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Mon, 6 May 2013 | By f0nsey | Views [538] | Comments [2]
So Mexico City has come up trumps in a major way. First stop: total success. Although it is furiously heavily populated - streams of peculiarly potato-esque mexicans heading in every conceivable direction at all hours of the day - the Centro Histó... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By por-ahi | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry
It was July 2011, we had just arrived to Beijing from a short trip to Shanghai to pick up some friends. We already felt like locals, so we decided to take the subway from the train station to our hotel near Tiananmen Square. We were 6 people: my 2 younger ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By nosoygringo | Views [467] | Scholarship Entry
Speaking about Kim Jong-un days ago, I told a friend all the leader needs is a beer and some tacos. Understanding a culture through its food? Kim might. So do us. Culinary expressions are inherent to Mexican genes. Perhaps too much, or we would not ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By kirstyt | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry
As a red sun sets on a Mexican pueblo north of the Guatemalan border, the explosions are already starting. It´s almost dark but few in Chiapa de Corzo will sleep tonight. This colonial town near the ugly regional capital Tuxtla Guttierez seems small ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By merce | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
I step into a living area saturated with chocolate aroma. It feels inopportune but Ester has ushered me in so she can finish detailing the custom-made wool rug I ordered from her two days earlier at the market. Many of her beautifully crafted rugs are ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By marianurz | Views [410] | Scholarship Entry
“Trust me señorita, you’ll thank me later”. A petite slender man with swarthy skin tanned due to the excessive sun exposure, handed us a pair of old magenta colored bicycles before we could even agree on renting them. He swiftly explained us how to get ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By jessederkx | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
Surrounded by herbs, vegetables and fruits, blooming trees color the sun in bright streaks. The garden of Il Giardino serves as a prep kitchen, storage and dining hall. Visitors are invited to seat themselves in the shade at a rickety table, and on ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By suburbanwayfarer | Views [160] | Scholarship Entry
An aerial map of Cozumel appears like a comet—the shallow, aqua waters around it forming its tail. Cozumel. Easily 90, maybe more. The heat here is not like that of Florida, where whenever you walk down the sidewalk on a humid day it feels like you’re ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By raquelita | Views [395]
Estoy nerviosa. Es mi primer viaje latinamericano excepto una vez en el Caribe fuera de Mexico y tengo bastante anos.
Espero que no tengo problems con los cajeros permanentes. Espero que mantengo mi sentido comun sin perder oportunidades.
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Tags: expat en mexico, guatemala, preparations
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By staylor | Views [322] | Scholarship Entry
"You are strong" the Mayan man deduces, his moon-shaped face filling the gap between the kitchen sink and myself. "Mmm" I respond, preventing a torrent of toothpaste gushing from my lips like tepid, white lava. "Very strong; I can see you." Pajtoshli ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By photonomy | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By photonomy | Views [354] | Scholarship Entry
Chicken slaughterhouses crown the exit of San Juan market. Brooms are smashed against the pavement to release it from the poultry dirty punishment. The noxious odor transpires; it’s a jumble of warm flesh, cheap soap, chick fat and bloody chicken crests.... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By photonomy | Views [290]
Chicken slaughterhouses crown the exit of San Juan market. Brooms are smashed against the pavement to release it from the poultry dirty punishment. The noxious odor transpires; it’s a jumble of warm flesh, cheap soap, chick fat and bloody chicken ... Read more >
Tags: heartbreak, mexico, pulque
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By alexamaria04 | Views [178] | Scholarship Entry
When I first laid eyes on him, my heart fell, as though an anchor had been attached to it, dragging it down to the bottom of my stomach. Parked at a red light in Monterrey, Mexico. Outside, the sun beat down, kissing my cheeks as I sat squished in the ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By viajar | Views [435] | Scholarship Entry
We are all covered in dust. It billows in uninhibited from the open back of the van. It enters wrinkles of sweat and turns hair grey. The brave talk, allowing dirt to enter their lungs and fill the caverns of their teeth. The van looked full of people ... Read more >
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