The following video pretty much sums up the state of tourism I’ve been witnessing as I’ve been traveling around Mexico. The three dudes participating in coin toss mania on the marina in Cabo San Lucas are a tour operator, a fishing boat captain and a cheap silver jewelry vendor. The game went on for a [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 4, 2009
Tamau-bilingua -lipas
Tamaulipas is officially going bilingual! If you’re media-fresa like me, I know what you’re thinking: but I thought ALL the bartenders in Condesa spoke English! Well, I’m talking about Tamaulipas the state, sillies, not the street where you can never find a freaking taxi.
Government officials from the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas has announced that [...]
February 2, 2009
Smiths of the Silver and Word Variety
I’m not gonna lie. I wasn’t expecting to like Taxco. I really love me some silver jewelry, but could I really base a whole 72-hour trip around looking at it?I discovered that Taxco is as good a place as any to get lost and chat up perfect strangers. The best thing I found wasn’t a [...]
