Jaime and I have been getting our culture on for the past two days. Yesterday was a trip to Monte Alban ruins and today we went to the Centro Cultural Santo Domingo. The older gringos staying in our B&B love to discuss Oaxacan culture in excruciating detail. One lady was a bit taken a back […]
Oaxaca, Mexico
We are here in Oaxaca, Mexico after a 12 hour overnight bus ride from San Cristobal de las Casas. Not too much to report as we are still a bit fried and just had a couple of hours to wander around as our room was being prepared. Looks like a nice place. http://lasbugambilias.com/ Holy crap!!! […]
Back in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
We left Antigua, Guatemala at 4:30am yesterday and arrived in San Cristóbal around 4p yesterday. Jaime had a rough time of it but is recovering nicely here at the Sol y Luna B&B. Great place to relax and enjoy the orchid gardens. Here’s some quick snaps –
Island Time and really old stuff
Looks like Cpt. Jim and Island Time are almost back in Port “Uglyville” (his new nickname for Port Isabel). We have been following his progress on a website his friend set up that tracks a GPS transponder on board. He was not too excited about leaving the clear blue waters of the Caribbean for Texas. Who […]
Antigua, Guatemala
Hola amigos/amigas. We are now in Antigua, Guatemala. We are studying Spanish at a school or as our guide from Merida, Mexico would say “and now you will know” Spanish. Ha… if only. The drive from Lake Atitlan was very interesting. The terrain kind of reminded me of the Sierra Nevada foothills in Spring. The […]
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
We are in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The pictures are the view from our room. Life does not suck;)
Cañon Sumidero, (Sumidero Canyon) Mexico
Jaime and I went on a tour to Sumidero Canyon today. A van took us about an hour away and 5,000 feet lower in elevation to the start of a boat ride through the canyon. The cliffs towered 2,500 feet above the river. It was truly spectacular. The only ugly part was coming around a […]
San Cristobal De Las Casas, Mexico
We arrived in San Cristobal yesterday morning around 9a after taking an overnight bus from Merida. San Cristobal is in Southern highlands at over 6,000 feet and feels cool and refreshing after a couple of summer months in the tropical lowlands. It’s strange to see pine trees and morning mist. The city is colonial but […]
Uxmal Mayan Ruins
I took a great tour to the Uxmal ruins yesterday. Pronouced by gringos as UH-OX-MAL or OOSH-MAL. This is a truly incredible and beautiful place. I won’t try to describe the details but here’s a link to my photos on Flickr –
Hacienda Sotuta De Peon
We visited Hacienda Sotuta De Peon today – a working henequen plantation. Merida’s success came from the henequen plantations used to make sisal rope and rugs. Henequen is related to the agave plant used to make Tequila. Many of the haciendas around Merida are now abandoned ruins as the market for henequen crashed in the mid […]