Friday, May 20 Normally we would hit the road at the crack o’ dawn, all giddy and excited in a “no sleep” fog. Not so today. As mom would say, we were all bright-eyed and bushy tailed. It was easily 11 in the morning before we set the cruise control Continue Reading
This Ain’t No Disco
Dec 26 It was quite a beautiful drive into Acapulco. The road starts by hugging the base of El Popo for many miles, then cutting across impressive gorges on mile-high bridges, followed by numerous dark tunnels as you approach the city. We had to wait a while at the hotel/condo Continue Reading
Whoa – xaca
Dec 20 Well, this will be as far south in Mexico as we are going to go for this trip. Oaxaca de Juarez, (Oaxaca City), Oaxaca. Taking a convoluted route, we entered Oaxaca mid-afternoon. The streets are rough and rutted. Their layout keeps you on your toes as streets suddenly Continue Reading
Acrobats and Butterflies
Dec 13 A hotel room that is two story, bedroom upstairs, seating room below. Sounds cool, right? Yeah, so did we. Welcome to Morelia, where if you need to go to the restroom in the middle of the night be prepared for alot of groping. What they got wrong was Continue Reading
The Macho Pole
Friday, December 10 I’ve been in Mexico now about a month and a half although I haven’t crossed the border yet. These past four months were pretty tough on the psyche so I mentally started vacation early. Today Sharon and I made it official by leaving San Antonio just before Continue Reading
Cubrebocas
Our time in Melaque was the recharge part of this trip. During the summer months it’s not the type of town that buzzes like the din of the earth, a constant energy that oozes into the dusty streets. It’s rather sleepy and well, let us address the elephant in the Continue Reading
The Little Bronze Boys of Melaque
June something – We’ve made it a habit to spend sunset watching these little guys attain mastery of the skim board. Little vatos starting at about the age of five head into the surf after they’re finished with the hotter part of the day. It could be they’re right out Continue Reading
Raisins
June 9 – 6:30 am D – Sharon… what was that? S – Shut up. I’m sleeping. D – No, really. What was that? S – It’s a bird. Shut up. D – Come on… don’t you hear that? S – It’s birds. We’re in the jungle. They’re jungle birds. Continue Reading
Now that’s a big hole.
June 7 – We left Rioverde fairly early and set a course for Jalpan de Serra, smack in the center of the Reserva de la Biósfera Sierra Gorda. It was another series of roads along mountain edges with little or no guardrail and the occasional loose cow. As we entered Continue Reading
Don’t Judge A Street By It’s Manhole Covers
June 2 About 2 and a half miles from the hotel is the city’s largest park, Parque Tangamanga. The park has a pretty large lake so we decided to walk on down and check it out. Here in the city it’s pretty flat so it’s not a bad walk and Continue Reading