shari
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back to San Miguel de Comondu
After sampling the incredible wine many families make...we just had to go back and stock up on more of that wonderful nectar of the gods. So before
our camping trip to Agua Verde in Semana Santa, we headed up into the canyon taking the Insurgentes...Pancho Villa route. There was alot of machinery
working on the road and locals say it will be done in August which will be great for all.
Nedida's nice rental room was rented out to the road crew engineer but we had a very nice visit and bought more of Vladmir's delicious pomogranate
wine.
this is the room that they rent...sweet!
another visit with Adan, the palm furniture maker and more wine purchases from him...his wine is like port! he's working on some new pieces....lovely
stuff
We also chanced to meet a talented paisano who is restoring a place there which is a phenomenal undertaking...he has done a splendid job and is also a
great writer about the life of the vaqueros...really mellow fellow.
Here are some photos from my walkabout
check out how cool this streetlight is!!!
there was a gorgeous stand of bamboo along the aqueduct.
here a little album with more pics of this magical place
http://s385.photobucket.com/albums/oo295/blowhole1/COMONDU%2...
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dtbushpilot
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Great pic's shari, you really have the knack.....dt
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shari
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ya think it can be cured with antibiotics???
we are about to sit down and formally begin happy hour on the patio with some visiting Nomad John & Barbara to do some Comondu wine
tasting...should go nice with burro tacos!
[Edited on 5-7-2011 by shari]
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Mulegena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Great pic's shari, you really have the knack.....dt |
Doesn't she just!
... and the winemaker guy also has it. Shari gave me her last bottle of pomegranate wine-- thanks again, Shari, and Rica and I had a little
early-birthday-rented a house-celebration, and WOW! that stuff kickzzz it!!
I'm reminded of the I Love Lucy skit where she's sells Vega-mita-vitamin and gets totally ripped,
"... and its so tasty, too!"
Sooo ready to head up there and go exploring.
Thanks for another great travel report and fotos.
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shari, Thanks.
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Paula
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Great pictures! Comondu is so photogenic!
Every time I go someone has fixed up another building, and the towns look so beautiful. I hope the road brings only good things to the nice people
there!
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Thanks Shari for the delicous reading and feast for the eyes.
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WOW!
that place looks like it hasn't changed a bit ('cept for running a wire to the streetlight) in 100 years.
very cool.
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shari
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yes Paula...one of the neat things is that the area is strictly controlled by INAH and any modifications or fixing up has to be done in strict
adherence to historical design which will hopefully preserve the quality of the area...the only eyesore there is the ugly steel cancha the government
built..it totally ruins that end of the village.
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Love these photos Shari! Thanks.
Bob H
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Shari,
Last night I sat on my back porch with a glass of wine and a candle burning amidst my cactus collection recently moved from indoors.
I was channeling your appreciation for Comondu and was supplementing the trance with my own memories of the villages...
I was imagining a quiet and relaxed evening around a fire ... and living there somehow....sometime....
If DT knows of a cure, tell him NOT to send it.....I like the fantasy
Thanks for sharing....
Don't believe everything you think....
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Beautiful pictures, Thanks for sharing.
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On my wish list to do, for sure.
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we MUST visit there with you soon!!
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Intriguing photos - and now on "my list" !!! Is the wine a limited production? When is the best time to buy it?
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shari
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good question on the wine...as far as I know Vladimir is the only guy who makes the pomogranate wine and I bought 5 bottles of which I gave one away,
drank one and am trying to save a couple as I tasted one of their bottles that was aged 3 years and it was incredible...aging it is the ticket!!
Lots of families there make wine and they let you taste some before you buy it but the bottle you get doesnt always taste like the one you buy if the
taster was aged. The man at the Tecate store, the first place on your left coming into the village has superb wine as does Adan, the furniture guy.
Buy lots is my best advice...seems like they always have some on hand...not sure when they make it but it sounds like they always do.
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Nice find on the wine........I was there on a moto in early March....we found the oasis to be secluded and remote but very scenic. The folks we met
were kinda shy but very nice....it's obvious that change is coming with pavement. There were contractors and workers beginning to renovate that
central area....but I wonder if the farmers and regular residents will appreciate the traffic that's coming their way.....
Everbody\'s preachin\' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King
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When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
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