November 12, 2002
To Flores and back

I´m off to Flores, Guatemala tomorrow to deliver photos to my family in San Jose, across Lake Peten-Itza, where I stayed last spring. To all who know Alonso and Susan of Panchan here in Palenque, there is good news: a healthy baby boy born last night amid friends Kathy and Alessandra, a midwife, and Alonso´s mother, Francis. Big brother Xun is very pleased.

Chris Shaw is coming down to help show around a group of reporters working on a story about the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve. I´ll be joining all of them in San Cristobal this weekend and driving to Rancho Esmeralda in Ocosingo. Then a small plane to Zapata, and a hike to the shores of the incredible Lake Miramar. We will miss Fernando Ochoa, now in Barcelona, who established Lake Miramar as an ecotourist destination and worked with the communities to get them involved and provide new revenue to their towns.

Posted by Dave at November 12, 2002 06:51 PM