WHEN I WAS 19 I DECIDED TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT MEXICO IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE A THIRD WORLD CULTURE. I TOOK A GREYHOUND BUS FROM OHIO DOWN TO LAREDO, TEXAS. THEN I TOOK A BUS TO CHIHUAHUA. AT CHIHUAHUA I TOOK A ONE DAY TRAIN RIDE THAT GOES THROUGH OVER 20 SOME TUNNELS AND ACROSS MANY HIGH BRIDGES. IT GOES THROUGH THE LAND OF THE TARAHUMARA INDIANS THAT KEEP TO THEMSELVES AND HAVE NO RELATION TO ANY OTHER TRIBES. THE LIVE ISOLATED LIVES. OUR TRAIN STOPPED THERE AND THEY HAD MANY BOOTHS FOR SELLING TORTILLAS, BURRITOS, BASKETS, AND SOME OF THEIR CRAFTS.
THESE INDIANS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR LONG DISTANCE RUNNING ABILITY. APPROXIMATELY 50,000 ARE IN THE SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL MOUNTAINS. THEY SPEAK THE UTO AZTECAN LANGUAGE. COPPER CANYON IS THE LOCATION WHERE THIS TRAIN GOES THROUGH AND IS A BEAUTIFUL TERRACED MOUNTAIN OF ABOUT 1000' HIGH. THE TARAHUMARA PRACTICE A TRADITIONAL LIFESTYLE. THEY INHABIT NATURAL SHELTERS SUCH AS CAVES OR CLIFF DWELLING.
SOME OF THE TRIBES ALONG THIS TRAIN RIDE LIVE IN ABANDONED TRAIN CARS THAT THEY HAVE CONVERTED TO HOUSES FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
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