Jan & Steve's México Report - Mexico Travel and Travel Photos

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I will be composing these unscheduled reports, as time permits, over the next few years.

Report #11 Getting even further off the beaten path, in places where Spanish isn't even spoken.
- March 24, 2006
Report #10 Visiting traditional Cuetzalan, Paracho - Mexico's Guitar Town, amazing Paricutin Volcano, a drive around Lake Patzcuaro, and photographing Mexico City's fish market.
- September 26, 2005
Report #9 China for our 15th wedding anniversary.
- May 26, 2005
Report #8 Puerto Vallarta with Lupita and Sal, and their two boys. Renting ATV "motos" on my birthday. Photographing Zacatecas for CONAGO, the Conferencia Nacional de Gobernadores.
- March 4, 2005
Report #7 Mike, Bill & Sharon visit! I spend one week in Veracruz, building houses for Habitat for Humanity. We get real close to a bull, during the running of the bulls, and start to come to terms with the idea of what's "normal."
- November 25, 2004
Report #6 Jan & I survive four days on the Inca Trail, walking 56Km to Machu Picchu in Peru. The Voladores take my camcorder up a pole. We return to Teotihuacan for night photography.
- July 27, 2004
Report #5 From the Day of the Dead to bullfights and whale watching. Our first exploration of the Mexican state of Michoacán, with it's huge butterfly sanctuary.
- Mar. 15, 2004
Report #4 Our vacation to the southern state of Oaxaca. Buying rugs and eating bugs. Drinking mescal and avoiding tarantulas on the road.
- Oct. 20, 2003
Report #3 Our first Mexican wedding. Our first visitor from the States. Our first party! Much sightseeing around Mexico including Puebla, Cuernavaca and the ruins at Xochicalco. Plus a quick weekend in Acapulco, a trip to the markets at Coyocan, and a slightly hung-over tour of Teotihuacan.
- Sept. 15, 2003
Report #2 We moved in to our permanent apartment right after I returned from two weeks with Habitat for Humanity in Fiji.
- July 30, 2003
Report #1 Driving in Mexico City, Querétaro, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, and a little Taxco.
- May 6, 2003

Mike Visits! - November 2004

Sharon & Bill Visit! - November 2004

Weather Map - Compare Chicago to Mexico City

Mayan Ruins in the Yucatan - May 2002

Us at one week - April 4, 2003.