On September 19, 2017, an earthquake struck Mexico causing severe to moderate damage in Mexico City and the states of Puebla and Morelos. The estimated 7.1 Richter-scale quake damaged about 150 thousand homes, some completely destroyed. Government sources confirm 366 lives lost, including 225 in the capital and 74 in Morelos. Mexican first responders, the army,…
A TAUCK TOUR OF YELLOWSTONE & THE GRAND TETONS, August 22-30, 2017 (Photos not otherwise credited are by the author. Click on the photos to enlarge them and read the captions, and scroll through a series using your keyboard arrows. Feel free to comment or correct any errors). I had marveled at magazine photos of…
(All photos by the author. Click on them to enlarge and read the captions. Forgive me for not switching to a Portuguese keyboard so the text is missing proper accents and diacritical marks). I spent four days in Lisbon in May 2016 and it sparked my interest in seeing more of Portugal. Additionally, my bio…
(All photos by the author. Click on them to enlarge them and to read the captions, and use your arrows to scroll forward and reverse. I did not switch to a Portuguese keyboard so the text lacks proper accents and diacritical marks). Friends who had visited the Portuguese island of Madeira had raved about it…
My guidebook to Cuernavaca includes a list of my favorite places in Mexico City and Acapulco. See https://jimhornnews.com/guide. But I want to share this tip with my readers who frequent the Pacific paradise. I stay in a wonderful condo with a 180-degree view of the bay, but it’s not on the water. Some of the…
UPDATE: In July 2018, just in time for school vacations, the toll for the tunnel went up from 30 pesos to 58 pesos for the three-minute drive; in January 2019 it rose again to 61 pesos, that’s 122 pesos round trip. Except at rush hour there is almost no traffic through the tunnel. The price…
This post was reprinted in edited form in LIVE & INVEST OVERSEAS, Feb. 13,2013. It is being updated in November 2016 because of the huge increase in the value of the dollar against the peso. In January 2015 the exchange rate was 14.5 pesos per dollar. In November 2016, the rate is 20.6 pesos per…
