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by Jonathan Look | Mar 15, 2013 | Adventure, Minimalism, Retirement, Thailand, Travel
I had been living in Mexico for a little over a year, and it was time to continue the adventure in another venue. I knew when I started this “slow travel” retirement dream that I would get attached to places and not want to leave. San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas,...
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by Jonathan Look | Nov 2, 2012 | Buddhism, Lifestyle, Philosophy
A few months ago, after eighteen months in Mexico, I left to continue my adventures in other places. While I was there I fell in love with the country and the people. I fell hard. The more I discovered the more I loved. From the gin colored waters of the Caribbean to...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 28, 2012 | Adventure, Mexico, Philosophy, Travel
Getting to Oventic After an hour-long hellish cab ride from San Cristobal de las Casas, through the spectacular central highlands of Chiapas, we finally arrived at the autonomous Zapatista community of Oventic. This place isn’t on maps, the residents are...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 27, 2012 | Adventure, Mexico, Travel
When my friends Chris and Rachel Larsen invited me to go along with them to meet someone who had a ranch deep in Zapatista country near Teopisca, Chiapas I was intrigued. I had driven through Zapatista country; I had even been delayed by a Zapatista roadblock, but...
