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Isla Isabel, Mexico's answer to the Galapagos 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Isla Isabel is located 34 kilometers (21 miles) off Mexico's west coast. It is a National Park and wildlife refuge with a population of some 42,000 birds and, in 2003, was named a World Heritage Site....
Listen up: Sounds of Mexico 15 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Nobody asks about the sounds of Mexico. Upon arrival, that oversight leads directly to surprise or culture shock. Mexicans live life loudly. Church bells ring very early in the morning. Public address...
Yogurt: A healthy Mexican favorite 9 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The Lebanese population of Mexico, especially concentrated in Mexico City, Puebla and Veracruz, has given us jocoque, a type of thick yogurt from the Middle East, related to Greek yogurt. And it was i...
Mexican vegetable salad with yogurt dressing: Ensalada de verduras con aderezo de yogurt 6 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
This salad has typical Mexican vegetables — calabacita (zucchini), chayote, corn and tomatoes — but the dressing could be used on any vegetable salad, such as a broccoli or bean salad, or a cobb-st...
Mexican yogurt avocado dip: Dip de yogurt con aguacate 6 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Serve this very easy Mexican yogurt avocado dip with totopos (crisp fried tortillas) or tortilla chips, or with raw or steamed vegetables. Ingredients 1 ripe avocado ¾ cup yogurt ¼ ...
Mexico's San Felipe: A living desert museum 29 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
San Felipe is the center of a living museum that has witnessed the passage of a continuum of men, women and children for the past 2- to 3,000 years. Whereas evidence of their existence remains in most...
Playing for Pancho Villa 24 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
he year was 1916. Young Frank Holloway "got mercury poisoning working in the Silver Creek Mine in Mogollón, New Mexico." To recover his health, his doctor told him to get away and go have "an adventur...
Mesoamerican epic poetry and saga: What is epic? 21 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
Heroic type epics focus on a main hero, and epic themes may also include shamanism where the hero relies as much on magic as on personal resources. To what extent Nahuatl epic corresponds to this typ...
Mexico City metro adventure: 148 stops 16 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
As I have said before, Mexico City, to these old eyes, is too big, too hectic, too crowded, too liberal, too much of several things. Mexico City is very city, prosperous, problematic, fashionable, con...
In Mexico, Baja beckons expats 9 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
Married, single, young, old, with kids in tow, retired or entrepreneurs — Baja Mexico is enticing expats with its promise of a better lifestyle. The choices are unlimited. The colorful culture of col....
