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		<title>My Trip to Mexico</title>
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<p> <q class="text-big fade-in animate-element shortcode-pullquote wf-cell align-left wf-1-3"><em>Pack a small backpack with the essentials for a week, cause we must walk well over an hour to arrive, and there is no telephone or Internet access</em></q>The path is full of stones and clods, and you find you have to concentrate in an altitude of 2500 meters. The choice is between a mule, a donkey or on foot but we feel safest on our own feet. English-born Theresa has lived in Mexico for over 30 years, she is an alchemist and gatherer of wild plants in the highlands. I am invited to her herbal medicine laboratory in northern Mexico.</p>
<p>The air is fresh and clear. Plants and trees are bursting with vitality. The area is water-rich, so the ground is fertile making it perfect for cultivating various crops. Before, the mountains used to be covered by forest-land but the trees were used for building the railway. The mountain peaks, tower proudly, about 3000 m in height. Today there are houses and a few trees but plenty of nopal cactus and agaves, and a wealth of fragrant herbs and plants. It’s like landing on another planet, where everything is fresh and clear. It is so quiet, and we take our time, savoring the experience.</p>
<p>After a few hours we glimpse the ranch inside the canyon. Here, mules and goats graze on the slopes. Several chickens and one turkey are pecking and foraging in the countryside. The animals spend the night in the caves of the mountain. Corn, wheat and oats are growing on the terraces.  A large family live here with seven children ranging in age from 5 to 22 years, one daughter and son in law, a grandfather, and a few alternating assistants. Their home consists of a small house with a separate kitchen that is located in a developed cave in the mountain. Toilet and shower can be found a little down the cliff. The time to take bath is in the afternoon when the sun has warmed up the water in the black rubber hoses. Solar panels gives little power to the house and the kitchen works with gas and flame. As the housewife says, the best tortillas are the ones that are made of proper fire – they just taste better. Provisions are transported to and from the ranch by donkey or horseback, and the nearest city is a few hours away.
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<h4>Goatherd for a day</h4>
<p><q class="text-big fade-in animate-element shortcode-pullquote wf-cell align-right wf-1-3"><em>I borrowed a large felt hat – and it is indeed an honor to borrow a hat, which is a very personal thing out here</em></q></p>
<p>There are approximately 150 adult goats to provide fresh daily milk for the goat kids. They have already drunk their milk before we arrive. All the children participate in the milking process and are skilled at it. Even if the goats do not just think they are ready, they are gently caught and milked. There are at least 15 -20 liters of milk in total. Some gets boiled and is used immediately and the rest is used to make cheese. Then it’s time for breakfast – classic Mexican beans, fried potatoes, omelet with freshly baked tortillas. It tastes heavenly, because after a few hours in the fresh mountain air you are ravenously hungry. After a hearty feed, we go and help with the goat herding. The adult goats are herded out of the fenced enclosure and the youngsters remain inside.</p>
<p>Up the mountain we go! I borrow a large felt hat – and it is indeed an honor to borrow a hat, which is a very personal thing out here. With my hat I also get a shepherd’s crook. I accompany Don P who is the head in the family. He was born and raised here in the local area and knows the mountains like the back of his hand. We whistle and throw little with stones to gather the flock. The shepherd is helped by three dogs who make a lot of noise so that hungry coyotes don’t come too close. Sometimes we sit down, have some water and relax in the sun. After a few hours we are top of the mountain. Here we enjoy a fabulous view of the mountain range and Don P describes the nearby towns, all located at a distance of at least an hour by horse or donkey. The small children under 10 years old live-in near the school with their aunt four days a week.</p>
