Destination: Mexico

Hola Mexico City!

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 | By robrobjos | Views [1264] | Comments [2]

After the slightly crazy and emotional 3 week leaving party, we were finally on flight AF438 to Mexico City, whoop whoop. We arrived around 6:30 local time to a less than smooth passing through immigration, the Mexican Official literally picking holes ... Read more >

Tags: arriving, couchsurfing., mexico city

Tropical affliction in Veracruz

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 | By jarrodkee43 | Views [1114] | Comments [8]

Diego has contracted a disease..... Doctor Jose has his diagnosis: Possibility x). Diego, having drunk from the fountain of youth (or was it a Michelada) he has miraculously turned back the clock to when he was a fifteen year old going through puberty ... Read more >

The killers of Mexico City

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 | By jarrodkee43 | Views [1018] | Comments [2]

5 reasons why Mexico City is a dangerous place. 1. There is a gang of little old ladies that rob and kill unsuspecting tourists. (This happened to us 3 times) 2. If you carry an ATM card criminals can smell it, and before you know it there'll be ... Read more >

Zacatecas

Sat, 4 Aug 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [889]

Zacatecas from Wednesday to Sunday the 29th of July Four days is not even enough in this town which seems to favor pedestrians. There are so many little walkways, alleys and stairs...countless and arranged like in a maze. Not just one, but countless ... Read more >

Final Flurry in San Ignacio and Diego

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [864]

Nice Beach - who put those SUVs there? After another breakfast watching small birds doing their Sisyphean nest-building task (poor things) we got the bus up to San Ignacio some 270km north which is known as a base for seeing the breeding grey ... Read more >

Tags: san diego, san ignacio

Understanding a Culture through Food - It takes a village

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 | By | Views [677] | Scholarship Entry

Mole is not for everyone. A thick, creamy, rich paste covers the protein that lies beneath in impenetrable sumptuousness. On first bite you brace for the expected sweetness of, could it be chocolate? Do you see a bit of plantain? But it instead assaults ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Bahias de Huatulco

Sat, 5 May 2012 | By intrepidexplorer | Views [603]

Ok, its time to be honest here. I have been living in Mexico for 10 months now. I started this journal a bit late didn't I? Well, that is only because I didn't know it existed! I plan to start writing a little bit of my travels across this part of ... Read more >

San Cristobal (9/7 - 11/7)

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Views [518]

Ascending into the mountainous Chipas region we arrived at colonial San Cristobal de las Casa.  IN the middle of the highlands there is massive indigenous culture with women and men in traditional dress. Awesome place.  Coloured houses, awesome shopping.... Read more >

Día de Los muertos

Tue, 4 Nov 2014 | By jrdenola | Views [352] | Comments [2]

so I am in Guadalajara and dia de Los muertos has been the last two nights.  It was pretty cool.  Lots of skeletons and people dressed up with their faces painted.  Guadalajara is nice.  I am staying in a hostel that is owned by a ... Read more >

Sharing Stories - A Glimpse into Another's Life - Rendezvous with Death

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 | By kaleidoscopic | Views [305] | Scholarship Entry

The streets are covered in orange and yellow marigold flowers, traditionally used in Mexico to show spirits the way to the cemetery. Colorful, hand-cut papers and countless candles frame the entrance; people travel in a musical procession for today death ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

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

A transformational trip to Mexico and the Mayans

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry

How did I end up in a Mexican Chaman ritual? Two months before a friend of mine came to London. As he was talking to me about Teotihuacan and its ancient history or Cholula and its widest pyramid on earth I was growing into the idea of finally visiting ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

people from wirikuta

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By omar | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship

Photos: Hiking

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 | By pies-ligeros | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Vagos

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 | By rubengzzs | Photo Gallery