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Sat, 30 Apr 2011 | By elis82 | Views [2087]
The last couple of weeks have been spent on the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas regions of southern Mexico. These areas are famous for beaches (especially Cancun), Mayan ruins, cave diving, being hot and old Spanish settlements. Our travels took us from ... Read more >
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Sat, 30 Apr 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
Beaches, ruins, towns and cenotes abound
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Sun, 24 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1631] | Comments [7]
In terms of events, the past two weeks have been
unremarkable. Life on the road has been [pleasantly] tame and peaceful. Charlie
got a flat in Loreto, Tom had to repair a broken clutch cable on the road, and
Charlie had to buy a new helmet after losing ... Read more >
Sat, 23 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery
San Ignacio thru La Ventana
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Thu, 14 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1748] | Comments [4]
Week four: Adventures in Northern Baja I did not expect the last week to be what it was. After all, I spent it traveling with other people, male people! Things were supposed to coast, at least for a few days. There is no coasting with these guys. Throttle ... Read more >
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery
Ensenada, Rasoario, and two crashes
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Thu, 7 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [1218] | Comments [2]
Location and orientation: The main street into town, Chemaul, intersects with another main street just before the malecon [definition: the street that runs along the shore; where to go to get pestered by hawkers of silver, sombreros, sunglasses and ... Read more >
Sun, 3 Apr 2011 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery
Weeks 2 and 3: San Felipe, Baja California Norte
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Thu, 24 Mar 2011 | By katieh | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
I spent two months travelling in Mexico this year. For this trip I eschewed Lonely Planet in favour of a lighter, more budget orientated guidebook: Footprint. I liked the way Footprint gave brief overviews of destinations, letting you read between the ... Read more >
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Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By alanamal | Views [241] | Scholarship Entry
When I arrived last week my face was white as a walnut, an English moon suddenly illuminated in this small, dark corner of the world. My experience of Mexico was five-star resorts in Cancun with complimentary buffets and Australian pool-boys. Instead, ... Read more >
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Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By morgenvv | Views [628] | Scholarship Entry
Dawn comes early in Teotitlán del Valle, Mexico. Outside my door, the sounds of morning swell: the gentle scraping of a broom sweeping cobbles, the bagpipe bray of a donkey, the admonishments of one loud, insistent rooster. Whorls of low-hanging ... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, mexico, morning, oaxaca, tortillas, travel writing scholarship 2011
Tue, 22 Mar 2011 | By laaventura | Views [309] | Scholarship Entry
The car rolled slowly through one of those neighbourhoods the guide books warn you not to visit. My eyes were sweeping along the crowded roadside devouring the intriguing outfits emblazoned with silver studs, dazzling under the beam of the headlights.... Read more >
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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 | By wolfrolf | Views [434] | Scholarship Entry
When I was at my last year at highschool, two of my best friends and I, organized a weekend get away camp on the beautiful and majestic "Sierra Gorda" (about 4 hours from my home) on the state of Queretaro, this is in my beautiful country ... Read more >
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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 | By ryanandjo | Views [2911]
We had a near miss on our return to Mexico. At the check in desk in Havana we were told that our flight was delayed 5 hours and were given food vouchers as compensation. At the
time our flight was meant to depart we decided to use our food vouchers ... Read more >
Tags: aztec, guadalajara, maya, mexico city, oaxaca, palenque, san cristobal, teotihuacan
Sat, 5 Feb 2011 | By lady_muchacha | Views [242] | Scholarship Entry
Home is where the Heart is. Feet kiss Mexican soil and the streets of the country’s capital pulse with pollution and people. A cacophony of voices sends me spinning prior to departure: “Express kidnappings” “Drug wars” “You’re a single white female” ... Read more >
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