After a few months going through Mexico’s interior, I went back to the Pacific Coast in the heavily touristy city of Mazatlan. My first impression …
Lucha Libre!
I’m not quite sure how to describe this experience. So I’ll just let a bunch of videos do the talking for me 🙂
Mexican Madness!…
Just Guadalajara
Guadalajara isn’t a sophisticated, tree lined, café strewn Mexico City. It’s not an architecturally rich colonial city. It’s not a Caribbean or Pacific beach playground. …
The Brown Town of Morelia
Morelia is a fascinating colonial city. It’s been a Spanish city since 1530 with a unique style of buildings that have been built using a …
A Short Day in Guanajuato
Many people consider Guanajuato the most beautiful city in Mexico. While it’s hard for me to rank any of the colonial cities I’ve seen in …
Sophisticated San Miguel de Allende
From what I’ve seen so far, San Miguel Allende is the grand dame of Mexico’s colonial cities. Its colonial core is small and incredibly well …
Magnificent Mexico City
Mexico City has a stereotype of being a sprawling, crazy mess of poverty, crime, earthquakes, pollution and (recently) major subway crashes. It has all of …
San Angel and Coyoacan – Sedate, Sacred and Scary
San Angel and Coyoacan are two old colonial towns that have been completely absorbed by Mexico City. They are both very tranquil places and the …
Teotihuacan – The Place Where Men Became Gods
Teotihuacan is a massive series of ruins about 75km northeast of Mexico City. The civilization started around 600 BC and from about 200 BC until …
A Brief Sojourn in Puebla
I was able to spend a couple of days in Puebla, Mexico’s 5th largest city and only about 2 hours from Mexico City. It …