Bully Pulpit: Why Not Fly Aeromexico to Oaxaca?
Aeromexico, are you listening? Why is it so hard to have a decent customer service experience with your airline company? I’ve been debating whether to publish this and decided to go ahead. Maybe it will get a decision maker’s attention. There is no customer service feedback link on your website! I arrived in Mexico City […]
Inside the Nasrid Palace: The Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Carved wood, intricate plaster arches and decorative columns, outstanding 13th century mosaics, and water, water everywhere define the palaces of the Nasrid kings at the Alhambra, Granada, Spain. The best description I have found is this one from Islamic Arts that offers you a virtual walking tour. How to Buy Tickets It is not easy to […]
Tlacolula Meanderings: Play, Parking Tickets and No Where In Particular
One of my favorite past-times is the Sunday Tlacolula market. I never tire of it. There is always something new, different, another point-of-view. This week there were strange flowers that looked like lollipops, plus fuzzy rambutans for eating. Last Sunday, I parked on the street not attending to the “no parking” sign, which I didn’t […]
Oaxaca Guelaguetza: 2013 Folkloric Festival
They call it Mondays on the Hill. The original Zapotec meaning of Guelaguetza is transformed into a folkloric dance festival held in the auditorium on the Cerro del Fortin on the last two Mondays in July each year (except when the date falls on Benito Juarez’ birthday). There are two performances today, Monday, July 22, […]
From Oaxaca to San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas: Preview
On Tuesday night January 31, I will be on the ADO-GL overnight bus to San Cristobal de las Casas, set to arrive mid-morning on Wednesday, February 1. This is at least a 12-hour bus trip, and I’ll be traveling with Fay, a Canadian woman from an island off the coast of Vancouver. Since this is […]