Hoorah, we have contact...and now for some photo catch up...

At Acoma Pueblo Indian Community (New Mexico) where our local guide Brandon gave us the history of his tribe who built their homes 1000s of years ago on top of a Mesa. Along came the Spanish - thought the 'city' might have been the city of gold and subsequently caused the locals a few headaches...but they did get a big catholic church out of it...which they had to build themselves while carting huge trees from 4 days walk away without letting them touch the ground as they were deemed 'sacred' once they had been cut down...of course they had the usual incentives that conquerors are want to offer...going back and starting again, beatings, slavery for their women and children, etc...but they got a really big church out of it...

But the locals did know how to pick a location just check out their views...

A local street of course the locals were smart enough to be inside out of the sun...silly tourists...

 Brandon, the local guide, pointing out the path back....hmmm glad I didn't have to carry the water up each day that there was no rain...bonus is that they live in a matriarchal society where the women own everything. The men do get to govern, although that is another bright idea introduced by the Spanish settlers. All up a very interesting place to visit.