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...
by Jonathan Look | Jun 18, 2012 | Adventure, Mexico, Travel
It was just a simple conversation. My friend Richard and I were having a beer on the Guadalupe Andador in San Cristobal de las Casas when he casually mentioned that a few weeks before he had rented a bicycle and rode from San Cristobal through the mountains to Chiapa...
by Jonathan Look | Jan 14, 2012 | Adventure, Food, Mexico, Street Food, Travel
Mexican Taco Cart Fare I have always been kind of adventurous when it comes to gastronomy and taco carts are one of my favorite places to try new things. One of the best things about living in San Cristobal de las Casas was the street food, especially the taco carts....
by Jonathan Look | Oct 7, 2011 | On My Mind, Retirement, Travel
Hot Air Ballooning in Turkey Before we sold everything to travel the world and live our travel dreams we had to ask some hard questions and make, what some would see, as sacrifices. I can’t tell you how many times I have had people say to me, “I would love to do what...
by Jonathan Look | Aug 21, 2011 | Mexico, Nature
The Quarry in Lionfish Hunting Lionfish Hunting is Good for the Reef Just off the beach at our house in Xcalak, there lurks an unwanted predator: A reef invader the Lionfish. The Lionfish is known for their venomous spines making them a hazard to divers and fisherman....