Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

La Zona Dorada, Mazatlan, Sinaloa


The Golden Zone (Zona Dorada) is north of historic central Mazatlan, and is an extensive tourist center, not unlike some beaches in southern California, but tawdrier and less planned.

Friday, February 10, 2006

Don Jose y Khacho

Don Jose and Khacho visiting the beach in front of Casa Zen II (Pueblo Solar). Don Jose is the founder of Casa Zen. He arrived in Mazatlan about 16 years ago. Khacho is a buddhist monk in the Kadampa tradition. She has been around Mazatlan for over 20 years and co-owns a restaurant. She is currently living in a Kadampa temple in Tucson, Arizona and visits from time to time.

Monday, February 06, 2006

Coconut Collecting

Friday I went to help out at Pueblo Solar. It´s a branch of Casa Zen being built 5 miles south of Isla Piedra (and Mazatlan). The project is intended to be an energy self sufficient retreat center. Roberto (pictured) and I worked on building a septic hole (fosa septica) for the toilet drainage. After finishing the hole we poured a layer of gravel into it. Then we went to collect dried out coconuts to create the next layer.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Puerto Peñasco

Bueno, estuve una semana en Puerto Peñasco por la primera vez. Se encuentra el puerto 3.5 o 4 horas de Phoenix, atravesando el desierto vacio. El puerto esta pasando una etapa de crecimiento impresionante. Miles de condos y casas se estan siendo construidos. Hay un ambiente emocionante de prosperidad y por supuesto, la pobreza de siempre. Me gustaria tener un departamento barato alli como escape de Phoenix, pero es dificil encontrar algo economico se debe a precios muy altos entre la comunidad americana y bastante complicada buscar alternativas mas baratas entre la comunidad mexicana por falta de casas disponibles. Igual que hay un flujo enorme de americanos del norte al pueblo como turistas y residentes hay un flujo grande de mexicanos del sur entrando para aprovecharse del sueldos dos veces mas que se encuentran en el sur y centro del pais.