In the town of San Juan Chamula in southern Mexico, I entered a church completely unprepared for the what I saw. Pine needles and hundreds of small lit candles covered the entire wooden floor, where worshippers were kneeling and chanting incantations. In front of each group ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
Mexico
The weirdest rituals in the world
In the town of San Juan Chamula in southern Mexico, I entered a church completely unprepared for the what I saw. Pine needles and hundreds of small lit candles covered the entire wooden floor, where worshippers were kneeling and chanting incantations. In front of each group ...Museum Junkie: Manga and Moctezuma at the British Museum
Trust the British Museum to have two completely different but totally cool special exhibitions at the same time. There's still time to catch Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler, a dazzling collection of art from one of Mesoamerica's greatest civilizations. It focuses on the reign of ...Classic Treks: The Continental Divide Trail
When it comes to long distance treks, the U.S. is blessed with not one great hike, but three. Most people already know about the Appalachian Trail in the eastern part of the country and the Pacific Crest Trail in the west, but the third jewel of the trekking Triple Crown is ...Collect Marriott freebies with "Trick or Tweet" promotion
As Halloween approaches and the weather gets cooler, we realize that winter in the northern US, with its short hours of daylight and negative wind-chill factors, is just around the corner. Suddenly, it seems like there's no better time to book a tropical vacation. If you're ...Three days of cruise fun on the Carnival Elation for just $99
If you need proof that this is the best time ever for finding hot travel deals, look no further than this offer. Enjoy a three day cruise on the Carnival Elation, sailing from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico (and back) for just $99. The Elation is one of the Carnival "Fun ...Climb a mountain for charity in 2010
tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/12/climb-a-mountain-for-charity-in-2010/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling';
The details for the 2010 Summit For Someone program were announced late last week, and registration has gone live this morning, allowing for ...Where to take your final vacation
tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/11/where-to-take-your-final-vacation/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling';
Most people focus on their next vacations – not their final ones. And who could blame them? Nothing is quite so ghoulish as planning anything based ...New Nicklaus course to open in Punta Mita next month
A new Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course is opening next month, so you may want to start planning immediately. On November 16, 2009, Nicklaus himself will hit the ceremonial first tee shot at the new Punta Mita Bahia golf course. This is the second of his courses at Punta ...December is cougar season on San Diego cruise
Women of a certain age and vigor will leave San Diego in December on the first "cougar cruise" to hit the high seas. Singles Travel Company and singles group The Society of Single Professionals are collaborating on this three-night experience ... and they'll be packing the ...Travel from the rest of the world to the U.S. falls ... again
Travel fell again in 2009, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data, as a weak economy put pressure on both personal and corporate travel budgets.
Only 3.6 million people arrived from other countries, marking a decline of 11 percent from June 2008 to June 2009. For ...Was 9-9-09 a day for weirdos or what? Think religious Mexican hijacker and numerology
Yesterday I wrote a post about travel weirdos who inspire us to think and travel outside the box. After I wrote that post, I heard on the radio about a hijacker in Mexico who threatened an Aeromexico plane with what turned out to be a fake bomb as the plane was traveling ...AeroMexico plane hijacking resolved peacefully
Shortly after taking off from Cancun on Wednesday, the pilots of AeroMexico flight 737 radioed the control tower to say the plane had been hijacked. The hijacker had showed off a bomb (later found to be fake) and demanded to speak to Mexican President Felipe Calderon. He ...Cruise ship employee tells his favorite "dumb passenger" stories
I recently spent some time in the up-and-coming port town of Mahahual, Mexico, and had the opportunity to speak with an assistant cruise director for one of the Big Cruise Lines. Because I am always interested in the ways stupid tourists manifest their stupidity, I asked the ...First-time scuba diving for under $100? Where in the world?
I've wanted to go scuba diving for as long as I can remember. To be able to inhale and exhale underwater while swimming near schools of brightly colored fish and jaw-dropping coral-- how could that possibly not be a Top Ten Life Experience? My desire to go diving was only ...Three for Free promotion at 18 Hyatt hotels
If you're staying at a Hyatt hotel this fall and you want a little extra pampering, you'll want to know about their Three for Free promotion. What's included? A free night, room upgrade, and daily breakfast. The free night is based on either a three-, four-, or five-night ...¡Micheladas! The perfect recipe for Mexico's (unofficial) national drink
"Want to order some micheladas?" my Mexican friend Gustavo asked me as we sat down for breakfast one morning in the beachside village of Mahahual, Mexico. "What's a michelada?" I asked. Gustavo gave me the look a school teacher might give a student after he asks a ...Mexico City offers free health insurance to tourists
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/travel_places/Mexico_City_To_Offer_Free_Health_Insurance_to_Tourists'; After near-hysteria over Mexico's outbreak of the H1N1 (swine) flu virus crippled the country's tourism industry and resulted in record low hotel occupancy rates, Mexico ...Mexican resort beach shut down, accused of stealing sand
Visitors to a Cancun beach found themselves restricted by yellow crime-scene tape yesterday, when Mexican police cordoned off the beach under accusations that the sand was stolen.
According to the AP release, after Hurricane Wilma washed away much of the resort area's ...Traveling the globe with Nat Geo Student Expeditions
_thumbnail.jpg)
In the summer of 2008, National Geographic launched a fascinating and inspiring project called Student Expeditions, which aimed to send high school students to a variety of exotic locals around the globe, immersing them in that location through unique, special projects that ...Mexican authorities to allow mobile phone calls on commerical flights
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/world_news/Mexican_Authorities_to_Allow_Mobile_Phone_Calls_on_Flight'; Good news! The Mexican FCC just canceled directive NOM-019SCT3-2001! Sure, I'll forgive you if you have no idea what this means (I didn't either at first). The directive was ...