<p><q class="text-big fade-in animate-element shortcode-pullquote wf-cell align-left wf-1-3"><em>There is not the stress we know from our part of a busy world</em></q>The older children take the trip over the mountain every day. This is a family that lives in harmony with the seasons, the weather and their immediate environment. In the week I stayed with them, not once did I hear someone argue. The smallest ones are organized and supervised by their elders, and there is not a shred of resentment only a deep respect for each other. They live with a division of labor in which women take care of their homes and the men labour in the fields, tend to the animals and do the shopping. This is what they need to survive and live well. Theresa is reviewing the portfolio of herbal extracts. Some plants are hanging out to dry, others are filtered. She is preparing for a bigger harvest next month. In this way, the herbal remedies are available for use at any time of the year. Local herbal mixtures are used to treat many symptoms. When I tripped over a stone and catch my leg painfully on a prickly nopal cactus, they pull out many 2 – 3 cm long spikes from my leg. They must be taken out as soon as possible. Next they bandage my leg and give me a herbal drink. To my amazement by the next morning the swelling has significantly subsided and there is no evidence of infection.</p>
<p>In the evening there is music and singing. The kids take out their mobile phones to play their music and games. There is even a flat-screen TV with many channels! Yes, even here they cannot escape the trends of the world outside the mountains. The two oldest girls are on Facebook, so when they come into town, there have a connection. The young people already embrace both worlds.</p>
<p>When there is a big celebration, the giant speakers are pulled out. It plays directly from USB connector with power from the solar panels. Nothing is missing here. It combines simple subsistence farming, as it has been for hundreds of years, with modern technology. If something happens in the world, I am sure that these families will probably survive. They do not have the stress we have from our busy part of the world. It is very inspiring.</p>
<p>So my advice to you is put on the old sweater, let your beard grow, go out fishing, go for a walk, spend the night in a tent – do something that involves leaving the computer and phone at home. When you return from your trip into nature and you are checking mails and you are back online – then I can recommend that you watch this one: <a href="http://blog.petflow.com/this-is-avideo-everyone-needs-to-see-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-im-speechless/">http://blog.petflow.com/this-is-avideo-everyone-needs-to-see-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-im-speechless/</a></p>
<p>Have a nice trip.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<p> <q class="text-big fade-in animate-element shortcode-pullquote wf-cell align-left wf-1-3"><em>Pak en lille rygsæk med det mest nødvendige til en uge, for vi skal gå godt en time for at komme frem, og der er hverken telefon eller internetforbindelse</em></q>Stien var fuld af sten og knolde, og det var om at koncentrere sig i knap 2500 meters højde. Valget er mellem mulddyr, æsel eller til fods og vi føler os tryggest på egne ben. Engelske Theresa har boet i Mexico i over 30 år, er alkymist og sanker selv vilde planter i højlandet. Jeg er inviteret med i hendes plantemedicinske laboratorium i det nordlige Mexico. Luften er frisk og klar. Planter og træer sprudler af vitalitet. Området er rigt på vand, så der er grobund for at dyrke mange forskellige afgrøder. Før var bjergene dækket af skove, men træerne skulle bruges til jernbanesveller. De bare bjergtinder, knejser nu stolte op i ca. 3000 m højde og huser i dag nogle få træer, men masser af nopal kaktus og agaver, og et væld af duftende urter og planter. Det er som at lande på en anden planet, hvor alt er friskt og klart. Her er så stille, og vi tager os god tid.</p>
<p>Efter et par timer skimter vi ranchen inde i kløften. Her græsser muldyr og geder på skrænterne. Hønsene og en enkelt kalkun hakker i det grønne. Der dyrkes majs, hvede og havre på terrasserne. Her bor en storfamilie med syv børn i alderen fem til 22 år, datter og sigersøn, bedstefar og et par skiftende medhjælpere. Dyrene overnatter i hulerne i bjerget og boligerne er små huse og køkkenet ligger i en udbygget hule i bjerget. Toilet og bad lidt ned ad skrænten. Her bades om eftermiddagen, når solen har varmet vandet op i de sorte gummislanger. Solpaneler giver lidt strøm til huset og køkkenet fungerer med gas og åben ild. Som husfruen siger, så er de bedste tortillas dem, der er lavet på ordentlig ild – de smager bare bedre. Alt til og fra ranchen transporteres på æsel- og hesteryg, og der er et par timers transport til nærmeste by.
