An account of Hugh Thomson's first wild adventure in Mexico at the
age of 18 illustrates why it ignited his love for Latin America,
and is then followed by his subsequent exploration 30 years later
of the country, its people, and its history. Revealing a much more
dangerous side of Mexico than that seen by package vacationers,
this book takes the reader from the badlands of Chihuahua to the
forests of the Yucatan. It ends deep in the Mexican jungle, face to
face with one the most enigmatic and least understood cultures on
the planet--the Maya--with a sense of humility at how little we
still know about the pre-Columbian past. Similar to "The Motorcycle
Diaries," by throwing himself on the kindness, hospitality, and
mercy of the Mexicans he met (or crashed into), Hugh was given an
unusual and peculiarly vulnerable insight into Mexico. He returns
many years later with a deeper understanding and the ability to
explore the deep roots of pre-Columbian culture within Mexican life
and to appreciate how much archaeologists have revealed about the
Maya and the Aztecs in just the last few years.
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