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Books Worth a Look

Little Bee by Chris Cleave - This book is a must read. Better than anything else I've read, it takes you vividly into the life of a person in the 3rd world who has no choice but to escape. It is brilliantly written & works well as an audio book. Often I've sent info about the wonderful refugees I've met in Europe. We know only so much of their plight as it is painful for them to recall much less live through again by recounting it. But over time it is clear what they've lived through. This book is excellent as you discover the horrors of their world. Somewhat how to me, it is like being in Europe near a Concentration Camp. One has an obligation to visit it. 'Never to Forget.' In this case, to have our eyes opened.
Garbage King by Eliz Laird - The book is set on the streets on Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia and here lives Mamo and his sister Tiggist. When Mamo's "uncle" offers a job, he soon sets out on a bus to work. Little does he know that he is actually being sold into slavery...

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Monte Alban, Teotitlan, and Tule - sites

Just a quick note on these incredibly beautiful and interersting places near El Ciudad de Oaxaca.
Monte Alban - http://www.advantagemexico.com/oaxaca/monte_alban.html A city in the mountain. See pics and sites.

Photo Gallery - Monte Alban
http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dhixson/montealban/montealban.html

Teotitlan - location of our Investours visit - lovely small pueblo - weaving capitol.

See: http://www.oaxacainfo.com/oaxaca/teotitlan.htm

Tule - largest tree in the world.

This www. site below is garish with its ads but pics are good.

http://www.delange.org/Tule/Tule.htm

Books Worth a Look