in Mazatlan, it's nice to be back in tropical weather again. Crew member John flew home on Jan 25.
I keep busy by reading, doing projects on the boat, playing volleybal in the pool, and cooking on board Calou.
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Jeff
We saw this adorable baby on the platform while waiting for the train to take us back to Los Mochis.
A word about the train: it has full dining and bar service, but credit cards are not accepted. Furthermore, there were NO ATMs at any stops along our voyage. So we found that, on our return trip, we had just barely enough cash on hand to pay for our meals. The train staff pitied us and gave us a price discount so that we could purchase full meals.
Not being able to enjoy snacks, sodas, wine, coffee, etc. during the 9 hour train ride, put quite a damper on things! Lesson learned: when starting a Copper Canyon train trip, bring as much cash with you as you can, to cover all your incidental expenses, souvenirs, and the meals and snacks on the train both ways. I'd recommend bringing at least 3000 pesos per person, preferably more.
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We were astonished to see this family, with the young girls and babies, perched just a few feet from a vertical drop of hundreds of feet, as the mother made and sold baskets.
It gave us shivers to watch the toddler girl prance around a few steps from the precipice. The older siblings made sure she didn't fall.
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This is a typical Tarahumara dwelling, a tiny log cabin with a wood burning stove, a vegetable garden, no electricity and no indoor plumbing. There are hundreds such dwellings around and in the canyon in the area where Francois traversed on horseback.
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The dining room of the Mirador Hotel has very good food and great views of the canyon.
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These girls make and sell their baskets at Copper Canyon. They are a photogenic, and mysterious, people.
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Rita
Pascale gives gifts (little bracelets) to little Taramuhara indian girls, in front of their log cabin home built into a cave on a canyon cliff.
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