Biologist and Technology Consultant Raul Padilla recently posted the first state record for the Crested Guan in Guanajuato on eBird (Guanajuato is located in the Central Highlands of Mexico), very soon after, I received a message from my friend David Bell in which he expressed his interest in coming from California to explore the area...
Visiting Mexico City is daunting for some, but its ever renovating museums, restaurants, and attractions make it irresistible. Whenever I go, regardless of the purpose, I try to stay in the southern area, which is slightly higher in elevation, closer to natural preserves (g.e.: Desierto De Los Leones, Bosque de Tlalpan) less subject to...
Early inhabitants of our world found ways to record long-lasting messages on rocks, inside and outside caves, with varying levels of complexity and with a limited palette of colors, their topics varied from daily life scenes such as hunting to sacred events such as fertility ceremonies. While interpretations of the meaning of rock-art may...
It’s evident how much I’m in love with Mexico; its remarkable history, outstanding culture, vast biodiversity, wonderful weather and kind people make it a superb place in the world, a place that you can explore and explore for years and even so, never being able to uncover the total extent of its richness. Few...
Getting Around Traffic Blockades During Easter Weekend at Lake Patzcuaro! Our small group tour began with driving down highway 51 towards Salvatierra, the oldest city in the state of Guanajuato. This was not on our agenda, as we had wanted to take the faster cuota highway through Salamanca, but no matter, it was an...
Last December, I had the opportunity to lead a private tour to the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a Mom and her son from Washington D.C. joined me in this breathtaking experience. As you might know, the population of the Monarch Butterflies that migrate south every year, have been declining in the last decade at a alarming...
Jacobo Mendoza tells me “the first step is birth, the second is youth, the third is wisdom, coming of age. The final step, which turns down, is death or perhaps heaven and then the cycle begins again.” He is pointing to the grecas. He explains that they also adorn the pre-Hispanic Zaptoec stronghold, Mitla....
According to Totonac oral tradition, their ancestors helped build the ancient city of Teotihuacán, located 42 kilometers northeast of Mexico City! After the decline of the city, Totonac legend maintains, they migrated to the area that became known as Totonacapan. They established important centers of population at Cempoala and Tajin, in coastal Veracruz. Traditional...
Our scouting adventures are remembered vividly. We enter new areas and encounter interesting people, new cultural experiences, experts with fascinating information, and make decisions about what can be used in future Travelian tours. This year Rodrigo, the founder of Travelian, and I decided to scout the newly opened area of northeastern Estado de Veracruz. Why...
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