Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 710

the christmas spirit here is much less IN YOUR FACE than in america. if you go to major plazas, there will be a couple scattered stands where you can take a picture with santa. some stores have handwritten signs that mention navidad (christmas) but in the US it´s all out christmas since thanksgiving and sometimes before. it has been nice to not have to think about christmas a whole lot. this is also odd as its´a very catholic country. you´d think christmas would be more important. but it´s not thought of as so much of a shopping holiday as a reunite with family, reaffirm belief systems, and just take a day off to celebrate kind of thing. this pleases me. christmas in the states is a little intense. ´con permiso, quisiera ver a facebook y myspace ... read more

we headed to cuernavaco for our christmas lunch, we had the most amazing food in the most amazing house. thanks to damianos mum we will all remeber that day. conversation varied from family, to prostitutes including politics, drugs and the usual in a christmas lunch with your grandma and aunts. that night the party was crazy and although there wasnt a lot of family, sometimes a few friends are good.... read more

Happy Holidays to all our friends and family Our travel break is almost over as planned, 3 months in South America and 3 months in Mexico. Had we the chance to do it over again, we would have spent all our time in South America, exploring more of Peru, Chile and a visit to Patagonia in southern Argentina. We found the diversity of cultures, history and landscapes so stimulating, along with great food and wine. We've had some great experiences and met some wonderful people along the way. During the holiday season is when I miss seeing friends and family. We're ready to get back to the States and settle down. We'll start making our way north by the end of January or earlier, if possble. Our first choice is Portland, but that may be open ... read more

C'est une devinette !!!! ALors je me suis offert un cadeau de noel qui en sera un pour vous aussi. Avec ce cadeau je pourrais vous envoyer plus de soleil. Ça a coute pas mal cher. ... Ouai j'ai finalement cede a m'acheter une camera digital. C'est un peu fou mais bon c'est pas comme si c'etait la premiere folie que je fesai... ALors le site prendra du poil de bette dans les prochains messages !!! ============================= Dans un autre ordre d'idee On s'en va environs le 25 decembre a boca del cielo. Plage non touristique et tres belle au Chiapas. On va y rester quelques jours puis ce sera pas long qu'on va jumper au Guatemala. . Joyeux noel et bonne annee !!! Jeremoine... read more

When I got to Guadalajara, I was greeted at the arrival gate by a horde of people, many of them young women, who screamed and whistled at me. I smiled and winked and received still more screams. (I could get used to this). Then the guy behind me showed me up because he was dressed like a Medieval English King. Damn... I asked a couple people about buses and was told they all went where I wanted to go. Then I bought postcards I could´ve easily stolen, and went outside to look for a bus. All the taxis here are mid'90´s Nissan Sentras. The bus cost 5 pesos (50 cents) and was reasonably comfortable for the price. Eventually (after like 45 minutes of driving through shatntytowns and the like it looked like we were getting close ... read more