ArchivesTag : Copper Canyon Train Trips
Chihuahua in a Bottle- Don Cuco Sotol!
Award winning Don Cuco Sotol The Sotol- the drink of Chihuahua- from Don Cuco Sotol in Janos, Mexico is beginning to take the tequila sipping market by surprise. This fine spirit has won two major recent competitions. Don Cuco Reposada won grand champion honors this last year in San Diego and Albuquerque. What is sotol? [...]
Full StoryMy 3 Golden Rules for Travel in Copper Canyon
It all started with Wendy Perrin Recently I read and excellent Wendy Perrin article in Conde Nast Traveler entitled “My 25 Golden Rules of Travel”. It was an excellent compendium of her vast experience in the travel industry. As I read it I thought of how much her points relate to trips to Copper Canyon [...]
Full StoryIts Halftime, Chihuahua!
Those of us committed to seeing Chihuahua and Copper Canyon emerge from this incredibly difficult time could take a lesson from Detroit. Don’t give up. The slumping economy, swine flu, the perception of danger, and now the drought and starvation issues have all been tough. But the Copper Canyon train still rolls, the little towns [...]
Full StoryVision for Areponapuchi
There’s no “their” there. Gertrude Stein uttered this grim phrase about Oakland. “There’s no there there”. It does well as a description of the tiny town we always experience on our Copper Canyon tours. While Arepo is near some of the most fantastic views, it is unknown. Though it is right at the Posada Barrancas [...]
Full StoryReal music is out there…
“Real music is out there and real people are makin’ it” Webb Wilder Core truth. And the reality with cultural travel is that true experiences are out there. It is what we deliver at Authentic Copper Canyon. Real Guides I tell my experts in Mexico to have fun, experience the trip each time freshly, get [...]
Full StoryCopper Canyon continues to amaze me!
After countless trips to this paradise, I keep expecting to get tired of the place. To the contrary it continues to amaze me. The Copper Canyon train still rolls through the most incredible landscape The Norteño food remains a favorite The local people are so cordial The weather always seems to reveal some wonder of [...]
Full StoryAnother story about safety in Copper Canyon
Just ran across this article which is fairly accurate…and certainly right on as far as the perception of danger. Every time we take a group people are amazed at how safe it is. Put your fears aside: Mexico’s Copper Canyon is safe – and gorgeous By Lisa J. Adams, The Associated Press | The Canadian [...]
Full StoryYes it is safe in Copper Canyon
Just ran across this article which is fairly accurate…and certainly right on as far as the perception of danger. Every time we take a group people are amazed at how safe it is. Put your fears aside: Mexico’s Copper Canyon is safe – and gorgeous By Lisa J. Adams, The Associated Press | The Canadian [...]
Full StoryTwo young potters in Mata Ortiz
We always include a stop at Casas Grandes, Paquime and Mata Ortiz on our train trips in Copper Canyon. I love these simple pots that these two young women in Mata Ortiz are producing. I mistakenly got away without writing down their names. Their Dad is Efrain Lucero and they live at the south end [...]
Full StoryOne of the best Copper Canyon trips ever!
Our vision is to consistently deliver Copper Canyon experiences that deeply connect people with this land and its people. Never has one of our experience soaked excursions been more of a success in this regard than one just ended. I am in Chihuahu Ciry waiting for my wife to arrive to celebrate the New Year [...]
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