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In the weeks prior to Cinco de Mayo, there were more fireworks being set off than usual and then, on the day of the event, the whole city was abuzz with activity. We walked down to the Centro to see what was going on... ...
On our first trip to Tijuana in January 2017, we stayed in a vacation rental on the beach. The sound of waves at night was calming and the sunsets were gorgeous, but the flood that we experienced when a storm rolled through was decidedly not pleasant. The apartment building we were living in was evidently not very well equipped to handle storms, since the leaks that came through the windows were ...
(NOTE: This post was written when I was 13. I edited it in 2017 for grammatical errors and other technical stuff, but maintained the content to preserve my 13-year-old perspective.)The Island of the Dolls (Isla de las Munecas) was home to only one person, Julian Santana. He drowned in 2001 and there have been many suspicions about why exactly he drowned. The island is now run by his family members as a ...
(NOTE: This post was written when I was 13. I edited it in 2017 for grammatical errors and other technical stuff, but maintained the content to preserve my 13-year-old perspective)The woman from the legend of La Llorona was once known as Maria. The story goes that she married a man of a higher class than her, and bore him 2 children. After a while, her husband left, and only came back home to visit his ...
(NOTE: This post was written when I was 13. I edited it in 2017 for grammatical errors and other technical stuff, but maintained the content to preserve my 13-year-old perspective)The Virgin of Guadalupe:The Virgin of Guadalupe is a figure that is very prominent in Mexican history. She was revered for many years by the Aztecs as the mother goddess known as Tonantzin, and then in 1531, she became ...
Santa Muerte: Saint DeathSanta Muerte is the female personification of death. She goes by many names, such as Lady of the Night, Skinny Lady, Santa Sebastiana, and The Godmother among others. She is not seen as being a dead human being herself, unlike other Catholic saints, although some people do believe that she was once a real person. There are many people that follow the cult of Santa Muerte, but ...
(NOTE: This post was written when I was 13. I edited it in 2017 for grammatical errors and other technical stuff, but maintained the content to preserve my 13-year-old perspective)Yesterday, we visited Casa de las Brujas. It took us about 2 ½ hours to find the place due to the winding streets of Guanajuato. The Casa de las Brujas (the House of the Witches) is a blue Victorian-looking house on Paseo de ...
Traveling for months at a time means radical changes in the way we do things. Our routine is altered. Our food is altered. What we wear is reduced to a few choice items. Obtaining basic necessities can be challenging at times (like aspirin, bug spray, or tampons). I sleep in a different bed. Cook in a different kitchen. We sit on furnishings that aren’t ours and watch TV in a language that isn’t our own. ...
So, we could still go see Tikal. Reading the Lonely Planet guide on how to get from Belize to Tikal and back, it sounds like no sweat. The problem is, though. I’ve also read that you shouldn’t wander away from crowds at Tikal. People will rob you and rape you even as you climb the steps of ancient temples.There are different types of violence in the world. We considered going to Israel, for example this ...
We finally moved into our Progreso vacation rental. It is a nice house… I like it!Last night, I was going to play my guitar, but there was a man who was apparently going to put some curtains up in my parents’ room. That wouldn't have been a big deal if there had actually been curtains when we went up to see the “finished” project. We kept wondering what was taking so long (the whole “project” took about ...