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WHERE
THE SKY IS BORN: LIVING IN THE LAND OF THE MAYA |
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running away to the Mexican Caribbean and never coming back. That
dream became reality for author Jeanine Lee Kitchel and her husband
a decade after their first trip to the Yucatan Peninsula in 1985.
While Vacationing, they met an adventurous contractor who offered
to sell them a beachfront lot south of Cancun. In 1996 they quit
their city jobs to begin a new life in Puerto Morelos, a small fishing
village on the Quintana Roo Coast, and to pursue the study of the
Maya and the pyramids.
Kitchel´s travel memoir, Where the Sky is Born: Living in the Land of the Maya, leads the reader on an adventure that is not only fun to read, but just the ticket for anyone who has ever dreamed of retiring in a foreign country. In show and tell format, Kitchel walks readers through her experience of buying land, building a house, and pursuing a relaxed lifestyle in Mexico. The author´s chance meeting with the contractor on a deserted side road in the jungle catapulted her into a too-good-to-be-true land deal. After accepting his offer, a series of bizarre events -- including the Mexico government´s seizure of the land by eminent domain, the contractor´s financial crisis, and a class-5 hurricane nearly shattered her plans. But she sidestepped disaster and clung to her Mexican dream. |
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EXPERIENCE THE YUCATAN through
this book about Maya Mexico. >>>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<<< FREQUENT FLYER REVIEW MARCH 2004 Escape from San Francisco. Speaking of a leap of faith, how about this for a stretch from Silicon Valley to a small Mexican fishing village and a radical lifestyle change. Well not exactly a "leap" since the move spanned some 10 years, beginning with a 1984 visit by writer Jeanine Lee Kitchel and husband Paul to the Yucatan, where the seeds of change were first planted. "Seduced by the enormous sky, clear blue waters [and a] never ending coastline", the self confessed free spirit quelled her rebellious nature, with a promise to somehow make it possible for them to quit the "work, stress and traffic", of their hectic Northern California life for the tranquility of the Mexican Caribbean. Thus begins a series of bizarre adventures, faithfully recorded by Jeanine, in Where the Sky is Born: Living in the Land of the Maya (Enchanted Island Press, $15), as the adventurous couple work to make their Mexican dream come true. Back and forth between San Francisco and Mexico, coping with the vagaries of cultural barriers while negotiating for and buying land, then constructing a house in a foreign environment makes for an interesting, at times whimsical, always entertaining tale. Author Jeanine Kitchel tells it well, including the frustrations caused by the Mexican goverment´s seizureof their land by eminent domain, and the problems presented by a class-5 hurricane. And as a backdrop, the enduring quest, and finally fulfillment, of a long-held dream. Jack McGuire. >>>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<<< |
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