Life in Mexico, an account by Frances Calderon de la Barca

In 1843, a collection of letters was published under the name of Life in Mexico as a sort of travelogue relating the impressions and observations gleaned and recorded by Madame Frances Calderon de la Barca during her sojourns in Mexico as the wife of Spanish diplomat. It is of special Continue Reading →

Toniná Chiapas Pyramid

Toniná Chiapas: I just came across an article stating that recent excavations (undertaken since 2010 by INAH, the Mexican National Institute of Archaeology and History) confirm that the “Acropolis” of Toniná, Chiapas, comprises one off the largest pyramids in Mesoamerica.  See the article link below.  The pyramidal structure measures 74 Continue Reading →

Pueblos Magicos de Mexico

Mexico’s Magical Villages The Mexican Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR) collaborates with a number of state and municipal governmental entities in its Magical Villages program that seeks to recognize and make known to national and international tourists the infinitely beautiful, interesting, historical, natural, and magical towns and landscapes that give Mexico Continue Reading →

The Encyclopedia of Guerrero and Guerrerismos

Today I want to share a wonderful find: an encyclopedia of Guerrero, Mexico (Enciclopedia Guerrerense) and its appendix, Guerrerismos, or idiomatic terms and phrases of Guerrero state. The online encyclopedia of Guerrero is in Spanish but does have links to translations via the Google translation service. It is indexed in Continue Reading →

World Heritage Sites in Mexico

 The UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Mexico Of all the countries in the Americas, Mexico can boast of having within its boundaries the highest number of UNESCO World Heritage sites, counting both its cultural and natural sites. Mexico, as of May 25, 2014, has had thirty-two sites inscribed into the World Continue Reading →