Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead)

Overlander Oasis. For two people who had limited use of bathrooms, showers, internet and clean clothes for a week, that name actually sounded like paradise. We hightailed it to Oaxaca (pronounced wah-ha-ca) after our volcano trek to find this haven.…

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El Tule and LA

Phew! This holiday season has been something pretty special! I’ve been so busy hanging out with friends, family and other travelers (oh, yeah, and Maya too) that I haven’t had a chance to blog in a really long time! Okay, maybe I’ve gotten a little bit lazy, since we made it up into the mountains […]

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THE CRY OF DOLORES

Father Hidalgo was never going to be your run-of-the-mill Mexican priest. As early as his school days the wily teenager became known as ‘El Zorro’, the fox. And though he earned his degree in philosophy and theology in 1773, and a life of priesthood beckoned, across the Atlantic something far more interesting had gripped his […]

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