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Incidents of virtual travel in Mesoamerica.
- A fine collection of Mexican colonial art : In Davenport, Iowa?
- San Francisco’s putative Mexican Museum gets $250,000 : Will it ever actual open?
- The Mixed Blessings of Mexican Dual Citizenship : Double military obligations anyone?
- The Lost Murals of Miguel Covarrubias : At the San Jose (California) Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival
- Maya altar from classic period to be reconstructed : Few objects from this period have been found in northern Yucatan
Posted: August 21st, 2009 under links.
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Friday roundup
Incidents of virtual travel in Mesoamerica and the Maya world
- Natural Guatemalan Color Palette : It goes with caldos
- Jade sheds light on Guatemala’s geologic history : I’ts more complicated than had been thought
- Guatemala stops ex-officials from leaving country : But did it do the same for the cocaine?
- Plants of the Ancient Maya : Identification of important plants to the ancient Maya is still in its early stages
- Lo cruel que es el discurso de ricos y pobres : “Si no fuera cruel, sería sólo cínico”
- J.D. Smith’s top 5 mariachi links : Volver volver volver
Posted: August 14th, 2009 under links.
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Friday roundup
Incidents of virtual travel in Mesoamerica and the Maya world.
- Ancient Maya practiced forest conservation : Well, duh
- Conditions not ripe for coup in Guatemala : Analysts say
- Horned Guans : “turkey-sized creatures with white sewn-on eyes and ludicrous senses of dignity”
- Coke-bottle virgin draws protest : Shades of Godard’s “Marx and Coca Cola”
- Maya relics found in garbage : All I find is garbage
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Posted: July 24th, 2009 under links.
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Friday roundup
Incidents of travel in virtual Mesoamerica
- Don’t look now, but Mexico is collapsing : As a result of drug wars
- Guatemala President to Visit Cuba: Cubans are working for literacy in Guatemala
- The fine art of preparing true Guatemalan coffee : An acquired taste. That I never acquired
- Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: : A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico
- Tikin Xic : A simple fish recipe
- Marine conservation in Mexico : Working for a healthy reef
- Guatemala hosts conference on water governance in Latin America : More efforts toward good water
Posted: February 13th, 2009 under links.
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Maya playing cards
Not cards of the ancient or even modern Maya, but playing cards produced by — of all people — the Soviet state. Among the few sets of cards it produced (the state was the sole supplier of playing cards) was this handsome set.

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More examples at English Russia.
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Posted: November 24th, 2008 under links.
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Friday roundup
Virtual travels in Mesoamerica
- A visit to Chiapas : With the NYT Frugal Traveler
- Fiambre : Puro Guatemalteco
- Maya jades to be returned to Mexico : From the Peabody Museum
- Blues And jazz festivals In Mexico : Sweet
- World Bank recommends increased public spending in Guatemala : Just like the U.S., and everywhere
- Portal to Maya hell found in Mexico : It’s okay to visit, but …
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Posted: November 21st, 2008 under links.
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Friday Roundup
Incidents of virtual travel in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and greater Mesoamerica
- Animal Del Monte Festival in Xela, Guatemala
- A call to save Mirador Basin, the cradle of Maya civilization
- An interactive guide to reading Maya heiroglyphs
- Riviera Maya to get its own airport
- Desalojan a invasores del parque natural Yaxhá
- Video report on Aztec palace found in Mexico City
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Posted: June 13th, 2008 under links.
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Incidents of virtual travel . . .
Posted: June 6th, 2008 under links.
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What’s new in virtual Mesoamerica
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Posted: May 16th, 2008 under links.
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Posted: May 9th, 2008 under links.
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MetaMeso
- Around San Cristobal
- Sitios arqueológicos majestuosos para sus visitantes
- Yucatan peninsula on drought alert (link has gone bad)
- Guatemala fights violent reputation for tourists
- La Enchilada
Posted: May 2nd, 2008 under links.
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Links of the week
Posted: February 29th, 2008 under links.
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Surfing Mesoamerica
- Satellites spot lost Guatemala Mayan temples
- Mexican hideaway might allow jaguar to maintain a foothold
- Monkeys on fire
- Wildlife in the Yucatan
- Will Mexico ‘Smoke Out’ its Smokers?
- BAM/PFA presents Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia
Question of the day
- Why did this batty page get 10,000 page views yesterday??
Posted: February 22nd, 2008 under links.
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Friday Roundup
A week of travel through virtual Mesoamerica
Posted: February 15th, 2008 under links.
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A week of travel through virtual Mesoamerica
Posted: February 8th, 2008 under links.
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Rambles through virtual Mesoamerica
Posted: February 1st, 2008 under links.
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Sifting through a week of digging the internet
Posted: January 18th, 2008 under links.
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Posted: January 11th, 2008 under links.
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Posted: December 21st, 2007 under links.
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Posted: December 14th, 2007 under links.
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Posted: December 7th, 2007 under links.
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Sifting through a week of digging the internet
- The many faces of Belize
- Who is subcommandante Marcos?
- Ancient Maya stick throwing modernized (in 1935). Now why didn’t this catch on?
- Bistro Cinq, a new Antigua restaurant
- Revaluing Mexican artists
Posted: November 30th, 2007 under links.
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Sifting through a week of digging the internet
Posted: November 23rd, 2007 under links.
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Sifting through a week of digging the internet
Posted: November 16th, 2007 under links.
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Sifting through a week of digging the internet
Posted: November 9th, 2007 under links.
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Posted: November 2nd, 2007 under links.
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