Getting to Oventic After an hour-long hellish cab ride from San Cristobal de las Casas, through the spectacular central highlands of Chiapas, we finally arrived at the autonomous Zapatista community of Oventic. This place isn’t on maps, the residents are...
Only ten minutes from the center of San Cristobal the preserve also protects 100 hectares of oak forests. There are great walking trails with beautiful views of the city, an amphitheater, beautiful works of modern sculpture and a unique greenhouse designed to...
(Update June 2018 – Atalaia, Portugal – After I left Mexico, Wes and I kept in touch and, as travelers often do, we met up again. This time in June 2016, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We continued our friendship as if no time had passed and had a few more crazy...
Sunset on the Mekong River in Laos I am really starting to enjoy the minimalist lifestyle or as I call it “the luxury of little”. I have now reduced my physical possessions down to where with little thought I can identify all of them. Conscious awareness of all my...
Snacking in the walking areas of San Cristobal de las Casas is simple. Street vendors carry baskets, set up carts and open their storefronts offering a variety of foods just waiting to be discovered. From weird to comfortable to distressingly familiar there is...
Every afternoon on the Andadors (walking streets) of San Cristobal de las Casas, mixed with other sounds are the voices of Pan de Elote (Mexican Corn Bread) vendors melodically singing out the availability of this unique street food. I was raised in Texas where...
How I Became a Minimalist A little over a year ago I took early retirement and began my dream of adventure and traveling the world. After years of self-examination, I realized the ordinary wasn’t satisfying me and I craved adventure more than possessions and choosing...
All over the central area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico are these little carts selling Cervecita Dulce or sweet beer. It is one of the things that you see every day but never think to try. I asked a few friends what it was and they had never...
