http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/A-Fish-Called-Wanda/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from A Fish Called Wanda en-us Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:47:53 +0000 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:47:53 +0000 December 9th 2009Well I'm definitely in my Mexico. Within the first three hours more men smiled and said hello to me than in six months in Calgary. I stopped at Las Palomas which faces the ocean for my first Mexican meal and cerveza and lo and behold Eduardo one of the waiters at Salsa Mexicana Restaurant who was part of my lifesaving apres the France Fiasco came up to me and said I loo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Puerto-Vallarta/blog-459380.html Week OneBuenos AiresPorteoa resident of Buenos AiresIn Argentina they use the abbreviation BsAs but for the sake of simplicity I'll use BA.December 14th 2008Can't believe I'm here in Argentina. My apartment is cute and the 'hood I'm located on Santa Fe on the edge of the Recoleta district looks good so far but I only went in search of food a few blocks in either direction I've been h http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-357325.html Note to the readerI lived in Puerto Vallarta in a little pink house I called Casa Rosita for four winters writing reading taking art and Spanish classes and living la vida dulce. Since then many things have changed the city has grown and the lifestyle is vastly influenced by Americans and Canadians. I write from the perspective of being a longtime visitor to Vallarta and area. Puerto Vallart http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Puerto-Vallarta/blog-356656.html Feliz Navidadwww.wandasthilaire.comDecember 13th 2007Wow. This place brings out the Catholic in me. I have already bought a manger and lights. ldquoAway in a manger nooooho crib for a bedhelliprdquo At the church near my casita women sit surrounded by greens making gorgeous handmade barnmangers made from twigs covered in moss and flowers. Now gotta find Jesus. He probably thinks so too.A http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-275464.html www.wandasthilaire.comOaxaca pronounced WahakaOaxaqueno Wahakenneeo person from OaxacaRate of exchange approximately 10 pesos per Canadian dollarSeptember 10th 2007MondayDay OneFinally. I am in Oaxaca. Wersquoll call this day one we cannot count an overnighter in a dumpy Houston airport hotel. My original Oaxaca trip was booked for September of 2006 after years of reading about the w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/blog-273995.html