We’d been driving in a straight line down a narrow road for almost an hour, and my vision was beginning … More
Tag: Mexico
Watching whales where the desert meets the sea
I feel like anyone who grew up watching American sitcoms, dramas and films knows about Cabo. I’m not sure how, … More
Check in
Is a blog still a blog if it never gets updated? Over the last few months I’ve been constantly frustrated … More
Vitamin T
My oldest friend came to visit my newly adopted country over Christmas and the New Year. We met in Merida, … More
San Juan Chamula
I wasn’t expecting to find a dualist heresy in rural Mexico, much less one governed and guided by narcos, but … More
Stuffed cheese, sinkholes, pink lakes and jam
As I’ve mentioned previously, they take Christmas pretty seriously in Mexico. Our Christmas decorations went up in mid-November, and as … More
An idiot’s guide to Mexican politics
One bonus of fleeing the country for warmer climes has been an ability to turn down the volume on the … More
The town of always Christmas
I’ve been meaning to write something about Dia de los Muertos here for weeks now. The celebrations in Mexico are … More
Los colores preciosos de Puebla
We popped out of town for the weekend. Myriam was working on Saturday night in the next city over, and … More