November 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 [...]
