Mexico’s Copper Canyon, or “Barrancas del Cobre,” may lack the glorious palate of beautiful colors painted across the Grand Canyon, but it more than makes up for it in size. It is four times bigger than the Grand Canyon and the deepest in North America. Continue reading
As I planned my annual trek down to Mexico for New Years Eve, I decided to take a different route this year. Since Christmas falls in the middle of the week, I begged off from the traditional family Gluttonfest and Gift Card Extravaganza in order to stretch my vacation into two weeks. I am meeting my brother Don in Oaxaca for our annual Mexico New Year’s celebration, so this would give me just enough time for a side trip to parts of Mexico not yet explored on the Bucket List. Continue reading
Millions of magnificent monarchs on their miraculous, mysterious, magical, mystical migration to Michoacan, Mexico. mmsuuuummmbody STOP me!
I lived most of my 58 years without ever knowing about the miraculous migration of the monarch butterfly. Continue reading
There are those towns that you instantly get a “read” on….a good vibe, the minute you step off the bus. Sometimes that first impression turns out to be wrong, but more often than not, the gut feeling is spot on. I had about 6 hours to explore Morelia on my way to Patzcuaro last summer, and I instantly knew it was a place I wanted to return to spend more time. Continue reading
How do you spell fear? Me personally? I spell it “D.E.N.T.I.S.T!!”
Throughout all my travels to date, the scariest experience I have had was trying to color my hair in India. I can now update that to reflect “having a toothache in Mexico!” Continue reading
This being a repeat visit to San Miguel de Allende, I set my intentions to make some new discoveries this year. In a town this small, that is not so easy after four or five visits. Or so I thought….
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The internet is such a blessing and a curse. I can’t bear to think back on how hard it was to make travel arrangements back in the “olden days” before the likes of Trip Advisor, Frommers, and a few dozen blogger opinions on every destination under the UN. As an ex-travel agent, I have no desire to return to the days of the OAG and waiting on hold for the airlines while hand-writing tickets.
However, the speed at which popular travel destinations can now become “too popular” can certainly kill a good “discovery buzz” in a hurry. Continue reading
Off and on for the past several years, some faction of my family has made a trek to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to celebrate the holiday season. This year, my brother Don and I planned to start the new year right by spending the month of January across the border in our “home away from home.” Eager to outrun the dropping mercury, Continue reading
Excited to be on a field trip to Canon del Sumidero!
After having spent several chilly, gray rainy days in succession in San Cristobal, I was overly excited at the promise that a lower altitude destination might hold. Just the prospect of having shorts and sandals on was enough to thrill me like a school kid on a field trip! The trip to Sumidero Canyon National Park delivered all that and MORE! Continue reading
“If everybody acted in a simple and human way, we’d all be saints.”
— Don Sergio Castro
What a full-on “gut check” it was to arrive at the “Museo de Trajes Regionales” at 5:00pm on a rainy night, expecting to tour a museum of indigenous clothing…which eventually happened. But not without a reality check first of how the 45 year old costume collection came to be…. Continue reading