We knew before we even arrived that Guanajuato was a place we could spend significant time. It's why we didn't even think twice about booking a place for a month before we even arrived, which eventually got extended to five weeks. The blogs, the books, the travel memoirs. They all just spoke to us. And when we arrived, it felt…
We’ve been in a lot of radiant places... Copenhagen’s Nyhavn, Sighisoara’s Old Town in Romania, the Batu Cave Temple in Malaysia are a few that come to mind. But what makes the palette of Guanajuato so extraordinary is that, the vibrancy saturates the ENTIRE city. It’s not simply located in a few blocks...or a street ...or a square. It's all-consuming...spellbinding…
Puerto Vallarta is to west coasters as Cancun is to east coasters. Is it touristy? Yes. However, we prefer it to Cancun as it still manages to offer some authentic Mexican flavor and charm (once the cobblestones start). Being an east coaster, this was in fact Mandy’s first time setting foot in Puerto Vallarta, including the cliched “Zona Romantica.” Greg,…
Today we hopped on the local bus for $33 pesos ($1.50) and ventured down to the Pueblo Magico of Sayulita. We already had visions in our heads of what this charming little beach town was supposed to feel and look like from seeing blogs and friends’ pictures, as well as a certain show about bachelors and roses on ABC. (Oh…
There were parts of Lo de Marcos which sent us back exactly a year ago to our experience in Arambol, India. Although it lacked the hippie vibe, whimsical piggies, ambling street cows, and the scooters had been replaced by golf carts, it offered gift-giving roosters, overflowing palms, dirt roads and a wonderful taste of life in an authentic Mexican beach…
Tequila. The national drink of Mexico, has its birthplace in the state of Jalisco in, where else but the town of....Tequila. The town, it seems, came first. The name Tequila, translates to, “the place of cut feet” in acknowledgement of the shards of obsidian glass that litter the landscape in this part of Mexico. But in fact, this national drink…
When we mentioned we were going to Guadalajara, everyone who had ever traveled here emphatically mentioned “you have to check out Tlaquepaque!” We were delighted when we realized our housesit was conveniently located in this adjoining independent city (not just a neighborhood) of Guadalajara. San Pedro Tlaquepaque (pronounced Tla-Kay-Pok-Eh) is not only fun to say, but incredibly interesting to visit…
The Making of an Explorer Gene (His Story) Growing Up Inside A Snow Globe… At the age of 6, my mom moved me to a new home. A magical and otherworldly wonderland home. The welcome sign at the entrance road to this unfamiliar land proclaimed that you were entering Leavenworth, Washington, the “Bavarian Village.” The sign included a new, unfamiliar,…
