Watch this video slideshow of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. Chiapas: Defying Preconceived Notions of Mexico When you arrive in the colonial-era town of San Cristóbal de las Casas, eternally crowned by mountain clouds on Mexico’s southern tip, you would swear you had gone...
In 2010, when I moved from the US to Mexico, I was a passenger (for the second time) on a 2,200-mile road trip from Denver, Colorado, to Lake Chapala. I went with a friend, who’s car was quite special, so we left all the driving...
The distillery’s master blender believes music helps the yeast do its thing better during the fermentation period.
Just don’t break down in the Sonoran Desert with less than half a bottle of water if you go.
I don’t often make it out to the small town of Mezcala, about 20 minutes west of Chapala. But when I do, I’m always glad I went. Everything there is tranquil and still, the kind of stillness in which the hours never seem to pass....
Here is a picture of some boats. In Chapala. Yay, boats!
Cemeteries are not so much for the dead as for the living. Nowhere else could this be better illustrated than in Mexico, where the nation devotes three days and nights during the Day of the Dead to partying with family in the local panteón with...
Back from a short long-weekend trip to the two small cities of Morelia and Pátzcuaro. It was my first trip to Michoacán and it was charming, especially the “pueblo mágico” of Pátzcuaro, whose buildings have terracotta roofs and are painted the standard magic town colors...
Two men hold fliers handed out during the 2016 carnaval celebrations, which start taking place over two weeks before the grand finale on Fat Tuesday. Carnaval is how it’s known outside of the United States; you might be more familiar with it as “Mardi Gras.”
A truck is parked on the street last Saturday afternoon in Jocotepec, Jalisco, Mexico.
Last month I took a trip to Chiapas – so while there I began to lay the groundwork for a photographic project about the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). The Zapatistas are a peaceful militant resistance army of indigenous villagers living in the mountains and jungles of Chiapas, Mexico’s...
Caught this scene while standing on the bus going to the Fiesta of Lourdes in Chapala the other day. Got off and ran back to take some photos before the scheduled start of the fiesta. Which started right on time! Not sure if I have...
Small motor boats moored in the late afternoon on the shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico.
Rain in central Mexico during the dry season, between November and May, is not common, but not impossible. When it comes, it often doesn’t last for long, serving only to wash some of the dust off the streets and tempt the locusts into singing in...
Shadows from a metal lantern fall against a sidewalk in Ajijic, Mexico.