1. None of my typical day is spent strapped down in a small metal container alternating between abject boredom and fear for my life. 2. At least some of my day is spent zooming on my bike with the wind in my hair noticing the sights, sounds and scents of the world around me. Or [...]
I spent all of last week in Mérida, the largest city on the Yucatán peninsula. I had been there once before, just about a year ago, and wrote and posted photos of that visit in this blog, here (will open in a new browser window or tab). Worth checking out as well, since I tried [...]
Last Saturday, November 21, I was getting ready to go the airport and leave Coatepec, my home of the past four months. It was an intense time in an amazing place, and I had no idea when I would see it again. As far as towns go, Coatepec is about my favorite ever. It’s a [...]
This week in Coatepec is the Festival San Jeronimo, a week-long celebration in honor of the town’s patron saint. In English we know him as Jerome, c. 347 – September 30, 420, an early translator of the Christian and Hebrew scriptures. As I write this, fireworks – really big, loud ones – are exploding somewhere [...]
I was in Xico today and didn’t realize it was a fiesta day until this parade came up the street – they do this kind of thing a lot, at least once a month if not more. I grabbed my camera and took three short videos, all worth watching for a taste of “deep Mexico”. [...]
This is a side street in Veracruz, actually right off of Revolución, a rough, bustling almost-can’t-get-down-the sidewalk-busy main street in Veracruz. It stopped me in my tracks because it was just so pretty, so unlike anything I ever saw in the U.S. This kind of sight feeds my soul somehow; as usual, I really can’t [...]
Just a few random photos from a walk in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico. Fruit vendor and street View from a bridge overlooking one of the deep river gorges that bisect Coatepec. Standing there you can hear the roar of water below. Typical playful Mexican architecture and paint job. It’s not so amazing in an of itself, [...]