Visiting Monte Albán
Between sipping mezcal and gorging on chocolate, we spent a day visiting the pre-Columbian archeological site of Monte Albán. Located 9 km away from the colonial town of Oaxaca, Monte Albán’s ceremonial center is built atop...
Category: Mexico
Chocolate and mezcal in Oaxaca
The city of Oaxaca, capital of the state of the same name, sits on a flat valley adorned with agave plants and lush greenery. We took the ADO bus from San Andrés Cholula, on...
A Tale of Two Cholulas
The first thing to know about the city of Cholula is that it contains two municipalities: San Andrés and San Pedro. One immediately follows the other, and any defined border is not immediately visible...
Mexico City and Teotihuacán
Our first perception of Mexico City, commonly known as D.F. (Distrito Federal), was somewhat blurred by a massive downpour. After sunny skies in L.A. and a resplendent drive through the Big Sur, howling rain...
Above and Below the Yucatán Peninsula
After a short stay in New York visiting friends, we embarked on our first expedition to Latin America. We would divide our time between a bit of Belize and a bit of Mexico. In...
Who's in charge of this joint anyway? To learn a bit more about the brains behind the bedlam,