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MEXICO | Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By sophalina | Views [6]
It is a fairly broadly accepted truth that Mexicans have a different, more complex relationship with death than those north of the border. The long-standing traditions of the Mexican culture have spawned further celebrations around the Día de los Muertos, ... Read more >
Tags: day of the dead, dia de los muertos, mexico, morelia, patzcuaro
MEXICO | Sun, 27 Sep 2009 | By joealotto13 | Views [67] | Comments [1]
Chichen Itza is a mayan ruin in Yucatan, Mexico. It was built by the Maya and florished around the 10th century. Pretty awesome ruins. Theres a big pyramid, a sacrificial altar, a big ball court and also a smattering of a couple dozen other buildings.... Read more >
Tags: chichen itza, yucatan, mexico, mayans
MEXICO | Thu, 10 Sep 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [813] | Comments [1]
Ay, Caramba! You’ve gone on that long awaited vacation to Mexico and all of sudden you 1. Are sick 2. Had your money stolen or 3. Are stuck alone on a roadside! At World Nomads we’re lucky to have lots of friends in the travel industry, we polled ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, travel safety, water contamination, drug trafficking, spanish, language, 5 things
CUBA | Fri, 4 Sep 2009 | By k-lero | Views [167] | Comments [8]
Y como todo viaje, éste también ha llegado a su fin. Por
varios motivos no pude actualizar el blog debidamente antes de volver y ahora ya
sólo escribiré este último capítulo (fotos sí que he subido). Tras Chiapas (lo último que escribí), lo que siguió ... Read more >
Tags: yucatán, mexico, cuba
MEXICO | Sat, 30 May 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [503] | Comments [3]
13/5/09 - 22/5/09 Oaxaca to San Cristobal 468 km Oaxaca is a great city to enjoy some downtime, relaxing with our cycling friends Martin and Susy, checking out Monte Alban, wandering the markets and artesanias, the leafy ‘zocalo’ and working ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, oaxaca, cycling, food, mountains, sickness, san cristobal
MEXICO | Tue, 12 May 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [392] | Comments [3]
13/4/09 - 7/5/09 Guadalajara to Oaxaca 1204 km The days in Guadalajara with Nobu, Hiro and Ken fly past. They are captivated by the city with its climbing wall, cinema and skate boarding and decide to stay longer, while we get back in the saddle, ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, cycling, volcanoes, swine flu, desert, cactus
USA | Thu, 16 Apr 2009 | By cam2yogi | Views [98]
It is dark outside. Maybe 10 o’clock, maybe 11. Who knows? For all I could guess it might be 3AM or how ‘bout 9PM. There are no clocks around me, only a lace of mosquito netting cascading over the large bed like a whale’s mouth around a school of fish.... Read more >
Tags: cameron karsten photography, cam2yogi, yogalife, laura defreitas, lauranidra, haramara retreat, sayulita, mexico
MEXICO | Fri, 10 Apr 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [623] | Comments [6]
30/3/09 - 7/4/09 Mazatlan to Guadalajara 534 km After nearly two months off the bike, we saddled up and rode out of warm and sticky Mazatlan where we had enjoyed a tranquil time with our amiga Chamely and her puppy ‘Blitz’. Mazatlan itself was ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, cycling, pacific coast, birds, wildlife, tequila, beaches, boat trips, volcanoes
MEXICO | Sun, 8 Feb 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [857] | Comments [9]
21/1/09 - 4/2/09 Guerrero Negro to La Paz 840 km Sometimes things happen exactly at the right moment. For us this was meeting Vincent and Michel, two Swiss cyclists, who also started their expedition in Alaska in May, and were on their way to Argentina.... Read more >
Tags: mexico, baja california, biking, whales, birds, wildlife, beaches, desert, cactus, cyclists
MEXICO | Wed, 21 Jan 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [823] | Comments [5]
10/1/09 - 19/1/09 San Diego to Guerrero Negro 724km It is a fine and sunny day in San Diego, the chickens are scratching in the yard, ‘the Casita’ (our home for the past week) is cleaned and bikes are loaded into the back of Merle’s pick-up truck.... Read more >
Tags: mexico, great people, cycling, traffic, desert, cactus, dangers
MEXICO | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [37] | Video
Location: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico Dates: 12 December Level of Participation: 4 – take the pilgrimage, or just enjoy the street fair Description: Our Lady ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, world festivals, day of our lady of guadelupe
MEXICO | Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [143]
From Oaxaca - we jumped on our first overnight bus journey - 12 hours to San Cristobal de Las Casas. We left at 21:30 and our first impressions of over night bus trips were not great. Jut as we had been warned - the air conditioning was too cold, the ... Read more >
Tags: mexico
MEXICO | Fri, 17 Oct 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [123] | Video
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Dates: 1–2 November Level of Participation: 3 – everyone’s invited to the party, even the dead Description: Mexico’s carnivalesque remembrance of departed souls is one ... Read more >
Tags: dia de los muertos, mexico, world festivals
MEXICO | Sun, 24 Jun 2007 | By ldeutch | Views [346]
I just returned from a very pleasant sidetrip to the northern tranquil, colonial towns of Queretaro and the much spoken about San Miguel de Allende. I had a lovely stay in Queretaro where I met up with a friend, and soon to be classmate at Temple, ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, mexico, queretaro
MEXICO | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 | By ldeutch | Views [341]
I just met with Mauro, the coordinator with SEDEPAC, the Mexican counterpart to American Friends Service Comm. and if I thought that was intense.. this summer is going to really crazy... fun but challenging as ever. He's a good spirit, jean jacket, ... Read more >
Tags: culture, mexico, frida kahlo
MEXICO | Tue, 19 Jun 2007 | By ldeutch | Views [387] | Comments [1]
Well I arrived in Mexico city and already so much has happened it seems... I'm staying at the "Casa de los amigos" it is not just any house, but the "Friends House" as in the Quakers.. quite a nice place with many interesting people ... Read more >
Tags: culture, mexico
MEXICO | Thu, 22 Jun 2006 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [201]
June 2-11, 2006 Here's the latest update on where I've been in the world. From June 2-11, I was on vacation (yes, an actual vacation with no study, research or work agendas!). From the 2nd to the 5th I visited family in the LA area, and it was ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, mexico
