Richard Ferguson has been visiting Mexico since the mid-1980s. He and his wife, Marianne, have been to more than 20 Mexican states. They find that they enjoy the same places in Mexico that Mexican tourists enjoy, and are just as happy if they are the only gringos in town. His favorite places in Mexico are […]
Continue ReadingOnce Craig “Cisco” Dietz gets a notion in his head, nothing can stop him. So, when at age 45, he got the idea of opening a photo workshop in San Cristobal de Las Casas, he did it. Today, he runs Aper Tours, photo workshops for groups of three to five people in his adopted state […]
Continue ReadingMy wife, Teresa, and I have spent a lot of time in Mexico, traversing the landscape of this magnificent country from one end to the other and coast-to-coast. In October of 1995, I joined the ranks of vintage car racers and participated in the La Carrera Panamericana road race that covers some 2,000 miles in […]
Continue ReadingOur “Mexico: Did You Know” series offers lots of not-so-well-known but interesting facts about Mexico’s contributions to the world. Here is the list (most recent at the top): First scientific account of Lake Chapala was in 1839. Mexico’s vultures have very different eating habits. Los Mochis and Topolobampo are both examples of “new towns”. The […]
Continue ReadingPosted by Janis on August 12, 1999 Hola a Todos, This is not meant to be a political question, I know this may seem impossible, but I am looking for some factual info. Last evening I saw a documentary by Nettie Wild entitled “A Place Called Chiapas.” Wild is a Canadian filmmaker who spent eight […]
Continue Reading$7,500 pesos a month retake Posted by Jody Dinsmore on February 20, 1997: I would like to call attention to a discussion way down the list that has recently been renewed by Marvin’s return to Canada from his home in Sonora, apparently by his travel trailer. He is concerned that extremely well-off folks from the […]
Continue ReadingShortly after arriving at Tenochtitlán in the fall of 1519, Hernán Cortés and the Spanish conquistadores were granted an audience with Moctezuma at his breakfast table. They found the Aztec ruler sipping an exotic drink called xocóatl (meaning bitter water). Made from ground cacao beans boiled in water, flavored with vanilla and other tropical spices, and chilled with bits […]
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Continue ReadingToo often, individual actors in a relationship allow themselves to be influenced by their preconceptions about how another party will behave without knowing from direct experience. These stereotypes can be especially striking when the relationship between the two parties is a formal one, as is often the case in international business relationships between Mexican and […]
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Puerto Escondido is a travelers’ and vacationers’ market right now. Tourism is down this year to perhaps a third of its normal level. One government official told us that if it were not for “old timers like you we would have no one here.” [ Aside: The “old timer” comment referred to the fact that we’ve been […]
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