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Visit the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Inside the premier repository of Native art and material culture are the stories of the people of the Southwest. Developed through collaborating with tribes, the core exhibition “Here, Now and Always” presents stories of creation, survival and…
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Travel destination: Albuquerque, New Mexico! It was my second time to attend the Albuquerque International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, and this time around, I was not disappointed. Last year, no balloon was able to take off due to the unfavorable weather. This 2015, the weather was perfect. And the temperature…
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The image above is how the Valley of Fires looks like from space! It is less heard, less seen. The Valley of Fires Recreation Area in Carrizozo, New Mexico has never been in my travel radar. Not so many travel websites wrote about it. Not even the few popular New…
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For 400 years, from 1150 CE to 1550 CE, the Ancestral Pueblo people lived on cliffs. They carved their dwellings in the soft rock cliffs of a beautiful Frijoles canyon in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The ruins of the dwellings still can be seen today at the Bandelier National Monument….
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On July 16, 1945, the United States Army successfully detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon, and they called the test “Trinity.” The detonation was conducted in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 56 km southeast of Socorro, New Mexico. Weeks later, on August 9, 1945, Fat Man (a bomb of…
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The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico is the best place to learn the Native American culture and how life was like for the Pueblo people of New Mexico in the past. The center is full of history and interesting facts. The museum is divided into sections with…
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You heard so many things about it. You see photos of it online. You know that it is vast and the landscape colorful. But seeing its grandeur in person is beyond description. The Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona is indeed “Grand”! Extending 277 miles north to south and 18…
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The Albuquerque BioPark Zoo in New Mexico houses a variety of animals including polar bears, mountain lions, birds, alligators, and monkeys. It is a small zoo compared to the one I visited in Nebraska, but it interesting enough for the whole family to enjoy a 2-hour walk of sightseeing. See:…
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