Bogota – give it a chance
One thing I can’t travel without
The more we travel, the more minimalist we become. We all know it.After years of traveling, the list of the things I have to take with me is becoming smaller and smaller. In this technical era of laptops, iPads and blackberries, it is obvious that we can’t go on a trip without our favorite toys. […]
Fucking Europeans, always complaining – or what we should learn from the Mexicans
Once I wrote about people I met in Mexico separately, who really gave me a lot, changed my point of view about some things and made me a better and happier person.Yes, the Mexicans opened my eyes to a better understanding of the world, of what is important and what not.I think already after like […]
Things I do at home and do not when I travel
17 interesting habits in Mexico
I spent 3 months traveling around Mexico back in 2011 during my first time in Mexico – from the centre, West, South, East and back to the centre. And being a European visiting a Latin American country for the first time, some things, situations, habits and places I saw there, I found kind of weird, […]
Pottery of shining black mud in San Bartolo Coyotepec
COYOTEPEC comes from the náhuatl and it means cerro de Coyotes (Coyote hill). It is one of the villages in Oaxaca state in Mexico famous for its barro negro – black mud. The inhabitants of the whole village dedicate their lives to make the statues, figures but mostly jars and others containers. I visited two […]
Photo of the week: artwork of Huichol Indians
In Mexico, one of the states of Pacific coast called Nayarit (and in Jalisco, Zacatecas and Durango as well), there are still living some native Indians. The tribe is named HUICHOL and they are descendents of the Aztecs.The tribe speaks Huichol language in which the word Wixáritari means ”the people” and for them it is […]
Tips for transport in Mexico
Photo of the week – Colorful Mexican skulls
Quiet Queretaro
Italian vs. Scottish
After spending a year in Scotland and then a year in Italy, I dare to compare these 2 nations. Obviously, it is just my humble opinion after a detailed observing of 730 days. However, it is a generalized comparison where not every single person of Scotland and Italy would fit.First of all, there are appearance […]