by Brooke Gazer | Oct 29, 2018 | Area Attractions, Mexico Travel, Tours & Attractions
Most people arrive in Huatulco by air and some by bus or car. A select few choose a slower, less direct approach, walking “El Camino Copalita” (The Copalita Trail). Long hiking trails have gained popularity around the world and two in particular have been the...
by The Eye | Oct 22, 2018 | Area Attractions, Mexico Travel, My Life in Mexico
By Jan Chaiken and Marcia Chaiken When we first started to explore the major archeological sites of Mexico such as Uxmal, Tulum, Chichen Itza and Palenque, each visit was an adventurous trip to an out-of-the-way destination. Few people were willing to chance the rough...
by Brooke Gazer | Oct 15, 2018 | Area Attractions, Mexico Travel, Tours & Attractions
Huatulco has the distinction of being home to the only archeological site open to the public on the entire Pacific coast of Mexico. Although it is impossible to determine who originally developed this 3000-year-old-complex, we know that over the centuries it became...
by The Eye | Oct 8, 2018 | Food, My Life in Mexico
My discovery of tiritas happened a while ago, when my Mexican partner said on a Sunday morning, “I want to take you to eat tiritas today.” I had never heard the word and didn’t know what they were. “They’re fish stripes.” Yes, he said “stripes.”...
by The Eye | Sep 30, 2018 | Area Attractions, Mexico Travel, Tours & Attractions
1. Monte Alban Monte Alban was once the ancient capital of the Zapotec people. Overlooking the Valley of Oaxaca, Monte Alban is one of the top archeological sites in Mexico. There are spectacular views over the valley! 2. National Museum of Anthropology The...
by The Eye | Sep 24, 2018 | Area Attractions, Mexico Travel, My Life in Mexico, Tours & Attractions
Word has it that the folks who fish the waters off Puerto Ángel really know how to find fish—tuna, red snapper, bonito, saltfish, and shark, along with lobsters, octopus, and conch. The fishermen go offshore, out to open ocean, over a shallow area with a well...
by Brooke Gazer | Sep 16, 2018 | Area Attractions, My Life in Mexico, Tours & Attractions
A lot of people who have bought property in Huatulco simply came on vacation and fell in love with the place… and for good reason. My husband and I actually scoured the Pacific Coast for several months in search of the perfect tropical location. Like Goldilocks, we...
by The Eye | Sep 10, 2018 | Area Attractions, Food, Tours & Attractions
Perhaps the story of distillation and mezcal in Mexico begins with the arrival of the Spanish during The Conquest in the first quarter of the 1500s. Or with Filipino seamen in the Manila galleon trade who reached the country’s western shores that same century....
by The Eye | Sep 3, 2018 | Area Attractions, Beaches of the Oaxaca Coast, Mexico Travel, Tours & Attractions
I didn’t see a firefly until I was 31 years old. Of course, like any child who had seen them in the movies or depicted in animation, I was captivated by the idea. A bug that lights up! Magic! And, even at 31, my childlike wonder was ignited when I peered into a...
by The Eye | Aug 27, 2018 | Area Attractions, Mexico Travel, Tours & Attractions
The Oaxaca City is rich in museums designed with architectural brilliance, craft shops featuring the best that state artisans have to offer, colorful marketplaces, colonial churches, arguably the finest cuisine in all Mexico, and world renowned archaeological sites...
