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Susanna Starr
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Regional Membership Coordinator -- Mexican Caribbean & Oaxaca, Mexico
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Susanna Starr is a travel writer, entrepreneur, photographer, speaker and artist. She holds a degree in philosophy from Stony Brook State University of New York. She is IFWTWA Regional Membership coordinator (RMC)) for Oaxaca & Mexican Caribbean, Mexico. Susanna has over twenty years experience in the hospitality business as owner of Rancho Encantado, an eco-resort and spa in Mexico. She has lived in Northern New Mexico for more than thirtyfive years. Susanna is the author of the book: Fifty and Beyond: New Beginnings in Health and Well-Being published by Paloma Blanca Press. Recent publications include: Soul of Travel Magazine (online); Examiner.com; Yourlifeisatrip.com & Global Writes.

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Riviera Maya  North America's New Riviera
The designation Riviera Maya is a fairly recent one. For many years, even after the advent and development of Cancun, then Playa del Carmen and finally Tulum, this magnificent stretch of beach along Mexico's Caribbean coast, was little explored. When I first arrived in that area in 1973, there were a few narrow sand roads leading to some small places where you could find some basic accommodations. Of course, there was the beautiful resort development of Akumal, still in its early, formative years, but after that, there simply wasn't much happening. Driving down to Chetumal was an adventure on the gravel roads that traversed long, lonesome stretches of undeveloped jungle

The Mystery of the Maya
In the nineteen seventies, the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico was just becoming accessible to the foreign traveler. Roads from Mexico City led to the Spanish colonial city of Merida, once known as Mayab, a major center of the Maya. Some even ventured as far as the magnificent stretch of beach that would later become the thriving tourist destination of Cancun....

The soul of the marketplace - Pochote Market, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
Going to any town in Mexico you will somehow find yourself at an outdoor market. Large cities have permanent markets with stalls set up for vendors who rent the spaces on a regular basis. But there are always street or neighborhood markets held weekly often specializing in something specific, such as flowers or crafts. Just passing through the fruit sections in any of these markets virtually compels the visitor to reach for their camera....

The Turtle Dance of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
The temperature reading on the bank clock, as we passed by on our way north to the Taos Pueblo, registered 6 degrees. We were on our way to the Turtle Dance held every New Years Day to celebrate the ending of one year and the beginning of another. Right after church services that end as the day dawns, a procession of about thirty men dance the traditional turtle dance, starting from outside the small adobe church and moving around the various stations repeating the movements and the chants, each holding rattles, accompanied by the ever-present drumming....




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