March 10th, 2003
The Zapatistas and the eco-lodge…
Tim Weiner, writing in the New York Times, takes up the story of the seizure of an eco-lodge in Chiapas by Zapatista supporters on 28th February. American former Peace Corps volunteers Glen Wersch and Ellen Jones opened their ‘guest-ranch’ in 1995, one year after the Zapatista uprising. The lodge, Rancho Esmeralda is located near Toniná and Laguna Miramar and is listed as one of the 10 best places to stay in Mexico by the Lonely Planet guide. I’ve been following the development of this story on the Mexico Ecotourism Network discussion list and The Daily Glyph.
Filed in Laguna Miramar
