July 25- August 8 The final weeks were spent reveling in having found our daily rhythm: loading the boat, mid-day snacks and yerba mate, Ikea bags key to moving kit…

Those of you who’ve been reading along all these years will understand our trepidation about returning to Nicaragua or even whether we would be allowed back in. I am delighted…

Ahuehuetes, or the Montezma baldcypress, are Mexico’s national tree. The name comes from the Nahuatl (a family of Uto-Aztec languages) meaning “upright water drum” or “old man of the water.”…

Once upon a time, we rode through a land where they build the roads around trees. Malinalco is another of the Pueblos Mágicos of Mexico. I stopped to take this…

With an evening arrival to the Pueblo Magico of Guanajuato, our first orders of business (after finding lodging, showers, and just, staring at the wall for a bit) was to…