January
Feast of San Antonio Abad. This is in Mexico City each year on January 17th. It’s celebrated through a Blessing of the Animals in the Santiago Tlatelolco Church, San Juan Bautista Church, and also at the Church of san Fernando.
New Year’s Day (Año Nuevo). This is a national holiday and, believe it or not, a [...]
Adventure Activities in Copper Canyon Area
Just riding the Pacifico al Chihuahua Railway is an adventure. Get off at any of five stops for side trips like horseback riding or hiking ur just viewing the awesome canyons.
Adventure Activities in Oaxaca and Chiapas
Hiking northwest of Oaxaca City in the Sierra Norte.
Biking in the Sierra Norte. Contact [...]
Mexico is largely a Spanish-speaking country, yet just under one-tenth of the population speaks no Spanish at all. Visitors to this country come to see ancient ruins such as Teotihuacan with its Avenue of the Dead and Pyramid of the Sun, but some may not realize ancient cultures still persist in modern Mexico, where many [...]
What’s it all About?
For US citizens, the choices involved in planning a retirement are often overwhelming and difficult to make. For some retirees, there is an added dimension that arises when they consider the option of retiring in another country. For many, Mexico is an obvious choice, since it’s out neighbor to the south, it’s [...]
Any person entering Mexico is required to provide proof of citizenship. Examples of this would be a passport, birth certificate with a raised seal, or naturalization papers. If you’re using proof of citizenship that doesn’t have a photo of you on it, then also carry with you some photo id, such as a driver’s license. [...]
The Pacific Coast
The Pacific coastline of Mexico is known as the Mexican Riviera because of the scenic stretch of resort towns and cities dotting the map from Mazatlan down to Manzanillo. After Cancun, which lies on the other coast facing the Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Vallarta, found in the middle section of the Pacific Coast, [...]
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico, and was the capital of the Aztec society as well. Its location 7300 feet above sea level and surrounded my mountains make it an ideal center of power, for ancient civilizations as well as modern urban-dwelling Mexicans. Its 22 million inhabitants find common ground at the symbolic [...]
Yucatan Peninsula
Cancun
Maybe this is Mexico’s most famous resort town, and with good reason. In addition to world-class resorts, stunning beaches, there is also breathtaking natural beauty and lots of things to do while you’re spending your vacation here. Cancun has it all. For a place with so many many annual tourists, Cancun has managed to [...]
Chiapas & Oaxaca
Oaxaca and Chiapas are the southernmost states in Mexico and contain the highest concentrations of Indians in Mexico. In Oaxaca you’ll find the Zapotec and Mixtec Indians flourishing in large bustling communities, prevelant and forming the basis of local culture for centuries now. Chiapas has more highland Maya, who also hold on tightly [...]
The Copper Canyon
The Copper Canyon really refers to an area of northwest Mexico, spread across the Sierra Madre mountains, that contains an awesome giant canyon. Some people compare it to the Grand Canyon, but it really is different. There’s a fabulous unforgettable railroad journey that traverses some impossible terrain, starting from Los Mochis on the [...]
