Mexico’s Best Vacation Value? It just might be Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca!
Put together some incredible sun, great fishing, a knock out villa, plenty of ice cold cerveza and mezcal and you have the makings of a great vacation on the coast […]
A Travel Tip Heads Up… don’t miss the Museum of Anthropology in Xalapa, Veracruz
A few years ago I found myself in search of some great lechero [coffee with milk and poured from on high] in the city of Xalapa, or Jalapa, depending on where […]
Enrique Metinides… King of the crime pages of Mexico
The first time you see it, you have to stifle the urge to turn away. There staring blankly back at you from the pages of the local newspaper is a body, long since dead. It matters not the city, because all across the country the police pages are home to […]
Cruising Ensenada… making the most of your shore time
It’s early in the morning and your Carnival Cruise ship is just about to let you disembark in Ensenada. You’ve now got 8 hours to see what was once a sleepy little Mexican town that used to entertain Hollywood royalty like Bing Crosby and John Wayne. Those days are long […]
The Museums of Oaxaca… a window into the culture of this part of Mexico
Okay, so I’ve been in Oaxaca a few days. It’s my first return since August and like a swallow returning to Capistrano, I always have a sense of rebirth when I return. Perhaps it is the sun, or the people, but in any event, returning as I do annually after […]
