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Tag: Copper Canyon

Photo Albums Collection

I’ve made some photo albums from Latin America, grouped by country. They can all be found on the Photography page, but here are the links for simplicity: Mexico Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Argentina Bolivia Peru Colombia

Random Photo (1): Copper Canyon

I’ve decided to do a series of random photo posts, highlighting a good day or excursion from my travels. The first in the series comes from the Copper Canyon in Mexico, taken only a week or two into the 11 month Latin America trip. The train from Los Mochis to Creel is a must-do for [...]

Photography

During the trip to Latin America, I used a Konica Minolta DiMAGE X20, which at 2megapixel is highly inferior in todays market. I think it worked pretty well throughout, until it died in Panama, on the beach at Playa Venao, right after taking some photos of some cows! Below is a small selection of photos [...]

Machu Picchu: Amazing

Day 217 – Monday 24th April 2006 I think it was a 4.30am get up as we needed to catch our train to Machu Picchu at 5.30am. Staggering half asleep through the streets of Cusco as they were just beginning to fill with people we found the train station easily, aware that for the past [...]

Los Mochis: Copper Canyon Railway

Day 17 – Thursday 6th October 2005 If Rob and I were to catch the train bound for Chihuahua we had to be at the station to buy our tickets about 30 mins before it departed, which was 7am. This meant getting out of bed at half five and catching a bus which would take [...]

La Paz: Leaving Baja

Day 16 – Wednesday 5th October 2005 This was a day for travelling from Baja California into mainland Mexico. I went across from La Paz to Topolobampo, from where I would be able to catch a train to visit Copper Canyon. The ferry sailed at 3pm but myself and Rob went to the ferry terminal [...]

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