Posts from ‘May, 2009’

Do you Squidoo? Founded by marketing guru and super blogger Seth Godin, Squidoo offers a free Web platform on which people can create fan pages or “lenses” on virtually any subject. It’s also a worthwhile online resource for finding out about travel destinations in Latin America.
There are almost 1 million lenses on a multitude of [...]

In the post last week in which readers were asked to vote on how Mexico handled the Swine Flu crisis, I incorrectly noted that Mexico’s president was up for re-election in 2012. This has reinforced my belief that it’s dangerous to assume almost anything when writing about Latin American countries. 
Below are seven quirky facts about [...]

Are you and your iPhone traveling to Mexico? There’s an app. for that.
In fact, there are a couple of iPhone apps that are solely devoted to Mexico. Several other travel related apps are useful when going just about anywhere.
Here are the iPhone apps I’m downloading before I head south of the border:

Mexico Travel Guides: [...]

When I go to Guadalajara in a few weeks, I’d like to take my family to a charreada. The charreada is the precurser to the American rodeo.
Though the charreada and rodeo both involve horsemanship and roping livestock, there are some basic differences between the two events:

Those who participate in a charreada aren’t called cowboys or [...]

Earlier in the year, amidst blanket media coverage of Mexico’s drug-cartel conflict, rumors were swirling that the country was on the verge of being a failed state.  But this dire prediction and the reports of drug-related violence died down after President Obama’s visit.
Little did Mexico know that it soon would be confronted with a potentially [...]

As my long-awaited trip to Mexico draws near, it’s time to start getting practical about my vacation plans. That means making the necessary arrangements for my newest appendage: the iPhone.
Firing up your cell phone in a foreign country can result in shockingly high roaming charges. In one case, a U.S. tourist racked up $3,000 in [...]

The Travelojos Twitter 411 Page shows some great Latin America fanaticos to follow on Twitter. They are broken down into the following categories:

Media pro: someone who works for a Web site or publishing company that covers travel to Latin American destinations.

Blogger: a person who maintains a blog about living in or [...]

Judging from the movie Rudo y Cursi’s (Tough and Corny) pedigree it looks like it has a bright future.  Starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, it promises to be a long anticipated follow up to the super-charged Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001).
High expectations are reasonable given that it was Carlos Cuaron, the writer and [...]

With my trip to Mexico coming up within a month, it’s time to focus on practical matters,  like money. 
Also, I’d like to avoid making the same mistake I made in Costa Rica.
Let’s start with my mistake. Without thinking about the alternatives such as credit cards or a check card, I decided to rely almost [...]

Still having doubts about booking a trip to Mexico? You’re probably not alone.
But here’s why you should go ahead and take that vacation south of the border.
Even Peter Greenberg, (aka the “Travel Detective“) who recently authored the book Don’t Go There, says this is a great time to go to Mexico because it’s a buyer’s [...]