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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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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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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 quirky, the bizarre and the Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos.

michnus — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 19:44:59 +0000

Every year on November 1st and 2nd Mexico explodes into a festival of colours and celebration – Dia de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead. It might sound a bit bizzare and morbid for the typical Westerner but it is in actual fact over a thousand year old […]

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BAJA TRAVEL WARNING!

michnus — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:35:45 +0000

The latest travel warning for Baja was updated by the PIkiPiki Department of Stop-Being-Stupid-and-Scared in April 2016. The delay time for the update was unfortunately in part the reality of bureaucracy between the real world and this publication. Despite the alarming statistics coming out of Baja California from travellers having a whale shark of a time, we made it our mission to visit Baja to confirm the warnings.

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