Inexplicably, I had not been back to Mexico City in over a year despite its abundant attractions just 90 minutes from my home in Cuernavaca. Finally longing for some urban novelty, I decided on a two-day sojourn in the capital. Those who have been to Mexico City many times and visited the major museums can…
UPDATE. The State Department reissued its travel advisory for Mexico on November 15. It still has a fair level 2 advisory for Mexico as a whole, with warnings to not travel to some areas. But it repeats the same unjustified and alarmist warning to “reconsider travel to Morelos.” My critical analysis of last January still…
(All photos by the author except those of the Farmers Market. Click on a photo to enlarge and read the caption, then scroll through a photo series using your forward arrow). What with budget cuts and earthquake recovery, cultural life in Cuernavaca had gotten rather meager. It wasn’t the monotony of one beautiful day after…
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,…
The New York Botanical Garden is a treasure by itself, but adding the brilliant jewels created by glass sculptor Dale Chihuly makes the shine even brighter. His colorful and impressive works decorate the garden and especially the conservatory, where they nestle among the greenery or float in ponds, competing with mother nature. The exhibit closes…
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…
