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What is Day of the Dead is like in Mexico?

michnus — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 01:53:28 +0000

Day of the Dead or Dia de Los Muertos is a strange celebration of the dead, but with a happy, colourful, noisy vibrant affair.

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Images from a Central America journey

michnus — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:02:55 +0000

Images from each Central American country we visited on our way from the USA to South America.

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Made in Mexico – Hecho en Mexico

michnus — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:23:55 +0000

As we worked our way down the West coast of the USA we were warned by Americans to take great care riding and travelling in Mexico. Mexico is generally perceived as a drug and death cesspit by many Americans. It was therefore with a bit of apprehension that we entered […]

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Day of the Dead – It is deadly serious stuff

michnus — Wed, 17 May 2017 17:56:57 +0000

This time around we were lucky to end up celebrating Dia de Los Muertos in Oaxaca, Mexico. It is a completely different vibe than St Miguel de Allende where we attended our first festival in 2015. “A burgeoning cultural and culinary capital with a beautiful colonial core of lovely, tree-shaded […]

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Jacobo & Maria Angeles – Remarkable animal Zapotec art

michnus — Sun, 07 May 2017 18:56:54 +0000

In a small dusty road in the back of a tiny village 15km out side of Oaxaca city Mexico is a small artist workshop of Jacobo and Maria Angeles. While attending the Day of the Dead in Oaxaca city we visited this remarkable art workshop. They are producers of Zapotec […]

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Cuba – Old school hip

Elsebie Olivier — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 21:25:39 +0000

Not only did we think this but we heard it from quite a few tourists we met in Havana on asking why they decided to come to Cuba. Then there is the big attraction … Cuba! The island that was almost in total isolation from the rest of the world for decades. The old cars, the 16^thcentury Spanish styled buildings and of course, the salsa!

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Charrería – The art of Mexican horsemanship

michnus — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:35:46 +0000

Mexican Cowboys and Señoritas. This is not your average cowboy rodeo event. This photo essay captures the drama of the sport Charreria best described as traditional Mexican horsemanship. It’s a fast-paced sport packed with action and passion. According to some folk, Guadalajara has the oldest lienzo, (arena) and charro (cowboy) […]

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The Big Apple – a Pictorial

michnus — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 03:30:08 +0000

That stunning song Alicia Keys performs so well make me think of New York every time I hear it. Elsebie has been to New York, or Manhattan a few years ago for work. I have never been there but the song for me makes me think about scenes of old […]

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