Articles tagged with "mexico"
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Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-05-12 21:30:28
Isla Holbox, Quintana Roo, originally uploaded by peggydaly.
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-05-12 21:21:57
Isla Holbox, Quintana Roo, originally uploaded by peggydaly.
where i spent my last week in MX. lovely water and deserted beaches! very special place.
Posted on: The Laughing Nomad | 2008-05-06 18:48:42
Oaxaca's Radio Wars
By Charles Mostoller
Despite assassinations, community radio is spreading throughout southern Mexico. "Some people think that we are too young to be informed, but what they should know is that we are too young to die."
These were
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-26 08:09:24
Agua Azul, Chiapas, originally uploaded by peggydaly.
Agua Azul was one of the many amazing places i visited in Chiapas. when one first arrives there the strand of tourist stands and restaurants can be a bit of a let-down, but after climbing to
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-25 07:59:47
Yes, that title actually came to me today, accompanied by Sinead O’Connor’s voice, who would otherwise be singing “this is the last day of our acquaintance”. To try to end it with a bang would have been futile. How could I top the last 5 month
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-25 07:57:36
I’ve alternated between exploring and chillin’. Holbox, or at least the part that is populated, is a narrow, tilted island who’s short-ends face southwest and northeast. The south-eastern length is mostly mangrove swamp that faces the mainland and
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-24 07:57:34
I did some research online on how to get to Isla Holbox coming from Valladolid. Unfortunately, the most standard way to get to Chiquila, the mainland town from which the Holbox ferry departs, is on a direct bus that leaves cancun 3x’s a day. But that
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-21 13:45:18
i could not be more thrilled that i picked this place to spend the final week of my adventure. it´s a stunning, quiet and charming island on the northern tip of the yucatan peninsula. i just popped into the internet cafe to send a quick email. i am
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-21 07:53:46
I forgot to mention my trip to the ruins of Uxmal. I did this easily from Merida, catching the 8am bus from the 2nd class bus terminal directly to the ruins. I considered taking what’s called the “Ruta Puuc” bus, which is a good deal. For arou
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-15 11:25:41
I found a nice part of valladolid I’d missed before: barrio del convento sisal. Today, while sitting in iglesia san Bernardino admiring the altar I was offered a $1 tour. After seeing the catacombs (Franciscan bones and all), cenote and cloisters
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-14 11:22:50
The whole Yucatan was boiling so I grabbed a fairly inexpensive room ($24) with a/c at Santa Lucia Hostal. There is only one or two private rooms and the rest are dorms. Young Rafael runs the place almost completely solo and is very helpful. When I
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-12 22:25:20
En Tenejapa op.JPG, originally uploaded by Enrique Escalona.
A picture taken by Enrique Escalona. Follow the pic's link to his other great photos of MX. It was too tricky for me to get a pic of the majordomos (religious, ceremonial leaders) but
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-10 16:10:02
Not sure I’ll make it thru a second day here. Very pretty colonial town but rather boring – so anticipation for the nightlife doesn’t really get one thru the miserable, oppressively hot afternoons. I got in around 2:30 yesterday and had to hide
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-08 16:01:22
The decent from san cristobal to the palenque area is beautiful. Chiapas continued to enchant me. One can see a change of style in the woman’s dress – still square necked tops and belted skirts, but the skirts are of a lighter-weight fabric and de
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-06 09:37:42
san cristobal, originally uploaded by peggydaly.
view from my hotel. goodbye for now, san cristobal!!!
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-06 09:12:50
So I had my loungy-day in san cristobal and found a $20, all-day tour of the gruta de san cristobal (big cave!), las cascadas de chiflon and lagunas de Montebello. These are south and southeast of san cristobal and at the lagunas one looks right across t
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-05 10:54:51
San Juan Chamula, originally uploaded by peggydaly.
During the procession from the church to the cemetery up the hill, where new crosses were placed on graves and soda pops were given to the deceased.
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-03 10:27:41
Chiapas’s grand canyon. It’s outside of Chiapa do Corzo, on the way to Tuxla and driving there one realizes just how high San Cristobal is when coming down out of the mountains. It’s also plenty warmer in the valley, where Tuxla is as well. Th
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-04-01 12:05:00
Chiapas, originally uploaded by peggydaly.
Tortilla-making
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-03-30 16:51:04
In the morning I hopped the collectivo (80 cents) to San Juan Chamula for their Sunday market. Armed with a little information after the tour I wanted to look around more and try to get some pics on-the-sly with my telephoto lens. Actually, this is th
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-03-30 11:22:34
San Juan Chamula, originally uploaded by peggydaly.
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-03-29 16:46:00
Lonely planet notes a tour to san juan chamula and san lorenzo zinacantan that leaves from the large cross in front of the san cristobal cathedral at 9:30 am. All one needs to do is show up – my kinda tour. It’s generally small (less than 10 peopl
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-03-28 17:09:12
Yesterday was market day in Tenejapa, a TzoTzil pueblo about 25 km NE of San Cristobal. After some yummy cochinita tacos for breakfast (slow-roasted, seasoned, pulled-pork) I found my way thru the San Cristobal Mercado to the street where the Tenejapa c
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-03-28 17:07:19
My suspicions are confirmed – I like this city better than Antigua. Of course that’s a personal opinion so save yourself the argument. Serendipitously the annual “Feria de la Primavera y de la Paz” (festival of spring and peace) is going on th
Posted on: The Laughing Nomad | 2008-03-28 06:35:02
Mexican journalist and author, Gustavo Esteva, in writing recently about the wrenching repression and resistance in Mexico and the world, draws an analogy:
The Pot and the Vapor
In the midst of the daily struggle, an image attempting to express what
Posted on: The Laughing Nomad | 2008-03-26 19:31:09
My friend Max (fusedmax2) in Oaxaca Mexico wrote me an email with a "discussion" he had while playing hearts on the internet with guys in the states. Of course they thought he was Mexican. The others? Well...
Hi,
Here's an example of what I put
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-03-26 12:33:16
I was absolutely captivated by san cristobal de las casas yesterday when I arrived. Like Antigua it is a beautiful Spanish-colonial city, but with narrower streets, more colorful buildings and edges that sprawl up the sides of the valley it sits in, it h
Posted on: A Broad Abroad | 2008-03-26 12:28:04
All together I spent about 2 weeks in Antigua. I am glad I spent a day there after semana santa celebrations ended so I was reminded of what it’s like during mellower times. It is a bit of a Spanish colonial Disneyworld, but as I said, to a somewhat
Posted on: The Process of Being | 2008-03-11 10:09:04
Yes, to get me back into writing, which I haven't done because I let myself be distracted by a lover. How that happens sometimes...I get distracted because I'm so in the moment whether I'm with a lover or not, when things are soaring, I don't bother wri
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog | 2008-02-10 21:17:15
If you were a knowledgeable US Soccer fan watching the match on Wednesday night, you probably would not have blinked twice if Benny Feilhaber did ...
