Alan's World Travels

I normally end these blogging sessions with a photo gallery, but it seems appropriate to close my Mexico travelogue with a word about safety...

On our first afternoon in Mexico City, three things happened in quick succession: We stumbled upon a plaque commemorating homosexuals attack...

In the suburbs of Mexico City is one of the world's major Catholic pilgrimage shrines, the Basilica of Guadelupe. It is said that the Vi...

One public park in Mexico City was, at the time of our visit, entirely occupied by dog trainers and their charges: There appeared to be seve...

The person who cleaned our hotel room in Oaxaca seems to have learned his or her craft on a cruise ship: I'm just sayin' ...

Devoted readers of this blog know that I'm not one for blogging random tourist sights, although I do get dragged to them from time to ti...

All these interesting buildings are potentially threatened by one thing: Mexico City is sinking into the mire. The city is built on what was...