Destination: Mexico

A bit from Morelia

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [1278]

Morelia. It's been a while since I wrote and Morelia seems far away now ....I am writing this in a little camping area in Cacahuamilpa, but more about that later.... Moreala - high expectations. We were so pampered and it all spilled over to the ... Read more >

Arriving in Mexico City

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1107]

We arrive in Mexico City after 2 hours on the bus, this is so fast that we have to check with the driver that we are actually here. Inside the huge terminal we find an official (safe) taxi cubicle (because trying to use any other transport in this huge ... Read more >

Guadalupe - Great White Sharks

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [985]

With the roadtrip at an end I headed to San Francisco airport for a flight to San Diego, arriving 2 hours early I was told my flight had been cancelled !  I was rushed through onto a flight that was leaving in 20 minutes, I made it but my luggage didn't, ... Read more >

Mexico, Mexico, Mexico

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [846]

  We are camping again at the best campground ever.   Hotel Pepe RV Park is in Tepotzotlan, about 25 miles north of Mexico City.   We have a football size grassy area to ourselves, electricity and an outdoor kitchen.   Our own toilets and showers ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Still in Mexico

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 | By hcr64 | Views [649]

So I decided to take a bus down into the Hotel Zone area of Cancun on Saturday night. This was an excellent idea as I had found it difficult to find a range of bars in the Downtown distric. After taking a somewhat scenic route, I ended up at a place ... Read more >

Encounters in a Bar

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 | By marksgone | Views [447]

The doorway stood open, its rusting yet stout grill not exactly screaming a welcome. A concrete partition set just inside the threshold shielding curious eyes from the internal action. The lack of ear piercing mariachi tones making this bar more ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Winnipeg - Mexico City

Thu, 15 Dec 2016 | By mitann | Views [419]

Here we go again; The Gunner Mexican adventure.  For many people that title will conjure ideas and memories of laying on the popular beach resorts, sucking down endless margaritas and beer.  While we will get to the beaches, our trip will be ... Read more >

Close your eyes and follow me to the Moon

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [281] | Scholarship Entry

The all-day beach rave and wet t-shirt contest season had arrived, and my cousin and I found ourselves unfortunately close to Mexico’s’ Spring Break capitol. Playa del Carmen: a young fisherman village blessed by the Mayan Gods yet cursed by Cancun’s ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

The "Guitarist Magician"

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [261] | Scholarship Entry

In the middle of an autumn day while I walked back from buying cigarettes in my desert city, the sun shined heavy when I noticed an old man around his sixties wearing blue leather boots and blue leather jacket, a cowboy hat and a blue guitar carrying ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Sayulita: A View From the Sidelines

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [179] | Scholarship Entry

As I approached the outskirts of Sayulita, I immediately felt a distinct impression, starkly different from the Mexican tourist spots I had visited in the past. Eagerly, I sprung out of the taxi anxious to experience a side of Mexico I had never seen.... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Gallery: Oaxaca and Monte Alban

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 | By gemma | Photo Gallery

Photos: Mexico City

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 | By robrobjos | Photo Gallery

Photos: What do am I suppose to do in Mexico?

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 | By loloberlin | Photo Gallery

Photos: Traveling

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 | By paumartinez | Photo Gallery

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By cochoapan | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry