You new this series of food encounters would have to get to this topic eventually. It was one thing to run into vendors in the marketplaces in Oaxaca selling bugs for food (crickets I think) and quite another one to be offered to share a dish of bugs, chilies and onions on a bed of [...]

The picture for this month’s wallpaper is from Oaxaca Mexico

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Speaking of buildings that have seen better days, this one from my trip to Oaxaca caught my eye. This door has become a patchwork as they have endeavored at least 3 times to fix holes. It is certainly an imperfect door, but imperfection is interesting visually.

Two things draw me to photos like this one. The first is the color. Ansel Adams I am not. I love vibrant color. The second is the odd asymmetry of this picture. Symmetry can certainly be beautiful, but as Mona Lisa taught us, asymmetry is intriguing.

Continuing my series of photos of doors that I have collected is this odd pyramid shaped door from Oaxaca. I am particularly drawn to buildings like this that have seen better days. They seem to tell a story. My suspicion is that this building has this pyramid theme because it was built by the Freemasons [...]

Today I woke before the alarm went off with thoughts of work and what I had to accomplish today.
A couple of week’s ago I woke to what I thought was the sound of a cement mixer. It turns out it was simply the snoring of my trip mates. I might be forgiven the mistake about [...]

I shot this photo from the Royal Park resort on my recent travel blogger trip there. Cozumel has some very nice sunsets.

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I found myself making acquaintance again today with the Mexico City airport and availing myself of the opportunity to again consume tacos al pastor. I was through this airport on a trip this previous February. I could not help but notice at this tie the differences between the circumstances of the two trips. The Amateur [...]

This is a transcript of an episode of the Amateur Traveler focusing on traveling to the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico.

Travel to the Yucatan Penninsula of Mexico – Episode 163 Show Notes
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Chris: I’d like to welcome back to the show Zora O’Neill, who has come to talk to us [...]

Monte Alban, just out side of Oaxaca Mexico, was built by the Zapotec people around 500 B.C. At the time it was one of the largest cities in Mesoamerica. The Zapotecs apparently leveled a mountain top to put this city on top of it. What remains of Monte Alban is the temples and ceremonial structures. [...]