The Musical that is Guadalajara, Mexico Days Visited: 2/1-2/2/19 It is early in my Guadalajara adventure. I am sitting on the top of a double-decker tour bus that is showing me around town. A typical stop/start tour, this bus goes … Continue reading →
Due to the bigger and better highway it is faster if you are traveling East to travel on the US side of the highway than the Mexican side. Just to cram into our schedule as many places as we possibly … Continue reading →
We started our journey into Sonora, Mexico by traveling down Arizona interstate 19. The city of Nogales is a split city that is located in both the USA and Mexico. On the Mexican side the city of Nogales continues on … Continue reading →
We recently completed a rather extensive trip through the states of Arizona (USA), Sonora (Mexico), New Mexico (USA), Texas (USA), and Chihuahua (Mexico). As you can see from this map the trip covered 1,566 miles and we covered the distance … Continue reading →
With a natural opening in the middle of a formidable mountain range Veracruz Mexico has been a very strategic city for as long as humans have inhabited the area, which is a long time! It was in Veracruz, Mexico that … Continue reading →
The Lazy Man’s History of the European Conquest of the Mexican West Coast So the year is 1527. It is seven years after Hernan Cortez conquers the Aztecs and declares the area New Spain. Hernan Cortez is getting rich. The … Continue reading →
Visited: August 18-19, 2018 As a state Baja California Norte is a relatively new state, having been admitted in 1959. Before that it was known as a territory. The first traces of humans date back as far as 11,000 years … Continue reading →
The thing about Mexico that any visitor who travels any distance will soon find the diversity that is embedded in the country. Due to the fact that Mexico is a cradle of an original civilization and thus millennium in age … Continue reading →
It is 4 AM in Aguascalientes and we need to continue on our way to Mexico City. We have two more days to get there and the distance is about 8 hrs. of driving on Mexican roads. We know nothing … Continue reading →
As soon as I leave the house that is when vacation starts. In this case it started with a two hour drive to the Tijuana International Airport. We were going to try the Otay Mesa crossing but missed the exit … Continue reading →
