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"Ay Chihuahua!"
Have you ever heard this time-honored phrase of amazement uttered by some dumbstruck or exasperated Mexican? Whatever its origins, it is perhaps never more appropriately used than by those visitors who come to appreciate the state's wide diversity of tourist merits. Once familiar with them, they too can rightly exclaim, "Ay Chihuahua!".
While any local schoolkid in Mexico can tell you that the state is the nation's largest (245,000 km2, about half the area of Spain and accounting for over one-eighth of the national territory) and that its capital city bears the same name, very few know how big the state once was or how small a Chihuahua dog is supposed to be.
While many tourists have explored the state's world-famous Copper Canyon region (deeper and narrower than the Grand Canyon), far fewer have retraced the swanky steps of Pancho Villa who crossed and criss-crossed the state in search of blood and glory. And, while everyone in Mexico (and the U.S.) has heard of Pancho Villa, not so many know that his real name was "Dorotheo Arango". With a name like that, no wonder he took on a pseudonym!
Very few travellers are interested in spending more time than absolutely necessary traversing or exploring desert landscapes, and Chihuahua (= "dry, sandy place") has the unenviable reputation of being mostly desert and not much else. Indeed, the Chihuahuan desert is North America's largest.
But deserts can be very interesting. Not only does the Chihuahuan desert harbour a multitude of unusual plants and animals, many found nowhere else on earth, it also includes the mysterious Bolsón de Mapimí or "Zone of Silence", a region straddling the state borders of Chihuahua, Durango and Coahuila. This Zone of Silence, best known for its lack of reception of radio waves, was chosen, partly on account of its paucity of human inhabitants, as the site of one of the world's first Biosphere Reserves.
Even today the state of Chihuahua is underpopulated. Most of its residents live in one of two big cities: Chihuahua and Ciudad Juarez. As for thousands, probably millions of years, water remains a severely limited resource throughout the state. This may have deterred but did not prevent pre-Columbian people from establishing substantial and surprisingly sophisticated settlements.
Let's explore some of Chihuahua's less well known tourist sights, on a rapid traverse of the state from north to south. To see all the places described would require at least a week. To choose one or more and include them on your next drive south requires only an additional day or two. It is of course a prerequisite for all the places mentioned that you are prepared to forgo the dubious merits of expensive high-speed toll roads for more varied, more scenic but equally safe two-lane black-tops.
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The Mexican Association of Emergency Nurses Annual Conference, taking place Oct 11 – 13, 2007 at Hotel Casa Grande and Hospital CIMA in Chihuahua, Mexico, is expecting an audience of more than 500 emergency nurses and nursing professionals working in the field of emergency and trauma from Mexico, USA and Latin America.
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The registration form is two pages long. To avoid delays in processing your registration, please type or print clearly, complete and submit both pages and include paymen information. Use a separate form for each registrant: duplicate the forma if necessary.
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Three-day Conference Fees
$130.00 USD Non member US
Late/Onsite $150.00 USD
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Guest Registration and Fees
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Guests may accompany a three-day registrant.
Guests may not be AMEU members. Guests are entitled to admission to the exhibit hall and the welcome cocktail and all other social activities exclusive for companions.
Due to space limitations, guests will not be admitted to educational sessions. We thank you for your cooperation.
Guest Fee : $45.00 USD
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Lodging and transportation
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HOTEL CASA GRANDE, 5 stars quality it has been selected as a headquarter hotel. We have excellent accommodation options as follows:
Single room $ 335.00 USD
Double room: $ 250.00 USD
Triple occupancy: $185.00 USD
Price includes:
•4 days an 3 nights
•3 breakfast buffet
•Taxes
•Tips to bellboys & housekeeping
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Airlines and Ground Transportation
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Aerocalifornia Airlines
It is very easy and inexpensive to travel in Aero California. Get your e-tickets at our best fares through our web site or call us to our call center: Dial 1-800-AERO CAL from The United States or 01 800 237-6225 from Mexico.
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Aeromexico
Reservations from USA
Phone : 1 (800) 237-6639
Club Premier
Phone : 1 (800) 247-3737
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Continental Airlines
For travel reservations to cities in the U.S. 50 states and Mexico: 800.523.FARE(800.523.3273)
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Conference Registration & Information
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CMN “20 de Noviembre” ISSSTE
Unidad de Terapia Intensiva Adultos
Félix Cuevas 540, Colonia del Valle
México, D.F. 03100
(55) 5200 5003 extensión 4363
(55) 5756 0636
Atención: Enf. Sandra Cervantes Ávila
kristog_so@hotmail.com
Hospital Clínica del Centro, Chihuahua
Depto. Enseñanza en Enfermería
Ojinaga # 816, Chihuahua, Chi.
(614) 4 39-81-00
Atención: Lic. Rosa Isela Arias Pacheco
riarias4@hotmail.com
Hemet Valley Medical Center
1117 E Devonshire Ave.
Hemet, CA 92562
(951) 652 2811 Ext. 5190
Atention: Juan Padilla, RN, CN
jprn96@aol.com
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Contact
Information and Registration
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Exhibitors and/or Sponsorship
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AMEU offers opportunities for companies, institutions and organizations to exhibit and to financially support the Annual Conference.
Contact: Gerardo Jasso,
Annual conference coordinator,
at (55) 5265 2800 x 4202 in Mexico.
and Del Erdmann or Jerry at:
(951) 551 4946 in USA for more information.
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