This is probably going to be the oldest story published on this blog, back from March 2004, before we had our backpacks and cats. Victor has been in the US for less than a year and was itching to discover more of America than just the Chicagoland area. He was […]
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A Traveler’s Dilemma: The Human Zoo
In December of 2013, while traveling through northern Thailand, we had the option of visiting indigenous hill tribe villages. As we walked the streets of Chiang Mai, nearly every tourist agency and hotel touted trips to nearby ethnic minority villages by displaying pictures of smiling women in colorful traditional dresses […]
Read MoreAll Aboard the Booze Train!
After visiting blue agave fields on the way to Tequila, our tour continued at the Jose Cuervo tequila distillery known as La Rojeña. The decision to visit Jose Cuervo, and not any of the other numerous tequila distilleries in the area, was an easy one. Jose Cuervo is the birthplace […]
Read MoreWe Drink Tequila in Tequila (Mexico)
For a lot of people, tequila is one of the most recognizable products of Mexico, the country’s brand. And that’s why when we visited the Mexican state of Jalisco, we could not pass up an opportunity to visit the nearby town of Tequila, known obviously, for tequila. Located just 40 […]
Read MoreHand of God and Goal of the Century: Azteca Stadium
-Arbitro corupto! Arbitro corupto! We are sitting in the nosebleed section of Azteca Stadium on the outskirts of Mexico City listening to hilarious chants of local boisterous soccer fans. We are sitting so high that I feel a little dizzy and a bit worried that my nose may actually bleed. […]
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