Life in troncones,
majahua & saladita
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Super Maria Solis: A Toda Madre
When it comes to grocery stores, Troncones has them all. Mini-súper. Miscelánea. Abarrotes. General stores selling snacks, fruits, beverages and household essentials. There are four on Main Street, from the top of the hill to the T. Of the four, only one has the same woman there, day after day. Meet Maria of Mini Súper de Maria. She’s glamorous. She’s funny. She’s serious. She’s kind. She’s real. She’s watching you even when you think she’s not.
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Xochil Alvarez Saunier: I Feel Safe Here
When the curvy wall for El Muro in La Pequeña was being built nine years ago, people wondered “What is that?”. The construction took a different approach, its crews using superadobe bags to create the wall’s framework. That legacy of “a different approach” persists today with El Muro becoming a popular place for retreats, particularly for women. That movement is being led by a young lifestyle and hospitality entrepreneur who has made La Pequeña and El Muro “home”. Meet Xochil Alvarez Saunier.
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Santa María Rivera: Community, One Beat at a Time
I first heard about Noches Lucidas in the summer of 2022, from some young surfers who said they were going dancing at Amor Tropical. A few days later they told me the music was fun and that they got home just before dawn. This year, during Semana Santa, two seventy-year-olds asked me how long the electronic music festival at Costa Brava was going to be around. They went one night and they loved it. I asked, “Which festival?” And they said, “Noches Lucidas”. Hmmm. Same event; same reaction from two very different age groups. What is Noches Lucidas? Answering that led me to its organizer, a DJ named Santa Maria. It turns out he lives in Troncones.
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Victor Manuel Ramírez Rivera: The Man of La Boca
I first heard of Victor Ramirez when my neighbors came together to make repairs to the roads between Majahua and La Boca. It was said that we needed to include him in our planning. Okay. He was spoken of as if he were a judge. It turns out that, in some ways, he is. Víctor Ramirez lives in La Boca, and for years he’s been someone people go to when they have squabbles or when they want to get something done. His connections to Saladita, Lagunillas, Troncones, Pantla and La Unión run deep. He made sure we got the equipment we needed for the roadwork.
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Angélica Pena Gonzalez: a.k.a. Angie
I first spotted Angie’s work at Hacienda Plaza in Saladita, her portraits of female surfers conveying a power that had little to do with surfing or beauty or sensuality—there was a presence to the participants that made them seem more like warriors, anything but laid-back “surfer girls”. After I noticed her work, I learned Angie called herself an “artivist”. I also started seeing her regularly at Hacienda Plaza, leading workshops and working on projects, by herself and with other people. We sat down together last week and talked for about an hour about her past and her present.
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The Parrots of Troncones
One of the questions I get asked most often on birding walks is some version of, “Wait—are those actually parrots?” People hear the noise first. A ragged, sharp-edged squawking that cuts through everything else, and then they look up and see a pair of green birds tearing across the sky like they’re late for something important. And the reaction is always the same: genuine surprise that parrots just fly around here, wild and free, like it’s no big deal.
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My Kind of Paradise
Photographer, naturalist and writer William Mertz recently posted photos of a trip he was on. Because of the trees and the houses, I thought he was somewhere in Pennsylvania. It turns out he was still in Mexico and only an hour and a half from Troncones. Here's his getaway—his view into the world of Mesas de Bravo—a short (and easy) drive into the mountains of Guerrero. Take us away, William.
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La Boca Through Omar’s Eyes
One of the most precious resources of our area is its natural beauty—seemingly unspoiled land and sea—barely touched by human development, construction and debris. That’s starting to change as Troncones and Saladita expand out from their centers, and encroach more and more on the estuary at La Boca Lagunillas. Omar Sierra Gutiérrez knows the area around the estuary well. He leads tours daily for Costa Nativa, taking the nature-curious along the lagoon and up into the mountains. This winter, Omar and a few friends created a short film—a sort of tour of La Boca Lagunillas—revealing the places and people he appreciates, and featuring Rosalio Villegas Taveras, “Chalio”, the king of the iguanas.
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FROM FARM TO TRONCONES, WEEKLY
The permaculture farm at eco-resort Playa Viva, a vibrant part of our local food culture, has become a stand-alone venture, with a new name––Gente Viva
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