Category: Mexico

Photography by Yuri Krasov Emerald lawns, criss-crossed by the shadows of gently swaying coconut palms, and brightly colored villas in fuchsia, sunflower, and bluebell hues opened up like paradise after a two-hour drive from Puerto Vallarta airport through a dusty …

Gazing out at the snow-covered pine trees in Washington, our phone rang. My Grandma and Grandpa invited me and my brother Kyle to vacation with them to Mexico. Mexico in December? We didn’t think twice. A few weeks later I …

During the time when many Western countries are celebrating Hallowe’en at the end of October, Latin countries are preparing for the festival El Dia de los Muertes, or Day of the Dead, which is October 31 and November 1. I …

Located on the east coast of Mexico, in the state of Quintana Roo, in the Yucatan Peninsula, on the shore of the Caribbean Sea, lies the Riviera Maya. Here are my top reasons for vacationing there: History and Culture. Dating …

In November of 2008, my wife and I made our first visit to Mexico’s east coast state of Quintana Roo, on the Yucatan Peninsula. Our destinations were Cancun and Puerto Morelos. Passing through immigration was speedy and efficient. When we …

In July for the past five years Santa Fe, New Mexico, has sponsored a not-to-miss event: The Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. With travel expenses high this is the perfect way to enable your family to “see the world.” …

Mexico’s Yucatan Penninsula is, without a doubt, one of the finest holiday spots you could choose…for exquisite scenery, vast archeological sites, perfect year-round climate, numerous adventure activities, restful and luxurious accommodations, relaxation, excellent cuisine, fresh seafood, and some of the …

The Riviera Maya on the Yucatan of Mexico is a very special place. Thick tropical jungles of lush greenery embrace the pale yellow, soft sand of the playas, or beaches, which are continually kissed by gentle waves of the warm, …

Pristine beaches of pale gold, crystaline sand; clear peridot-green sea with warm, gently-beckoning waves; brilliant, sunny, turquoise skies with billowing white clouds; swaying palms waving above verdant jungle thickets dotted with red and yellow flowers…this is the welcome visitors find …

One would be hard-pressed to search the Americas and find creators of folk art with more form, symbolism and importance to the development and sustenance of their culture, than those of Zapotec ancestry in Oaxaca (“wa–HAW–ka”), one of the southernmost …