El Árbol del Tule

A visit to the world's largest tree

The woman rubbed her hands on the embroidered, sequined dress of the Virgin Mary as she laughed and called to her boyfriend in Spanish. Roughly and without care she lifted the wooden donation box which sat beneath the statue, shaking it to see if it contained anything, and gracelessly plopped it back on the stone ledge, not caring that before it had bee…