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This little-known mountain top is a gorgeous spire of rock 2,664 meters high, located southwest of Ameca in the enormous Sierra Verde.
“I’d like to organize an outdoor adventure in Jalisco, a campout for beginners,” Alejandro González told me. “Can you suggest a place with a lot of potential?”
Every year for the last four years, CONABIO (National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity) has invited the public to participate in a nationwide photography contest celebrating Mexico’s extraordinary richness in flora, fauna and natural wonders.
We were driving along a lonely road north of the Santiago River Canyon with archaeologist Francisco Sánchez, heading for home after visiting Rancho el Mexicano, famous for being “in the middle of nowhere.”
Only three years ago, archaeologists had no idea that Ahuisculco’s Selva Negra Forest probably houses Mexico’s biggest obsidian deposit.
While some of us might congratulate ourselves for having jogged in the park over the weekend, ultrarunners Sergio Vidal and Sergio Fonseca figured two days should be all they needed to hoof it from Mascota to Puerto Vallarta, a distance of 97.7 kilometers by highway.
What should you do if you find a macaw with a broken wing in your vegetable garden?
