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Michael Sherer is a Viet Nam veteran and constant traveler throughout the back roads of Central America. He’s also an ex- charter boat captain and ruby miner, with a taste for panama hats and unusual stories.

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Traveler's lament: do you speak English?

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

At some point, you’ll find yourself on the road, packed into a mini-van or a small aircraft that holds ten people. If you’re on one of the...
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Travel Tips for Central America: updated

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Double check the reservations and be sure that your watch is synchronized to local time: many Central American countries don’t observe Daylight...
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Palenque, a Mayan treasure

Friday, December 18th, 2009 · 1 comment

Obscured by a canopy of jungle foliage in the southern part of Mexico, this splendid city lay hidden for a thousand years. Mayan hunters mentioned a...
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Ux Chuc and the Zapatistas

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 · 1 comment

Dateline: Tuesday morning, o dark thirty in San Cristobal de las Casas. At this time of day, there was no coffee available in the hotel or in the...
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Death to Hippies! San Cristobal de las casas: part 2

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Day Two in San Cristobal de las Casas: Surprise! The weather is excellent and it is December the 14th and we’re only at 7000 feet. Shirtsleeves...
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San Cristobal and the Zapatistas

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

The cameras are loaded with fresh batteries, the pens are working and this time I’ll take the lap-top, if only to keep me warm at night. This...
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Mayan Blue, indigo to dye for

Friday, December 11th, 2009 · 1 comment

The Mayans used the extract of the tree known as indigofera (anil in espanol) for two thousand years, give or take a few centuries. It was used on...
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Joya de Cera: more questions than answers

Monday, December 7th, 2009 · 1 comment

Joya de Cera, that uniquely preserved, frozen in time and place site in El Salvador raises some unusual questions. Amongst various ceramic pieces...
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El Salvador salvaged(finally)

Saturday, December 5th, 2009 · 1 comment

What is it with me and road trips? Let’s backtrack to Monday and the latest attempt at going back to El Salvador. I had the shuttle arranged...
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Joya de Cera, the Akrotiri of El Salvador

Joya de Cera, known throughout the world as the Pompeii of Central America, is a misnomer. They found the remnants of the inhabitants in Pompeii, but...
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