I wrote earlier about meeting Doña Juliana. I thought I’d post pics of the statue and the real deal along with some of the pottery at her home. What a treat! -Déadra
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Mayan temples, clay pigeons and military checkpoints
Dear reader, I should not still be awake, but I did order a café Americano at our 9:30 dinner this evening! I have missed a couple of our days which I still plan to catch you up on, but I don’t want to add today to the mix. We had another full schedule today as we drove to a Mayan archeological site in Tenam Puente (sorry, too tired to describe here-you will get pictures!), ate lunch in Comitan and visited a potter.
On our way out of San Cristobal we drove past a huge sculpture of a woman potter who was forming a clay pigeon. Her name is Doña Juliana and she is known and honored in all of Mexico for her pottery. I thought the statue was really cool and so Continue reading

