Adventure Traveler And Photographer To Present 'A Journey Through Colonial Mexico'
Adventure Traveler And Photographer
To Present âA Journey Through Colonial Mexicoâ
BETHEL â Fairfield-based adventure traveler and photographer Beth Abrahams will share photographs and experiences in an audio visual presentation titled âA Journey through Colonial Mexicoâ at an Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) meeting at St Thomas Episcopal Church on Tuesday, October 2.
AMC members and nonmembers are all welcome to attend. The meeting will begin with wine, cheese, appetizers, coffee and dessert at 6:30 pm, followed by the presentation at 7:30, lasting about one hour with time available for questions or discussions. The cost is $5 for members and $6 for nonmembers, payable at the door.
After many years of fashion photography, covering the shows, stores and streets of Europe, Beth Abrahams took her first adventure vacation in July 1998 to the Galapagos Islands. From the moment she set foot on the Galapagos she was hooked and has been involved with adventure travel and wildlife photography ever since.
Ms Abrahams has traveled widely, including more trips to Ecuador, plus journeys to Peru, Thailand, Myanmar, Tanzania, Kenya, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Her photographs have been published widely, often in travel brochures, and can be seen at her website, TravelByNaturePhotography.com.
In her presentation, Ms Abrahams will describe a 2006 trip to the heart of Colonial Mexico with three National Geographic photographers. Based in Central Mexico, Ms Abrahams visited the beautiful colonial towns of Guanajuato, Queretaro, and San Martin. This area was one of the first colonized by the Spanish in the 1520s for its rich silver deposits, which provided incredible wealth to the area and attracted merchants from all over the world. It is an area of beautifully preserved colonial buildings, painted doorways, hand painted tiles, charming hidden gardens, and fascinating street markets.
She will also highlight the annual Blessing of the Horses festival. Once a year hundreds of Mexican cowboys travel for days to reach the small colorful town of San Martin and then wait until dawn for a local priest to bless their horses.
More details and directions to the meeting location are available at www.ct-amc.org or contact Eleanor Sasso at easasso@optonline .net
St Thomas Church is at 95 Greenwood Avenue (Route 302) in downtown Bethel, one block east of PT Barnum Square.