Old Gringo and son of Old Gringo with good friends Jose (L) and Gabo (R) in La Penita Market, State of Nayarit, Mexico
Each time my father and I visited Mexico we had no plan or idea where our journey would take us. And each time that we left we never made plans to return. We simply followed a path in our lives that revealed itself with each step we took forward. In 2008, I published Finding Lost Civilizations and thought that was the end of our journey.
However, in 2009 my father and I returned to Mexico and found ourselves on a road to discovery that we had never experienced before. We met many wonderful local people and we were often taken to locations where no one other than the original inhabitants of that region had set foot.
Many people have said, “Write another book.” And so in these pages I will take you on the journey that my father and I took.
Thank You Dad
Los Dos Alejandros - Video:
A Day In Las Varas - Video:
A Day At The Molote Hot Springs - Video:
Author’s Note: While trekking through the State of Nayarit my primary purpose was to discover petroglyphs and signs of ancient civilizations. Many of the artifacts illustrated in my books were shown to me by local natives who shared their stories. Surprisingly, many objects were observed still laying on the ground in areas where villages and life had once existed many years before. I did not conduct excavations of archaeological sites or tombs.
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