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Expertise
Can: The State of Oaxaca, and in particular the city and its central valleys including questions regarding sites and touring, current social and political climate, transportation, and all other matters relating to tourism in and around the city of Oaxaca and its central valleys as well as same regarding the coastal resorts in the state in particular Puerto Escondido, and to a lesser extent Huatulco. Can't: Everything else.
Experience in the area
First visited Oaxaca in 1968 and again in 1969. Began vacationing exclusively in Oaxaca in 1991. Began residing in Oaxaca in 2004. Oaxaca tour guide since 2005.
Organizations
Law Society of Upper Canada Oaxaca Bed & Breakfast Association
Publications
Interweave Transitions Abroad Crime & Justice International The Upper Canadian Oaxaca Times The Etobicoke Guardian York University archives (M.A. thesis)
Education/Credentials
Specialized Honors B.A. (social anthropology) 1974 M.A. (social anthropology) 1978 LL.B. (law degree) 1984
Awards and Honors
Tory Research and Writing Award
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Recent Answers from Alvin Starkman
2011-10-09 mailing a letter:
You have to ask your post office how it handles COD from Mexico. But he CAN send important documents, via FEDEX, DHL, MEXPOST, using pesos. Is this an issue relating to support / alimony? Sure sounds
2011-06-02 Traveling by bus interstate in Mexico:
My expertise is the state of Oaxaca, but I'll try to help you out a bit more. I believe you have to take a bus to Palenque. I think that including Oaxaca in the trip might be too much. On the other hand
2011-06-02 Traveling by bus interstate in Mexico:
The ADO website works fine. I just tried it. Go to http://www.ado.com.mx. Sometimes the route you select to input doesn't come up only because there is no direct bus, so what I always do is have a good
2010-11-03 travel to Puerto Escondido:
Contact ado.com.mx, or look for the ADO website if this link is wrong. It is the main bus company in the country. You can get from Nuevo Laredo to Mexico City, then Mexico City to Oaxaca. In both cases
2010-06-16 weather in oaxaca:
Temperature is usually in the 80s. Rain is hard to predict. Most years it rains every couple of days, beginning around 4 or 5 in the afternoon and ending during the night. But last year there was very
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