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Setting Out, México & Guatemala
Introductions
Introductions
The idea came to me a couple of years ago, when my brother Daniel gave me a battered old copy of The Book of the Hopi as we were traveling…
Gabriel Goldstein
Aug 1, 2017
Goodbyes
This is a woman who lived all around the world, who was at Pearl Harbor, who raised three children and was a magical grandmother to six…
Gabriel Goldstein
Aug 11, 2017
Al Norte de La Frontera
Al Norte de La Frontera
I boarded the Megabus in New Orleans just before midnight, headed for San Antonio.
Gabriel Goldstein
Aug 15, 2017
Al Sur de la Frontera
Al Sur de la Frontera
There is a certain rite of passage, a proving ground, that comes with changing countries…
Gabriel Goldstein
Aug 27, 2017
San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato
San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato
in which I gain the company of two friends and visit magical cities
Gabriel Goldstein
Sep 16, 2017
Queretaro
Queretaro
or How I made Forty Years
Gabriel Goldstein
Oct 1, 2017
Mexico City
Mexico City
on the day I turn 40, I come into the great metropolis
Gabriel Goldstein
Oct 9, 2017
Deeper into La Ciudad de México
Deeper into La Ciudad de México
We Brave the Metro; Explore the Waters of Xochimilco; and Find ourselves just slightly Pulquado
Gabriel Goldstein
Oct 12, 2017
Béisbol
Béisbol
Attending a playoff baseball game at the home of the Puebla Pericos
Gabriel Goldstein
Oct 20, 2017
A Crash in Los Altos
A Crash in Los Altos
There is a deep cut scratch in my glasses that wasn’t there before. Sometimes, I see small whitish shapes, but most of the time I don’t…
Gabriel Goldstein
Oct 25, 2017
The Mouth of Heaven
The Mouth of Heaven
We are not quite off the map, but definitely out of the book, and well off the beaten path here in Boca del Cielo, Chiapas. The sun is…
Gabriel Goldstein
Nov 11, 2017
La Proxima Frontera
La Proxima Frontera
or Goodbye, Mexico — Bienvenidos a Guatemala
Gabriel Goldstein
Nov 21, 2017
The Way to Antigua
The Way to Antigua
The first morning I woke up in Guatemala, I made my way through the tarped-over market already set up for the day just outside my hotel…
Gabriel Goldstein
Nov 24, 2017
Antigua
Antigua
I spent exactly thirty nights in Antigua, which means old, or ancient, and whose name is actually Antigua Guatemala, or old Guatemala, as…
Gabriel Goldstein
Jan 12, 2018
Terremoto and other Tribulations
Terremoto and other Tribulations
Just as I was settling in to my new life as a student of teaching english, strange and disturbing events began to shake the foundation of…
Gabriel Goldstein
Jan 25, 2018
Atitlan at Last
Atitlan at Last
There is something about El Lago de Atitlan. Something mysterious and elemental and profound. A vast lake in the highlands of southwestern…
Gabriel Goldstein
Feb 5, 2018
Rain in Xela
Rain in Xela
I came into the city of Quetzaltenango- which absolutely everyone calls by its Maya name, Xela- for the second time on a cold and rainy…
Gabriel Goldstein
Feb 23, 2018
More Stories of Walking Around Xela
More Stories of Walking Around Xela
In my second week at the Casa Latina, that fine establishment acquired two new residents, and we got off to a rather unfortunate start. On…
Gabriel Goldstein
Mar 6, 2018
The Road to San Salvador
The Road to San Salvador
Today, a gray Tuesday near the end of October, I am finally leaving Guatemala, making my first southern progress in two months. Though to…
Gabriel Goldstein
Mar 18, 2018
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