Mexico Articles

Baja Bound

Freedom in the Yucatan

Cabañas Copal

In a world full of resorts dedicated to fine wine and dining, a stay at Cabañas Copal, the palm-thatched Ca...

Cancún

Dr. Crit Minster Party, party, party! There is no escaping Cancún’s international image as one of the good...

Road Tripping along the Michoacán Coast

Another day passes as you flip methodically under the broiling sun in piña-colada-saturated Puerto Vallarta...

Pátzcuaro: Day of the Dead

The indigenous Tarasco Indian tribe who ruled Mexico’s central western highlands in the fourteenth century...

Las Olas Surf Camp

Surfing is really a metaphor for life: You learn how to pick yourself up when you wipe out; the greatest rew...

Boquillas

Along the bottom crook of Texas’s winding southern border, across from 1,282 square miles (3,320 square km...

Catemaco

To the edge of a blue lake in an ancient volcanic crater, jade jungle hills fall. Bird song echoes through t...

La Sierra Horse Riding

High above the white stucco mountain town of Valle de Bravo, two and a half hours west of Mexico City, lies ...

El Rosario Monarch Reserve

Butterflies fill the sky like clouds of orange ash, pouring over the valley in the thousands. The sun emerge...

Chiapas

A visit to Chiapas, in a remote corner of southern Mexico, offers lost Maya cities, isolated waterfalls and ...

Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros

Strolling down Avenida Insurgentes Sur in Mexico City, traffic fumes waft through the forest of modern build...

Tequila, A Way of Life

The words “Blue Agave” will ring in your ears after a visit to Tequila, the birthplace of that fiery spi...

The Markets of Mexico City

After a gasp-inducing ride through the back streets of Mexico City with a mad taxi driver named Gonzalo, who...

Uxmal

Maya legend tells of a dwarf in the ancient city of Uxmal, who claimed to have magical powers. Uxmal’s rul...

Mérida

The Maya city of Tihó once stood where Mérida stands today. In the early 16th century, Spanish invaders la...

San Juan Chamula

Pine needles, dead chickens, eggs and soda pop; the staples of worship for the locals of San Juan Chamula, a...

Batopilas

At the bottom of a remote canyon in Mexico’s Sierra Madre lies the tiny village of Batopilas, a languid pl...

Cobá

The ancient city of Cobá, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, is a mysterious place, not only for the gho...