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TAILOR-MADE TRAVEL: MEXICO
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was “crazier than all the surrealists put peyote rituals. The hallucinogenic peyote holiday are the most famous in all of Mexico.
together.” Entranced by orchids, James cactus grows in the nearby deserts. The
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devoted himself to building giant concrete surrounding landscapes make for a dramatic
fl owers in the forest. As time went on, setting for hiking and horseback riding. 8
OAXACA
The coast of this southern Mexican Creating tailor-made trips with Kumuka
he became more obsessed with building state possesses some of the country’s fi nest are as easy as pie. The destinations and
stranger and stranger structures: stairways beaches and surf. Although renowned for itineraries are completely up to you –
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MORELIA & PATZCUARO
Both found in the western state of its ‘Mexican Pipeline’, the surfi ng paradise the world is your oyster! We’ll of course
of abstract shapes. By the time James died, Michaocán, these two cities offer very of Peurto Escondido still remains laid back help with suggestions and advice if
he had built an impressive gallery beneath different experiences. Morelia, the capital, is – this despite regularly hosting the World called upon. Our goal is a simple one:
the forest canopy. Today, anyone can wander a large bustling city with amazing colonial Surfi ng Championships. Turtles are the main to give you the adventure of a lifetime
around them. It is truly out of this world! architecture, while the much smaller attraction in the petite town of Mazunte that fi ts within your budget. Visit www.
Patzcuaro is very peaceful, its cobble-stoned – it includes a sanctuary, and during certain kumuka.com for more information.
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REAL DE CATORCE streets lined with crumbling buildings. months you can witness thousands of the
Appearing like a ghost town in the dry When sipping coffee in one of Patzcuaro’s shelled creatures pulling themselves up the FLIGHTCHECK For fl ights to connect
desert mountains of the Sierra de Catorce, serene plazas, it seems inconceivable that this shore to lay eggs. The government is trying to Mexico or anywhere else your
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ms to have a magical diminutive town could erupt with activity. to develop the largest coastal city, Huatulco, tailor-made trip takes you,
feeling about it. Perhaps this is due to the However, at the start of November, thousands into the next Cancun, as the beaches are out contact your local
yearly 400km pilgrimage of the Huichol fl ock to the nearby lake to celebrate Day of the of this world. Despite this, it is still a very Kumuka offi ce.
people to this area to partake in ancient Dead. Patzcuaro’s festivities for this unique tranquil place to visit.
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