2005 Archive
Full Circle with Artis the Spoonman on Route #22
Photo by Kevin Westenberg The night before last I ran intoArtis the Spoonman. It's our second conversation and so I've picked up some of his recent history. His daughter died a year and a half ago at thirty-four from a rare flesh eating virus from getting her weekly nails done. She left four children. His [...]
Ten Days in the Sierra Tarahumara
Photos from around Creel (4 photos) Lake Arareko near Creel It's been two weeks today since I arrived in Guadalajara. A break from traveling in part motivated by the hectic pace of my first two weeks in Mexico spent exploring the Copper Canyon (also known as the Barranca del Cobre or the Sierra Tarahumara) in [...]
Soccer in Your Underwear
Pictures of the beach in question; alas, without the almost naked soccer boys. I might warn you that this post will be of most interest to my gay male audience. As I have said before, I find it hard to write this blog and be as honest as possible when I know that I have [...]
Guadalajara, The Liveable City
Carnival like nighttime activity on the plaza Guadalajara may be that Latin American city I've been looking for. It's a big city (4 million plus) but yet is not choked with traffic and noise like so many others. Instead there are miles of pedestrian-only streets linking giant plazas in the historic downtown core and every [...]
Life at the Beach in Puerto Vallarta and San Pancho
Playa de los Muertos, the gay beach at the South end of town. The palapa restaurants serving this crowd are always the most crowded in Puerto Vallarta. The boys they like to drink and dance… or just lounge. function si(w){window.status=w;return true;} function so(){window.status=”";return true;} Travelblogs.com – Gay/Lesbian PagesAdvertise with us
How to Fall in Love with the Biggest City in the World in just Two Weeks
The Metropolitan Cathedral The Cathedral of the Virgin of Guadalupe Teotihuacan Zocalo, Mexico City There are some cities with whom it is possible to have a mutually polite relationship; cities with to whose presence a mere nod and pleasantry now and then is sufficient, unassuming cities, simple cities, utilitarian cities whose existence is the provision [...]
Lesser Known Myths from the Island of Samos
One of the lovely icons of a tiny but wonderful Greek Orthodox church Brass work and the cool, dark interior of the same church A crowded hillside graveyard with ornate tombstones Each tombstone has tiny sliding glass doors, behind which are pictures of the departed and oil lamps, many of which are kept burning. The [...]
Mazatlan – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Isla de las Pierdas beach; from the little island offshore these palapas are far away and tiny. Playa Norte near my hotel; I arrived Sunday morning to a triathalon. Plaza in the historic centre An unrestored building outside the historic center And the more common restored version Like the day before, I swam to the [...]
Mexico La Entrada
View out the bus window between Juarez and Chihuahua The gigantic sprawling and modern Chihuahua bus terminal. Another view out the window; just east of Chihuahua. Ciudad Juarez was better than my expectationsócertainly less chaotic and it felt less dangerous than Tijuana. My expectations were very low though since what I'd heard of Juarez was [...]
