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Zimatan Photo Club

Screen Shot 2016-04-04 at 10.13.37 AMBy Jane Bauer

One of my greatest joys about living in Mexico has been the children. Bilma (age 4) and Betsabel (age 2) were my first friends when I moved to Mazunte in 1997. They helped me with my Spanish as we collected shells on the beach or painted. When I moved to Puerto Angel in 1999 the children who came every Friday to the local library to hear a story and do crafts continued to teach me about their culture as I taught them about Jorge el Curioso. Today I live in Zimatan, a village 25 minutes from Huatulco. There is no cell service or landline telephone and it is not uncommon for the electricity to be off all day as CFE works on the lines. Continue reading Zimatan Photo Club