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<h4>Gedehyrde for en dag</h4>
<p><q class="text-big fade-in animate-element shortcode-pullquote wf-cell align-right wf-1-3"><em>Jeg har lånt en stor filthat – og det er faktisk en ære at låne en hat, som er en meget personlig ting herude</em></q>Der er ca. 150 voksne geder og knap så mange kid, der har fået deres mælk inden vi kommer og malker dagens friske gedemælk. Alle ungerne deltager og de kan deres kram, selv om gederne ikke lige synes, at de skal lægge patter til, så bliver de nænsomt fanget ind og malket. Der er i hvert fald 15 -20 liter mælk ialt. Noget bliver kogt, som vi får med det sammen og resten bruges til ost. Så er det tid til morgen mad – klassisk mexikansk med bønner, stegte kartofler, omelet med friskbagte tortillas. Det smager himmelsk, for efter et par timer i den friske bjergluft fejler appetitten ikke noget. De voksne geder gennes ud af indhegningen, og de små bliver hjemme.</p>
<p>Op ad bjerget går det. Jeg har lånt en stor filthat – og det er faktisk en ære at låne en hat, som er en meget personlig ting herude. Også en hyrdestav får jeg med. Jeg går sammen med Don P, der er overhovedet i familien. Han er født og opvokset her på egnen og kender bjergene som sin egen bukselomme. Vi pifter og kaster lidt med sten for at samle flokken. Hyrden bliver hjulpet af tre hunde, der laver en farlig larm, hvis der skulle komme sultne prærieulve for tæt på. Af og til sætter vi os ned, får lidt vand og slapper af i solen. Efter et par timer når vi toppen af bjerget. Her er en fabelagtig udsigt over bjergområdet og Don P udpeger de nærliggende byer, der alle ligger i en afstand af min. en time på heste- eller æselryg. De små børn under 10 år bor ved skolen hos tanten fire dage om ugen.</p>
<p><q class="text-big fade-in animate-element shortcode-pullquote wf-cell align-left wf-1-3"><em>Der er ikke den stress vi kender fra vores del af en travl verden</em></q>De større børn tager turen over bjerget hver dag. Her lever familien i harmoni med årstiden, vind og vejr og også med sig selv. Ikke én gang på den uge, jeg lever med dem, hører jeg, at nogen skændes. De mindste bliver vist tilrette – og der er ikke noget plageri eller fedten rundt – men derimod en respekt for hinanden. De lever med en arbejdsfordeling, hvor kvinderne klare hus og hjem og mændene klarer marker, dyr og indkøb. Her er hvad de skal bruge for at overleve og endda godt. Theresa gennemgår beholdningen af urteekstrakter. Nogle planter hænges til tørre, andet filtreres, og der gøres klar til større høst i næste måned. På denne måde er naturmedicinen til brug på alle tider af året. Mange symptomer klares med de lokale urteblandinger. Da jeg falder over en sten og knalder benet ind i en stikkende nopal kaktus, hiver de flere to-tre cm lange splinter ud af benet. Ud skal de &#8211; helst med det samme, og jeg får omslag og urtedrik. Til min forbløffelse er hævelsen markant aftaget næste morgen og ingen infektion at spore.</p>
<p>Om aftenen er der sang og musik, og ungerne hiver mobiltelefonerne frem- der er musik og spil på dem. Minsandten om der ikke også er fladskærms-tv med mange kanaler! Jo, de følger med herude i bjergene. De to ældste af pigerne er på Facebook, så når de kommer ind til byen, er der forbindelse. De unge favner allerede begge verdener. Når der er stor fest, bliver kæmpehøjtaleren hevet frem. Den spiller direkte fra USB stikket med strøm fra solpanelerne. Der mangler ikke noget herude. Her forenes enkelt selvforsynende landbrug, som det har været i hundredevis af år, med moderne teknolog. Sker der noget i den store verden, er jeg sikker på, at disse familier nok skal overleve. Der er ikke den stress vi kender fra vores del af en travl verden. Det er meget inspirerende. Så tag den gamle sweater på, lad skægget stå, ta’ ud og fisk, gå en tur, overnat i telt – gør noget andet – og lad først og fremmest mobil og computer bliv hjemme. Når du alligevel tjekker mail og er på nettet igen – så vil jeg anbefale, du ser denne her: <a href="http://blog.petflow.com/this-is-avideo-everyone-needs-to-see-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-im-speechless/" target="_blank">http://blog.petflow.com/this-is-avideo-everyone-needs-to-see-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-im-speechless/</a> God tur.</p>
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