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24 hours on a bus to nowhere |
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Making the decision to bus to Mexico rather than fly should always be made with a certain amount of self-abuse in mind. Especially when you have done it twice before and had vowed never to do it again. I now make that vow again. The reasons for making such a journey |
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24 hours on a bus to nowhere...continued |
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Well, let's hope I have better luck with Trekshare today. I started entering a somewhat interesting travelogue the other day, but now it doesn't seem to be here anymore. Also, you will notice the locations on the map are not the actual towns that I am in. These are the closest |
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El Tajin, 6/13/01 |
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I got up early and went to El Tajin today before it got too hot. It was beautiful as always. Had the place all to myself for the first few hours. I highly recommend always going early to these sites. I can't tell you how wonderful it can be when it's |
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The air-conditioned city, 6/14/2001 |
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Rising out of the humid jungle of the coast to the cool, breezy city of Xalapa is almost liberating. The change of climate seems more drastic than it probably actually is. But, all I know is that the constant drip of perspiration from the tip of my nose that I experience |
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Father's Day, 6/17/2001 |
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First off I hope my Dad and all the others had a good day.
Also, before I start I have a few Trekshare comments. I'm happy to see so many of you are checking out this site. There's been about 40 hits since I last checked. I noticed my first travelogue |
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The Director, 6/18/2001 |
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I met with the museum director, Dr. Ruben Morante, today. He speaks English and French! I was a bit stressed about the possible language barrier. When I met him last summer I was with Rex and we only spoke Spanish. I could tell he was a little self-conscious of his English, |
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Lost travelogue |
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I'm going to take it as a sign that everything I did this week was not meant to be read on this site. I've tried to post a travelogue on it all twice before. The first time as I was editing the text I hit some wrong key and lost it |
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Las Higueras, 6/22/01 |
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I met Gilberto, the director of the Institute of Anthropology at the University of Veracruz, at his office at 8 AM. A contingency of representatives would be going to Las Higueras for some sort of festival that no one seemed clear on the exact details. Gilberto had to be back at |
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El mercado |
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The Mexican marketplace is truly eclectic. It retains a bit of Old World charm combined with the pure and raw instincts that capitalism was once based on. A million smells and colors mixing together. It may not always be pretty, but if you want something at a competative price this is |
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Banks, laundry and waiting |
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Since I haven't actually been traveling for the last few weeks, I don't know if these anecdotal entries qualify as true travelogues. But, I have learned a little here and there and will pass this information on for future travelers.
I will be on the move again this Sunday. I'm heading over |
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Mexico D.F. |
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I'm in Mexico City now. I was able to get a room at my usual hotel [Hotel Juarez off 5 de Mayo] after all. I have a lot more to say, but it costs about four times more here to use the internet than in Xalapa, so I'll be filling in |
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Mexico City: Museum, Zoo & Airport |
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I've spent the last few days doing a little more research and visiting bookstores. Yesterday I went out to Chapultapec Park to go to the National Museum of Anthropology. It by far has the largest and best collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts. As I was walking up to the museum I was |
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A week with sister and grandma |
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I just finished my fifth five-hour bus ride in the last week. I'm back in Xalapa now to do some more research for the dissertation. It seems that week of being tourguide to my sister and grandmother took a little out of me. We had a great time but it really |
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Just work |
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The last week since my return to Xalapa has been somewhat uneventful. I'm back at the Hotel Principal, room 29 this time. I think I prefered 13, it had a balcony and a little bigger bathroom. I mention this only because I've been spending a lot of time at the little |
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Elizabeth Arrives |
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The conference went well and now I'm back in Mexico City. I've been here since Monday to do some last minute research. Elizabeth arrived on Wednesday. We've been having a great time in the city.
On Thursday we did the requisite tour of Teotihuacan. We got lucky with a great day |
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Oaxaca |
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We arrived in Oaxaca late on Saturday afternoon. Elizabeth hadn?t been feeling well last night, so we kept it low key. We all get the bug at least once. I went through mine back in 1998 on the 4th of July while in Cholula. It?s not fun. Elizabeth was a real |
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Veracruz |
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Most of yesterday was spent on the bus traveling from Oaxaca to the Gulf coast city of Veracruz. When making this trip you experience both a change in climate and culture. Veracruz is a humid, tropical, port city. Just north of modern day Veracruz is the site of Cortez?s 1519 landing |
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Oaxaca |
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We arrived in Oaxaca late on Saturday afternoon. Elizabeth hadn?t been feeling well last night, so we kept it low key. We all get the bug at least once. I went through mine back in 1998 on the 4th of July while in Cholula. It?s not fun. Elizabeth was a real |
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Xalapa and Xico |
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Yesterday we got up early to take the short two-hour trip to Xalapa. We arrived in time to have a late breakfast at Caf? Chiquito and stroll around the city a bit before visiting the Museum of Anthropology [Yes, the same museum I?ve been talking about all summer]. We also stopped |
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