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Off the Beaten Path: Mexico

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [6908] | Comments [3]

You may read every guidebook you can before heading off to Mexico, but nothing can compare with the tips from those who have not only been there, but have dug their heels into the culture and have gone a bit off the beaten path. Shane Brown at Sanchez ... Read more >

Tags: brown, mexico, off the beaten path, shane, spanish, transportation, travel safety, travel tips

Entry 6: Ensenada + 600 miles = Baja Sur

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By sneaver | Views [1743]

The Year of the Snake came to a close with the completion of an intensive one on one Spanish language course that left me twitchy and fairly certain that parts of my brain no longer functioned. My foreign language synapse circuit board sizzled and most ... Read more >

wow

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 | By ldeutch | Views [1505] | 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

Pyramids, Police and Protests

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 | By shelleytravels | Views [1130] | Comments [11]

So I am in Mexico City. I have adjusted to the time zone now and am having fun... my hostel is right in the centre of all the action and everyone here is really friendly. On my first day I visited two museums with friends from my room: one about Frida ... Read more >

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Ciudad de Mexico - from above

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 | By vee | Views [951]

Mexico City is an awesome to place to arrive into by plane. And if like me, you have left your trip somewhat unplanned; and if like me, your spanish skills amount to pretty much nada; and if like me, you have no friends or family waiting at the airport ... Read more >

Tags: df, mexico city, travel jitters

Final Flurry in San Ignacio and Diego

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [874]

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

Oaxaca

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 | By auaround | Views [748] | Comments [6]

Bentrovati! In partenza per il Chiapas abbiamo un po´di tempo per potervi aggiornare sui nostri ultimi spostamenti. Il Messico si sta rivelando in tutta la sua grandezza, parliamo sia dal punto di vista geografico che culturale. Da Durango ci siamo ... Read more >

So it begins . . .

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 | By nishi36 | Views [630]

Solamente Felicidad . . This places leaves me so speechless most of the time. Where do I begin? Ok so we got to Puebla on Friday the 11th. It was BEAUTIFUL . It has a colonial feel and look to it and the people are just unbelievable. Everyone ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Real de Catorce

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 | By jrdenola | Views [446] | Comments [1]

im in a little town that is a throwback to the mining days. You have to go through a tunnel to get here that is through the mountain. It's about a mile and a half long. It was pretty crowded with mostly Mexican tourists. My hotel ... Read more >

The White Donkey

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry

Thick. Viscous. Like snot. Slimy. Phlegm of an ancient Aztec ruler. When people drink pulque – the mildly alcoholic fermented sap of the maguey plant – it is always the texture that is remarked upon first. It’s like….nothing I’ve ever had before.... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship