The Tajin belongs to the Totonaca culture. It took shape during the late Classic period and reached its peak development during the transition to the Post-Classic, between 800 and 1150 A.D. The word Tajin means “The Sacred city of the Dead and of the Thunder in Storm”. The city was built in the Papanteca mountain […]
Continue ReadingMap of Teotihuacán Map courtesy of Lonely Planet Travel Books. Their Guide to Mexico is the best Mexico travel book on the market. Available for immediate shipping at Amazon.com Published or Updated on: April 1, 2001 by Rick Meyer © 2009
Continue ReadingDale Hoyt Palfrey April 21, 1519 — the year Ce Acatl (One Reed) by Aztec reckoning — marked the opening of a short but decisive chapter in Mexico’s history. On that day a fleet of 11 Spanish galleons sailing along the eastern gulf coast dropped anchor just off the wind-swept beach on the island of […]
Continue ReadingWe had come down on a chartered bus from LSU with our professor to study Spanish. A classroom had been rented and arrangements made for us to stay in private homes. Classes were held in the morning and we were free to do what we wanted to do with the rest of the day. The […]
Continue ReadingDateline – La Ceiba, Puebla, Mexico May 1, 1998 La Ceiba is a small town in the state of Puebla on the highway between Mexico City and Poza Rica, Veracruz. It’s about 45 minutes from Poza Rica. The town was named after a large ceiba tree that once grew in the plaza. The name of […]
Continue ReadingDateline -Tlaxco Tlaxcala Mexico Monday, April 13, l998 7 A.M. The sky is something of a steel gray, like before the sun comes up or on dark cloudy days before a storm. It hasn’t rained for about four months so we can probably rule that out. The roosters are crowing from various places in Colonia […]
Continue ReadingDateline-San Francisco Ixtacamaxtitlan September 29, l998 Part I In February 1519 Hernan Cortez and his small army of adventurers set sail from Cuba on one of the most epic military adventures in the history of our world. Unfortunately, the history of Mexico has since been tarnished by plunder, corruption, and greed. The following quotes refer […]
Continue ReadingDoors are locked. Lights extinguished. The world belongs to the nocturnal creatures, the ocean, the breeze, and a trickle of night people. Time is irrelevant. The past, the present, and the future assume the same dimension. Men in tuxedos. Trousers rolled up and shoes cast aside. Ladies in fashionable evening dresses, held up to their […]
Continue ReadingHistory of Oaxaca Part 1 – Pre-hispanic Era See, also: Part 2 Colonial Era Part 3 Modern Era In three installments we will present a history of Oaxaca, its people, traditions and activities. We begin in this article with the pre-Hispanic era, to be followed by the colonial and the modern eras. For more than […]
Continue ReadingA charwoman-actress once captivated Mexican high society in her alter ego as Don Carlos Balmori. An elaborate tomb in Mexico City’s main cemetery, the Panteón Civil de Dolores, is a lasting reminder of one of the nation’s strangest ever spoofs. Hand-painted tiles once decorated the tomb depicting Concepción (Conchita) Jurado as both an elderly grey-haired […]
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