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Mexico

Quick travel guide to Mexico

on September 10, 2019December 11, 2023 by Bas Mexico

Cosmopolitan traditional. Mexico is as contradictory and hard to describe as it is colorful. This land of many people, stretching from California to the southeastern beach resorts of Yucatan province, is a feast for the senses. From the frenetic pace of metropolitan Mexico City to the indigenous people in the ... View Post

Mexico City

Avenida Insurgentes, the artery of Mexico City

on September 20, 2019August 24, 2019 by Bas Mexico City, Mexico

Loud, dirty, cultural, green, educated, grand: Mexico City is so much and then even more. A metropolis that is hard to describe and hard to pin down. But walk with me an entire day the unusual walk along the Avenida Insurgentes Sur – the main artery of the city and ... View Post

Parque Central square in Juayua, El Salvador

Stories from the road

The art of doing nothing in small villages

on April 15, 2020December 31, 2019 by Bas

In whichever direction I look there are mountains. It is february in Guatemala and it ought to be colder. But instead me is enjoying the sun on a rooftop in volcano heartland, and for the first time in years I catch myself with the realization how much I really like ... View Post

Stories from the road

An ode to the chicken bus

on August 2, 2019August 24, 2019 by Bas

Nobody shouts. Nobody curses. The bus driver announces something in Spanish. My neighbor sighs. Again a breakdown. The driver's assistant, in his early twenties but already in a slightly corpulent physical state, starts to sweat even heavier. Takes off his shirt and knows some serious work is ahead of him. ... View Post

Guadalajara

Hiking Barranca de Huentitan canyon

on July 20, 2019January 1, 2020 by Bas Guadalajara, Mexico

If you think of Guadalajara, you probably associate it with a metropolis. Traffic chaos. Dirty streets. Mariachi music. But not with hiking, with a luscious canyon and beautiful nature. That, though, is exactly what the Barranca de Huentitan is offering.If the tapatios (inhabitants of Guadalajara) wanted to keep this one ... View Post

Overview of Barranca de Huentitan canyon

Guadalajara

Quick travel guide to Guadalajara

on July 16, 2019December 11, 2023 by Bas Guadalajara, Mexico

It's a sunday morning and it's dead calm on the Avenida Juarez, the main traffic artery of Guadalajara. Cyclists are gliding down the five lane avenue, passing families enjoying the gentle January weather. (there is also a photo album about Guadalajara) It says a lot about GDL (Guadalajara) that it ... View Post