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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…
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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…
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Al Norte de La Frontera

Al Norte de La Frontera

I boarded the Megabus in New Orleans just before midnight, headed for San Antonio.
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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…
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San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato

San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato

in which I gain the company of two friends and visit magical cities
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Queretaro

Queretaro

or How I made Forty Years
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Mexico City

Mexico City

on the day I turn 40, I come into the great metropolis
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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
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Béisbol

Béisbol

Attending a playoff baseball game at the home of the Puebla Pericos
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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…
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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…
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La Proxima Frontera

La Proxima Frontera

or Goodbye, Mexico — Bienvenidos a Guatemala
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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