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[quote="CheenaGringo"]Based upon our experiences while traveling, we would have to say that Patzcuaro would be at the top of our list. However, it is at an advantage since we have spent more time in that area versus the others - 23 days over the last three years. Even with that much time, we would never make such a decision without a good deal more experience. [/quote]

We considered Pátzcauro and Tapalpa as alterntive high altitude towns close by Lake Chapala and chose distant San Crostóbal de Las Casas instead. There is an important difference but to each his own.

After we make our first visit to Chiapas in August, our opinions may change.

Well I am sure I will be adding a few more to my list within the next year or so. Once Mr. Dawg extends an invite to his place in the promised land down south I may just go and stay.

[quote="CanuckBob"]Well I am sure I will be adding a few more to my list within the next year or so. Once Mr. Dawg extends an invite to his place in the promised land down south I may just go and stay.[/quote]

Operator, give me Norfolk, Virginia 544409, tell the folks back home this is The Promised Land calling and the po´ boy is on the line.
With eternal thanks to Dawg´s hero Chuck Berry

Fabulous, deserted beaches, splendid alpine forests, tropical jungles to die over, Mayan ruins from Palenque to Toniná to Yaxchilan to Bonampak, a huge and vibrant indigenous population, endlessly fascinating historic architecture, damn good food, drives through alarmingly steep mountainous and jungle laden lowland environments where you can pass splendid pine forests, beautiful coffee and banana and pineapple plantations and mind-boggling waterfalls with crystal azure waters that will blow your mind and, there, in a few moinths the world comes to an end according to our Maya ancestors. What more can you ask.

Give me a call when you arrive CB. Dawg is uaually there in the winter but who knows? If the world does indeed end this December, I hope to take the trip with a nice glass of Havana Club Dark Rum in hand at the Palenque ruins or maybe Toniná which whupped Palenque´s ass around 700 or so.

Dawg:

While I realize that you have been looking forward with great anticipation to the end of the world event, there seems to be a new fly in the ointment:
Maya calendar workshop documents time beyond 2012:

"Archaeologists have found a stunning array of 1,200-year-old Maya paintings in a room that appears to have been a workshop for calendar scribes and priests, with numerical markings on the wall that denote intervals of time well beyond the controversial cycle that runs out this December.

For years, prophets of doom have been saying that we're in for an apocalypse on Dec. 21, 2012, because that marks the end of the Maya "Long Count" calendar, which was based on a cycle of 13 intervals known as "baktuns," each lasting 144,000 days. But the researchers behind the latest find, detailed in the journal Science and an upcoming issue of National Geographic, say the writing on the wall runs counter to that bogus belief.

"It's very clear that the 2012 date, this end of 13 baktuns, while important, was turning the page," David Stuart, an expert on Maya hieroglyphs at the University of Texas at Austin, told reporters today. "Baktun 14 was going to be coming, and Baktun 15 and Baktun 16. ... The Maya calendar is going to keep going, and keep going for billions, trillions, octillions of years into the future.".................

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/10/11639788-maya-calendar-workshop-documents-time-beyond-2012?lite

[quote="CheenaGringo"]Dawg:

While I realize that you have been looking forward with great anticipation to the end of the world event, there seems to be a new fly in the ointment:
Maya calendar workshop documents time beyond 2012:

"Archaeologists have found a stunning array of 1,200-year-old Maya paintings in a room that appears to have been a workshop for calendar scribes and priests, with numerical markings on the wall that denote intervals of time well beyond the controversial cycle that runs out this December.

For years, prophets of doom have been saying that we're in for an apocalypse on Dec. 21, 2012, because that marks the end of the Maya "Long Count" calendar, which was based on a cycle of 13 intervals known as "baktuns," each lasting 144,000 days. But the researchers behind the latest find, detailed in the journal Science and an upcoming issue of National Geographic, say the writing on the wall runs counter to that bogus belief.

"It's very clear that the 2012 date, this end of 13 baktuns, while important, was turning the page," David Stuart, an expert on Maya hieroglyphs at the University of Texas at Austin, told reporters today. "Baktun 14 was going to be coming, and Baktun 15 and Baktun 16. ... The Maya calendar is going to keep going, and keep going for billions, trillions, octillions of years into the future.".................

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/10/11639788-maya-calendar-workshop-documents-time-beyond-2012?lite[/quote]

Well, damn. Dawg was planning to rent out the San Cristóbal shack at exhorbitant prices just for the supposed big event. Oh well, what the hell; joven, another Havana Club por favor Tomorrow is another day.

Meanwhile keep this information to yourself CG, Chiapas could use the tourist revenue.

