Posted by Elizabeth Thompson on Mayo 18, 2000 Are pets quarantined? I may be accepting a job in Mexico–can I bring my cat without much difficulty? What are the costs/hassles involved? Posted by LJ on Mayo 19, 2000 Yes, you can bring your cats; no they are not quarantined. You can even bring the cat […]
Continue ReadingWith only 618 soldiers and sailors, four cannon, several brass guns, and sixteen horses, Hernàn Cortéz – also known as Hernando Cortés – brought about the collapse of the Aztec Empire, thereby accomplishing the Conquest of Mexico, considered by historians the greatest military feat in history. Historians also agree that without the help of a […]
Continue ReadingThe coast and lower parts of Mexico can often be very hot with temperatures ranging from 75º – 88ºF in winter and up to 90ºF in summer. In altitudes from 1,220 – 1,830 meters temperatures range from 60-70ºF. On the high central plateau on which Mexico City & Guadalajara are found it is spring like all year […]
Continue ReadingMexican Kitchen Last month’s column discussed buying and storing summer fruit, as well as the versatile fruit salsas which are perfect for outdoor dining. This month some ideas for using fruit as part of the main course are given. Here in Mexico, especially in the southern coastal regions, fruit is much more than a salad course […]
Continue ReadingFirst published in The London Observer/Guardian Foreign News Service Jan. 17, 2000 Anita Brown (my beautiful bride these twenty-two years) met a lady from Littleton, Colorado, on the way to downtown Cancun this morning. “Her daughter had the face of an angel,” she told me. “You think of someone like that lying in a pool […]
Continue ReadingIn March 1998, when Andrew was 15 years old, we took our Mayan trip together. I decided to take him for that month, because his small school in Anchorage, Alaska, was going to the Galapagos Islands, and I chose a less structured, free-wheeling vacation for the two of us. Andrew has traveled with me since […]
Continue ReadingWhat could be more romantic than having both your wedding and your honeymoon at a beautiful destination? And getting married south of the Border is easily done, as you will see. Here are Mexico’s special places for a wonderful wedding and honeymoon, beginning with two unusual places, one on the East Coast and one on […]
Continue ReadingModerator: I’d like to call this meeting of T.T. (travel trailer) Anonymous to order. Who would like to speak? Bigfoot: I would. I’m Bigfoot, Wendy Devlin’s travel trailer. Everyone: Hi Bigfoot!!!!!! Bigfoot: I want to talk tonight about my experiences with Mexico. Everyone: Yeh! Bigfoot!!!!!! Bigfoot: I was manufactured in l983 in Canada and purchased by a retired couple from […]
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