Babylon Travelers Club news
Nancy Newton presented a paper on vacation and retirements opportunities at the April 2 meeting of the Babylon Travelers at the home of Betsy Davison. She divided Mexico into several areas and spoke of the popular resorts such as Cancun and Cozumel on the Yucatan Peninsula as well as Porta Vallarta, Acapulco and Cabo San Lucas. She also reported on lesser known, but equally interesting places to visit such as Meta Ortiz where the well-known pottery is made from copies that the Paquime Indians crafted hundreds of years ago. The true story of Juan Quezada is a fascinating one. As a poor boy, over 40 years ago, he discovered ceramic pots in a cave painted by his ancestors, the Paquime Indians. Their culture died out hundreds of years ago. Juan tried to make pots like the ones he found and after many years he did just that using local materials. He has now received the Premio Nacional de los Artes, the highest honor Mexico gives to living artist. Newton also acquainted the club members with the largest canyon system in North America, Copper Canyon, with its complex of interconnected canyons four times larger and 280 feet deeper than our own Grand Canyon. She stated that 1.5 million Americans now own property in Mexico. Foreigners can buy real estate in their own names throughout Mexico's interior. They can purchase property in Mexico's restricted zone within 31 miles of its coastlines and 62 miles of its borders, only as the beneficiary of a Mexican bank trust call a "fidecomisco."
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