Planning your Business or Pleasure Trip? Look at: MexConnect Fiesta & Holiday Calendar The Huichol Index – Culture, Symbols and Art – A complete section exploring this vanishing native people of Mexico. The Maya Index – Complete section – their history, cities and civilization. In English & Español. Exvotos – folk art and expressions of faith In Mexico Mexica/Aztec Calendar Systems – […]
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Querétaro yesterday. . . Querétaro was founded by the Spanish in 1531 on the site of a village of the Otomi Indians which, in turn, probably dated from around 1427. A number of events important in the history of the Mexican Republic have taken place in Queretaro. One of the heroines of the insurrection against Spain […]
Continue ReadingWhen we meet people in the States and tell them that we are retired and living in Mexico, many begin immediately to salivate, then their eyes go soft as they conjure up images of their own perfect retirement fantasy. For many the idea of playing a faultless round of golf every morning and cocktails at […]
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 Readingroberth Feb 3, 2015, 8:36 PM Post #1 of 10 (23159 views) Shortcut Where to shop for leather goods in Leon, GTO? Can’t Post | Private Reply Hi all. We’re headed for a day trip to Guanajuato soon, and are wanting to stop by Leon first to shop for some leather goods. Any recommendations on […]
Continue ReadingPosted by beth elsey on May 23, 1999 We plan to visit Queretero, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende and Morelia next week–would like any tips on charming places to stay (moderate range US50-70) and great places to eat. We will be doing the bus tour so places close enough to walk (less than a mile […]
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The land-locked state of Guanajuato is part of the Central Highlands Region of Mexico, along with the states of Hidalgo, Mexico (State of), Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro and Tlaxcala. The capital city of the state is also named Guanajuato. Birthplace of famous muralist Diego Rivera, the university city has outstanding colonial architecture and hosts […]
Continue ReadingMexico Notes It is like a scene from a Fellini movie. Shrieking laughter of women. French music from a boom box. Chop chop chop of a machete. And we, hunkered down in our sleeping bags. Journal, June 13 We exit San Miguel de Allende, travel up and out of town past movie complexes, shopping […]
Continue ReadingMexico Notes Solstice morn. Hot sun on my face. I have been awake since 4:30, Mexico rising to the surface, a wakening jolt of images and smells, not to be forgotten or unwritten. Journal, June 22 We began as three. My husband, Tom, my good friend, Susan, and myself. We began at the top of […]
Continue ReadingMexico Notes “Pedro” stands in my parent’s house, a permanent fixture. He is a concrete, life-size Mexican man, in a loose, dirty shirt and dark, baggy trousers held up with a piece of rope. He leans against a light post, a brown beer bottle in one hand, his other arm around the post. His soiled […]
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