Category Archives: Traveling

Casa Escondida at Troncones

The big pull across the Atlantic was to spend some time with my family in Troncones, a fishing-cum-surfing village a bit NW of Zihuatanejo.   Kevin, Elise, Jasper, and Zoë also made a long trip — from Nome.  My parents, Megan, … Continue reading →

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More World Heritage Sites — Morelia and Zacatecas

Somehow in just a few weeks in Mexico, without even realizing it until after the fact, I’ve visited seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites. I’ve already written about five of them: the historic centers of both Mexico City and Puebla, the … Continue reading →

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Teotihuacán and Xochimilco

December 21, 2012.  The world didn’t end.  I was surprised how much talk there was about this date in Turkey before I left.  On the streets of Antalya I heard multiple people discussing the Mayan prophecy.  “Do you know where … Continue reading →

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Monarch Butterfly Day!!! by Wendy

This is an e-mail that Wendy wrote just after spending the day with the butterflies, a couple days before Christmas.  I’ll only add that the “small city” is Zitácuaro, Michoacán’s third largest city. The reserve area we visited is called … Continue reading →

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Playing tourist in Mexico City and Puebla

Virgin de Guadalupe is about as Mexican as you can get.  You see her image all over Mexico, in houses, in shops, on buses, even burned into people´s cloaks.  The most important shrine in Mexico is the Basilica of the … Continue reading →

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