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Historical Photo of the Week: Recuerdo de un Viaje

                      I love the hand-painted details on this “recuerdo de un viaje al ystmo de tehauntepec.” Image by Eduardo Fuentes, circa first decade of 20th C.

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Summer Adventures

summer adventures in Oregon                       I just wanted to write a brief note to apologize for not posting more of late. I am busy with my usual summer adventures and, perhaps more importantly,...

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Book Review: The Ultimate Hang

Hammocks were a big deal in my family. We had opinions about hammocks. I was raised with the gospel of hammocks, and I never deviated. The best hammocks in the world are woven in the Yucatan...

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Historical Photo of the Week: Trotsky in Mexico

              Trotsky with American labor activist Harry De Boer and James H. Bartlett and their spouses in Mexico, April, 1940. I have been unable to locate the names of the women or any info on...

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New San Miguel Art Center Honors Jon Schooler

Gentleman rancher Hugo Granados is opening a contemporary art museum, the Casa Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, on former ranch lands just outside San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Described as a “handsome...

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See Puerto Vallarta in 1957

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on the Veranda of Casa Kimberly in Puerto Vallarta   Fellow traveler David Simmonds brought my attention to this montage of photos of Vallarta in 1957.  I must admit...

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Flashback Mexico Travel Journals 1992-2013

Tenacatita, circa 1990 Dec 31-Jan 10, 1992  Tenacatita, Jalisco (age 13) We traveled through the dessert (which was kind of boring) and then we crossed the border. We then drove down to visit our...

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Excerpts from Steve’s Travel Journal: 1995

editor’s note: When I was in high school, my mom got a job and an apartment so I could go to school in town. Those winters, my dad, Steve Rogers (co-author of People’s Guide to Mexico) went down south...

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Historical Images of the Week: Mexico City by Hot Air Balloon

This is the title page of a book, published in 1869, called “Mexico y Sus Alrededores,” or “Mexico and its Surroundings.” The book includes illustrations by C. Castro, G. Rodriguez and J. Campillo....

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Awesome Photos of Motorcyle Trip Across Mexico, Circa 1981

  the illustration in question   We recently received an email from a reader, who politely requested to use an original illustration from The People’s Guide to Mexico in a blog post he was writing...

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How to be More Like a Local When Visiting Puerto Vallarta

Team Fuber Editor’s note: This is a guest spot from the enjoyable and well written expat blog Team Fuber, which is up for the “best expat blog award” at Expat Blogs. If you want to show your support...

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Mexico Around the Internets

Viva Mexico! At Mexico Retold, I stumbled across this is a fun quiz about the revolution of 1910 (I got 80%—clearly I need to brush up on my Obregon). However, I did even worse on Tony Burton’s current...

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Garlic Chipotle Love Sauce

My cooking project for today was to make the opening recipe in my latest, favorite cookbook: Simple Food, Big Flavor: Unforgettable Mexican-inspired Dishes from My Kitchen to Yours, by Aaron Sanchez....

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Historical Photograph of the Week: Teatro Juarez

I’m a sucker for the color palette in this era of postcards. Here we see Guanajuato’s iconic Teatro Juarez, replete with 1950s tourists. The theater was completed in 1903, during the Porfiriato.

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Historical Photo of the Week: Beach Party 1982

Larry Brown. Beach Party 1982? Steve and Andy Rogers in reflection.

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The Call of the Canyons

editor’s note: PG correspondent Mike Huckaby is a seasoned hiking guide. If you are interested in sustainable tourism and really getting off the beaten path, we highly recommend Copper Canyon Trails....

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Mexican Government Seizes Yachts?

  Red Tape Associated Press reporters Mark Stevenson and Amy Taxin describe a recent sting operation on eight Mexican marinas. According to the AP, tax agents and marines descended to seize yachts that...

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The Temporary Import Permit Tempest

By Captain Elizabeth Shanahan Owner SG Boat Works Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico   A number of published news reports about the temporary import permit audit performed at twelve Mexican marinas by the...

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San Pancho and Rincon de Guayabitos

Rincon de Guayabitos Rincon de Guayabitos San Pancho Chelsea, travel companion extraordinaire wall art in San Pancho

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Jenny Hannah Roche’s Mexico Stash

Bingo Tenacatita Waters On my most recent trip to Mexico, I was lucky enough to have photographer Jenny Hannah Roche in tow. Roche camped with us near Tenacatita and was able to document significant...

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