Palacio de Ocomo in Oconahua

After we left Oconahua in April, the palace (Palacio de Ocomo) was re-opened by the archeologists. How exciting! And, too bad we had already left as it would have been so cool to document with photos and interviews. Right now (April 2006) they are discovering walls underground, digging out the earth by hand and unearthing the layout of the old palace structure. There is also an underground tunnel that goes from the palace to up the hillside, De La Cruz del Gallito. According to the archeologists, the Indians used to hide in the tunnel and escape using the tunnel when other tribes came with the purpose of attacking them. They also believe that the palace priests used this tunnel. There used to be a grand structure made of rock/stone and most of the rocks and stones were removed years back to build the local Catholic Church. This was a common practice for the church at that time, unfortunately, as now the original structure is destroyed. Much of the history was lost at this time. Ana's opinion: It would be nice if they would build a school, something instructional or historical, something for the children instead of the school out of those rocks. God does not need a church, God is everywhere. Just my opinion.

Now, people in the town really need to know the history and stories about this palace and it's significance to the people. After the archeologists leave, I really hope that they are able to share information with the people of this town as this is their history. Their ancestors created this palace and I hope they are able to learn about the significance of this palace.

This is the organization that is currently sponsoring the dig: INAH; http://www.inah.gob.mx/inah_ing/face.html please contact them and let them know how important this is.

Making sense of it all

I guess it's not really a blog unless you continue to add to it so here goes.

We just got back from Oconahua, a small village close to Guadalajara in Mexico. If you ever want to travel there, just look at the blog and get the driving directions.

Anyway, March of 2006 was another successful trip there and back again to Seattle. My mother lives out on the coast now, in a small town called "La Penita de Jaltemba". This is a great small town, very supportive of it's residents, and ex-pats like my mom can live quite comfortably on limited incomes. Imagine living 4 blocks from the beach, the weather is warm year round, your house only cost about $40,000 USD AND food is cheap-healthy and living is slow. So, why the wait?

Check out our website at www.oconahua.com if you want to see pics of the small town we will be moving to one day.

Our house will be a bit bigger and we have far more land; enough land to grow our own fruit trees, veggies and perhaps even a cow or so. The views are magnificent and the folks are friendly.

Hope you all can join us there someday, we really want to make this a retreat center area for GLBT folks and allies. Let us know your interest!

salima1@oconahua.com