**I’ll be at my brother’s wedding festivities this weekend, so no blogging from me for the next few days. We’ll return to our regular scheduled programming on Monday. The post below is a golden oldie from last year. Despite my efforts to pretend my family had the beach to ourselves, the burst of laughter from [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mexico’
Taste Just Like Home? Blame Globalization
My wife and I were having dinner at a restaurant in Monteverde, Costa Rica that looked like it was offering just the sort of experience we were looking for. It wasn’t a typical restaurant –it was more like a tree house–because it was suspended by a huge Ficus tree. Our table on the second floor [...]
BP Oil Spill Predicted to Move Away From Mexico
The masses of oil left behind in the wake of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, will most likely move in the opposite direction of the Yucatan peninsula as a result of the so-called “Loop Current.” “Loop Current” is defined by Wikipedia as: Part of the Gulf Stream, the Loop Current is [...]
Seven Surprising Facts About Latin America
Below are seven quirky facts about countries in Central and South America. (Two of the entries were suggested by a Latin America Fanatico via Twitter). Venezuela adopted its own time zone in 2007. The time the country adheres to is 4.5 hours behind GMT. Before the change in 2007, Venezuela was 4 hours behind GMT. [...]
Public Leisure: Mexico’s Luxury That Eludes the U.S.
One of the hardest things to get used to in the U.S. is the loneliness, my friend told me at his party a few years ago. He had moved to Maryland from Mexico as a teenager. Happily married and successful in his career, he’s the picture of the American dream. I’ve met his parents, siblings, [...]
Intrepid Traveler Dispatch: Mexico by Motorcycle
In this Intrepid Traveler Dispatch, photographer Skip Hunt tells us about his motorcycle ride through Mexico. At times, he says, parts of the country feel like a portal to another dimension—even without the benefit of mind-altering substances found to grow there (more on that later). At the end of each entry is a link to [...]
How Suzy Got Her Groove Back in Oaxaca
Suzy DiSanto–a 45-year-old wife and mother in Durango, Colorado was feeling bored and uninspired. But attending a Salsa dance retreat in Oaxaca, Mexico put the spice back into her life. THE TRIP: Salsa Retreat, an 8-day dance vacation and Salsa workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico. WHO: Suzy DiSanto –45 years old, married for 20 years, and [...]
Tips for Driving in Mexico
“Drive in Mexico? Isn’t that incredibly dangerous?” Not according to a travel writer who did it and spoke with several other Americans who drove throughout the country and experienced few problems. The writer, Peter Ferry, starts off his story in the Chicago Tribune by noting that it would be impossible to get auto insurance in [...]
Five Congressional Brawls in Latin America
Back in September, Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina yelled “you lie” during President Obama’s State of the Union Address. The incident left many people–especially Democrats–wondering if such behavior was another sign of the lack of basic civility in public discourse. While the outburst was somewhat disturbing, legislators in the U.S. still seem pretty mellow [...]
Where Latin America’s Dress Code Falls Short
The advice to gringos planning to travel to places like Colombia or Mexico City is always the same: try not to stand out. Don’t walk around with a big camera dangling from your neck. Refrain from wearing expensive jewelery. Try not to appear as though you’re lost. All of these admonitions make sense, and I [...]
