Mexico’s Museum of Death
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, General | 2 Comments »You don't have to spend much time in central Mexico or Oaxaca to realize this country has a strange relationship with death. In the city of Aguascalientes you can visit the Museo Nacional de la Muerte, the national museum of death. ...
Guidebooks for Colonial Mexico
Thursday, August 20th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel books | 2 Comments »Before departing to spend a month in Guanajuato earlier this summer, I looked high and low for guidebooks to the region and mostly came up short. Nearby San Miguel de Allende is Gringo central, but apparently most of those foreigners ...
Round-up of Travel News and Deal Advice
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, General, Long-term travel | 1 Comment »On deadline for some articles right now, so I'm linking to useful info from elsewhere. Over at Transitions Abroad, Nora Dunn looks at the motivation for long-term travel, profiling six people/couples/families who have been on the move for years. The editor of ...
Buses in Belize
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Family travel, Travel adventures | 2 Comments »If a picture speaks a thousand words, here are a few thousand words on the buses in Belize. First up at the top is a shot of the sitting area in the Belize City bus station. This is the main bus ...
Chilling in Placencia, Belize
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports | 6 Comments »Five days ago I boarded a crappy bus and headed south from Chetumal to Belize. This Premier company "best bus available" had a broken windshield and ripped seats that permanently leaned back. Though it was an express, it stopped about ...



