Musings on life, travel, sustainability, and the wonders of earth by a cheeky, adventure-seeking, ecomaniac, veganologist, Haiku-obsessed, puppyMama, hippy-chick-gardener-wannabe, Kenda Swartz Pepper.
Heroica Veracruz, Veracruz I knew almost nothing about Heroica Veracruz before arriving and now that we spent two days there, I now know very little about it. A port city …
October 17, 2013 Sometimes plans change and sometimes they dissolve into an acidic concoction of exhaustion and confusion with a smidgeon of fear. That’s what happened on October 17. We …
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, is yet another stunning colonial city. With a population of 160,000 and an elevation of roughly 6300 feet (the central highlands of Chiapas), San …
Sunday, October 13, and we’re heading to our next big stop, San Cristóbal de las Casas, the capital city of Chiapas in southernmost Mexico (borders Guatemala). But because we didn’t …
Driving to Oaxaca Our 5 1/2 drive to Oaxaca took about 8 hours, and this is partially because of the 156,798 topes (speed bumps) that cover the libre (free) roads, …
One would think that we’ve become very efficient at packing up our things now that we’ve moved several times these past 12 months. Not quite. Despite our best efforts, we’re …
I promise promise promise the written part of this post will be shorter. Clearly, I’m not off to a good start with repetitive promises. Okay, I don’t promise, but I’ll …
Day #2 Ciudad de Mexico Chapultapec Have I mentioned yet how much I love the Casa Comtesse? Very very. Much. I mean just one very. Very much. My breakfast was …
Day #1 Ciudad de Mexico My adventure to Ciudad de Mexico. One gal finding her way around a city of 28,000,000 people. With Scott out of town and Stella playing …
Monday March 4 – Saturday March 9, 2013 Welcome to my new favorite city in Mexico despite the fact Scott and I spent very little time actually exploring this absolutely …