Swashbuckling buccaneers. From about 1540, when the expanding Spanish empire reached the shores of Mexico, Campeche became a trading port. Built at the site of an important Mayan town, Campeche soon became as vibrant a port along the Spanish colonial…
It all starts high up in the mountains of Oaxaca… We are equipped with sketchbooks, new gouache paints and a variety of paintbrushes. Sharon gets the paint flowing by creating small squares of varying shades to use as mini canvases…
7.4 It lasts about thirty seconds. As the table starts to sway under my laptop, I feel a familiar feeling of “Oh shit! What now?” I look at Pete reading on the couch and shout “earthquake!!” She drops to the…
We are standing in line behind the open truck which is delivering fresh produce to the little village of Zipolite. We say “village” because in reality there is only one main road which runs almost parallel to the beach front,…
On March 31st, ten days after we arrived at Playa Zipolite, all roads into the coastal towns are blocked by the local government. No visitors and no one new to the beach communities can enter, as the government of Mexico…