- 02, 22, 2013
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Our Blog, Our Team in Copper Canyon, The People
Our team in Mexico’s Copper Canyon: What I look for.
Some really skilled leader (I think it was Bill Hybels at Willow Creek) told me that when you hire someone you look for three qualities and they all start with C. I look for these “3 Cs” when I consider people to be a part of my team in Copper Canyon. 1. First is character. […]
Take a Tour- 01, 04, 2013
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Copper Stories, For Travelers, Our Blog
A Copper Canyon Trip Diary
Copper Canyon Trip Last month we took a group of writers, bloggers and tour professionals on a journey through Chihuahua and Copper Canyon and several great articles have been published as a result. One of the best has come out and can be read in full on LASplash.com . Sophie Brabanec is the author and […]
Take a Tour- 03, 30, 2012
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Our Blog, Our Team in Copper Canyon
Dave Hensleigh…Copper Canyon Guy
Dave Hensleigh…CopperCanyonGuy People enjoy riding the rails through this vast land with Dave Hensleigh, and he enjoys it too! His experience, his keen insight on the land and culture of the country, his unbridled passion for the experience there- all of this combines to make him the ideal Copper guide. Roots: Dave hails from rural […]
Take a TourTop Ten Reasons to Travel the Copper Canyon Train
This great place awaits curious travelers now …and what a joy it is to be able to introduce our guests to its wonders: 1. Copper Canyon is so huge. 2. The Rarámuri or Tarahumara– the indigenous people. 3. The train through Copper Canyon– CHEPE. 4. The little towns – the heart of rural Chihuahua. 5. […]
Take a Tour- 09, 07, 2011
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Copper Stories, Our Blog, Our Team in Copper Canyon, The People, The Team
Jilo and 500 Pesos
I drop by Jilo Mancinas’ little hovel of a house in Areponapuchi. The front area serves as a garden, grazing area for Jilos ponies and parking for his beat up little pickup. Jesinia comes to the door. The pure beauty of this little girl flows. She and her sister Daniela live here with there parents. […]
Take a Tour- 09, 06, 2011
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Our Blog, Walk Across Juarez
Walk Across Juarez #5: Maquiladoras and Out
Day 3 in Juarez Sunday morning dawns bright across southeast Juarez. I want to get a good look at the new US Consulate facility today- right next to to this hotel. It is hard to walk in this part of town compared to other areas- it is modern, industrial and spread out. Still I want […]
Take a Tour- 08, 23, 2011
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Our Blog, Walk Across Juarez
Walk Across Juarez #3: This Great Distance
As the Donkey Plays the Flute There is this expression for things done haphazardly or serendipitously in Mexico- as the donkey plays the flute. Alfredo mutters this expression as we head back to the bridge to “begin” the walk. I really have no plan and want to just amble around and have a bunch of […]
Take a Tour- 08, 23, 2011
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Our Blog, Walk Across Juarez
Walk Across Juarez #2: Across the Bridge
Two weeks before the walk My right hand guide in Copper Canyon, Alfredo Murillo, lives in Chihuahua and is very familiar with Juarez and the situation there. I email him of my plans and ask for his input. I ask him if he could meet me at the El Paso airport and give me a […]
Take a Tour- 08, 22, 2011
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Walk Across Juarez
Walk Across Juarez #1: Anticipation
Walk Across What? Juarez has to be the LAST place any sane person would chose to even go to, let alone walk across. Most people assume that my body will end up filled with bullets, decapitated, and hung from some bridge with a scrawled cartel note tied to it. And that was what I thought […]
Take a Tour- 08, 14, 2011
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Copper Stories, Current Adventures, Special Trips, The Team, Why travel to Copper now?
This Solitary Gringo Will Walk Across Juarez
Is it safe for tourists in Mexico now? Well our experience is that it is and while there are concerns, even northern Mexico is much safer than other tourist destinations people use now- such as South Africa and Beliz. Still during this period, Europeans, Australians, Canadians and of course Mexicans are traveling extemsively in the […]
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