Into the woods
steph As much as we liked Oaxaca, there was one member of our party who was not a fan: Milo. Oaxaca de Juárez turned out to be one of the least…
Oaxaca workshop
We spent the week in Oaxaca de Juárez, usually known simply as Oaxaca. The city is quite nice, with lots of public space in the historic center, beautiful churches made…
Office life
The past few weeks have been a long lesson in maintaining focus while trying to go with the flow. I need to work every morning. I am a little psychotic…
From siesta to fiesta
After two nights turned into six in Calderitas, we backtracked to Chiapas and into the rain. Calderitas itself isn’t much to visit. This is one town that I’d describe as…
Life’s a Beach
I’ve been suffering from a major case of the blags lately–blog lag, that is. Blame it on the holidays, blame it on a certain level of travel-weariness, whatever. Anyhow, we’ve…
Feliz Año!
Yes, I’ve been lazy. We’ve been on our vacation (within a vacation). Back in La Paz (September), we decided that the Cancun area would be a good meeting location for…
Día de la Virgen
After seeing all the torch relays along the highway from Mexico City, we decided to go to Chiapas for Día de la Virgen (December 12), the day honoring Mexico’s patron…
100 Days of Milo
Can you believe we’ve only had Milo for 100 days? We can’t believe it–just like we can’t believe anyone could ever give this guy up. Sometimes we joke that we…
Coast to Coast
I didn’t expect us to hit the other coast so quickly–well, almost two months after leaving Barra de Navidad on the Pacific Coast. Driving through Mexico these past few days,…
Mexico City
We managed to see entirely different parts of the city than in our last stopover two years ago. Instead of making me feel like I know the city more, it…