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by Jonathan Look | Jul 21, 2012 | Adventure, Mexico, Travel
I try to keep safety in mind everywhere I go. I lock doors, I use hotel safes wherever possible and try not to carry too much that anyone would want that could make me a target. I am not paranoid, and I go almost everywhere, but I use common street sense. One area...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 17, 2012 | Adventure, Mexico, Travel
It is only a short distance from San Cristobal de las Casas to Puerto Arista on the Pacific coast of Chiapas but these are definitely two different worlds. When my somewhat insane friend Wes Nations and I left San Cristobal it was in the mid-50s with a little bit of...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 11, 2012 | Adventure, People, Photography
A few months ago I was privileged to go do photography with a group from Foundation Escalera. It was a great trip and a lot of fun. This image was made at an awards ceremony in an indigenous village in the municipality of Tumbalá, Chiapas, Mexico. The day was blazing...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 11, 2012 | Adventure, Food, Mexico, Street Food, Travel
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...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 10, 2012 | Food, Street Food, Travel
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...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 9, 2012 | Adventure, Minimalism, On My Mind, Retirement
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...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 6, 2012 | Adventure, Mexico, Travel, Video
Whale Shark Boat from Isla Holbox in Mexico I was out to snorkel with Whale Sharks in Mexico, not take a cruise and after an hour and a half of riding on the waters off Isla Holbox in a 12 person boat riding on choppy seas, I was ready to be on site. My...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 5, 2012 | Adventure, Mexico, Travel
Downtown Isla Holbox Isla Holbox (pronounced: whole bosh) is one of the few remaining unspoiled islands along Mexico’s Yucatan coast. Three hours west but a world away from Cancun, Isla Holbox is a gem known primarily as a place to see Whale Sharks, but it is...
