Travel For Adventurous Women
Beyond The Motorcycle Diaries, here are 5 of the all-time best road trip movies of Latin America. With roads stretching across continents, wild jungles, soaring mountains, barren deserts, and icy lands, when it comes to the best road trip movies, Latin America is the place to film. But while Walter Salles’ 2004 hit, The Motorcycle Diaries, … Read more
One of the reasons we love to travel is to encounter new situations even if they may make us a bit uncomfortable. Figuring out how to deal with them can be incredibly empowering. International travel as a woman can be intimidating, but over combing challenges is exactly why we find it so fun! Traveling in … Read more
I have an article up today over on PlumDeluxe.com about Dave’s and my recent Un-Cruise to the Sea of Cortez. When I pictured our perfect cruise, there would be no huge ports of call, iceberg-sized vessels, nor sunburned, sombrero-clad masses. There would be an absence of rock climbing walls, wave pools, and Love Boat-style midnight … Read more
I arrived in Oaxaca, Mexico, in late October to meet my boyfriend’s family and to get to know the area where they live. It didn’t take long for me to realize what a treasure trove of traditional artisan goods this city held! I decided to take one full day to take a closer look at … Read more
In California we are fortunate to have an abundance of ethnic restaurants, especially Mexican ones. When you have friends from Mexico who cook, or when their moms cook for you, it’s even better. Around Christmas, I’ve been known to hang around these friends’ houses just a bit more because I know it’s the season for tamales. During the holidays in a Mexican household, you’ll see bags filled with cornhusk-wrapped packages being passed around like presents
With over 600 miles of pristine Coastline, Oaxaca, Mexico is a beach lovers dream. The weather is tropical and warm year round. Imagine falling asleep to the sounds of the ocean and lifting your head in the morning to see surfers heading for the warm water to catch some waves. Hot afternoon are passed sipping … Read more
A friend of mine came to visit me from the U.S. while I was living in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, about 9 hours south of Acapulco. As we strolled the streets looking on our way to my favorite casual dining spot, EL Cafecito someone I knew by name stopped us … Read more
Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, is celebrated the first two days of November throughout Mexico, as well as in other parts of the world. Combining aspects of Halloween, a funeral and Marti Gras, the holiday boldly incorporates joy, sorrow, darkness and color. Experiencing the celebration last year in Oaxaca, Mexico, I found it … Read more
Stopping at a more than charming inn for a short San Jose del Cabo vacation following our Sea of Cortez Un-Cruise In some ways, travel is a lot like love. From Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam:27, 1850: I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have … Read more
Unlike other natural wonders in and around North America, such as Hawaii and Alaska, a cruise on the Sea of Cortez begins as a mystery. Before this trip last week, I’d never read about this sea that lies between mainland Mexico and Baja California, nor seen it on television. People don’t win trips on game … Read more