CSI just posted this on Facebook:

"CSI Chapala was just informed that Lakeside Crime.com will no longer be maintaining their website. CSI is very sorry to hear this. They mentioned CSI, as well as the new Area Crime posting on the webboard, as the entities that would be taking over or substituting for their important role. We are NOT that type of organization. We are an organization whose sole purpose is to work within the structures of our law enforcement to suggest, get approval, and then launch new programs for the well-being and safety of the community. We are not a reporting group. We do not record or keep track of crimes nor are we privy to all the information of the police department.
We are very saddened that Lakeside Crime.com will be leaving. They did an EXCELLENT job of keeping us abreast of current crimes. They will be missed."

Now that TOB has had a few days to show what their plans are with the new "Area Crime" section, I would have to say that they are totally clueless as to what the heck they are doing! Locking threads or deleting threads in much the same manner that they strong arm their regular forums. I have to love their rationale that threads need to go away if they are over a day or so old. Heaven forbid that there is any kind of history out there to educate their members. Their original premise that they would be doing the community a service by having everything in one section was obviously bogus. This move was designed to help the mods with their control over what was being said without having to look through a bunch of threads in the regular section.

I mentioned it a couple of times on TOB - about the deleted threads, and each time, my comments got deleted! Oh well. Not everyone reads it every day. In this case you have to read it hourly to stay on top of things before they are deleted and forever gone.

You're toast. lol

it's really only a matter of time before I go off on the moderators. I'm trying really hard to behave myself.

I've been knocked off.

David wrote:I've been knocked off.

Congratulations?

I'm hearing from a good source that Duran is really a Tingen family member, This family thinks it is the royal family of Ajijic. They are not at all. Actually closer to the Thief of Bagdad than the King of Ajijic.

We have all been knocked off by Wimpy Duran. Power crazy jackass.

NoTengoNada wrote:I'm hearing from a good source that Duran is really a Tingen family member, This family thinks it is the royal family of Ajijic. They are not at all. Actually closer to the Thief of Bagdad than the King of Ajijic.

We have all been knocked off by Wimpy Duran. Power crazy jackass.

And you know who owns and runs Ajijic Tango with the worst Manager's attitude in Ajijic. I had a big blowout with him in the restaurant after the third time I made reservations for a certain table AWAY from the grille. He didn't honor my reservation for table location. He was saving two open tables, one of which we were supposed to have, for his Mexican friends. I got in his face and told him to go F... himself. He told me that he didn't care if I brought my Dinner group of 10 there. What a rotten attitude. We have never been back and never will go back. His product is no better than anyone elses and you have to put up with so much noise in the restaurant that you can't talk at a table.

Aww. You have to excuse David, he's not overly bright. But I dn't blame you for not going back. If I'm having a meat dinner, I'm off to Bruno's. Almost always.

johninajijic wrote:

NoTengoNada wrote:I'm hearing from a good source that Duran is really a Tingen family member, This family thinks it is the royal family of Ajijic. They are not at all. Actually closer to the Thief of Bagdad than the King of Ajijic.

We have all been knocked off by Wimpy Duran. Power crazy jackass.

And you know who owns and runs Ajijic Tango with the worst Manager's attitude in Ajijic. I had a big blowout with him in the restaurant after the third time I made reservations for a certain table AWAY from the grille. He didn't honor my reservation for table location. He was saving two open tables, one of which we were supposed to have, for his Mexican friends. I got in his face and told him to go F... himself. He told me that he didn't care if I brought my Dinner group of 10 there. What a rotten attitude. We have never been back and never will go back. His product is no better than anyone elses and you have to put up with so much noise in the restaurant that you can't talk at a table.

Well, that little tirade puts the 50,000 deaths suffered in the past 6 years in perspective. Thanks for reminding me of what's really important.

Really!

Bob????

saege007 wrote:

David wrote:I've been knocked off.

Congratulations?

Gracias! Probably a blessing!

The Lakeside Crime site has been resurrected. You can click on the link at the top of the home page to see it again. Looks like a nice site.

David wrote:I've been knocked off.

Better than knocked up.

CanuckBob wrote:The Lakeside Crime site has been resurrected. You can click on the link at the top of the home page to see it again. Looks like a nice site.

Very nice job!!! Kudos to those that accomplished this.

Is it under a new site? I tried www.lakesidecrime.com and got nada.

Click on the link at the top of our homepage.

Thanks for that. I went on to report a recent crime, after hitting 'submit' it came up with an error message, would not complete. Does anyone know how to get a hold of whomever is now managing this site to report this problem?

Hit the "Contact Us" button right under the home button at the top right hand corner of their home page.