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TRAVEL BLOG AND ITINERARY
a travel blog
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In December of 2005,after working for ten years in the public relations field in Austin, Texas, I decided to do something I had often thought about, but never acted on - live and work (teaching ESL) in Mexico. After spending some time seeing the sites in and around Guadalajara, I began my first job in a small town in Michoacan called Los Reyes. That position was only for three weeks - filling in for a teacher who had gone home for Christmas but didn't return.
After that, I moved to Leon, Guanajuato where I taught for one semester at a school called Culturlingua. Unfortunately my first semester there was the school's last. It closed its doors for good In June of 2006.
I spent the summer of '06 in East Texas with my then four-year-old daughter Rebecca. In August I moved to Poza Rica, Veracruz where, as of the start of this journal (November 11, 2006), I am currently teaching at the American, British and Canadian (ABC) School.
| Trip Itinerary (Travel Blog Entries) | |||
1 |
Leon | Dec 12 '05 | Leon, GTO |
2 |
Los Reyes | Jan 06 '06 | Arrival in Los Reyes |
3 |
Los Reyes | Jan 11 '06 | First Classroom Gig |
4 |
Morelia | May 01 '06 | Day trip to Morelia |
5 |
Leon | May 22 '06 | First Full Semester, Leon and Guanajuato State |
6 |
Poza Rica | Sep '06 | Ruins of El Tajin |
7 |
Papantla | Nov 06 '06 | Los Volodores de Papantla
""one of the surviving srongholds of Totonac Indian life."" |
8 |
Xalapa | Nov 18 '06 | Olmec Heads and Scottish Weather |
9 |
Tuxpan | Dec 02 '06 | Granma's Anniversary |
10 |
Zavalla | Dec 12 '06 | Rebecca Hannah's First Hunt |
11 |
Poza Rica | Feb 03 '07 | My Current Home Town |
12 |
Tenampulco, Ayotoxco and San Antonio Rayon Puebla | Feb 04 '07 | "Like a Movie"
"Among the Totonacs of Puebla State." |
13 |
Cuetzalan del Progreso | Feb 05 '07 | Rainy Day in the Mountains |
14 |
Barra de Cazones | Mar 05 '07 | Closest Beach to Poza Rica |
15 |
El Tajin | Mar 12 '07 | Cumbre del Tajin |
16 |
Austin | Apr 01 '07 | Overnight in Austin |
17 |
Mexico City | May 17 '07 | Teachers Protest "Reforms"
"And since May Day, thousands of them have protested in Mexico City as well as various state capitals - often clashing with riot police and members of the SNTE." |
18 |
Real del Monte | Jun 03 '07 | Birthplace of Mexican Soccer and Labor Unrest
"Given Mexicans' penchant for putting their dogs on their flat roofs, this must have seemed very impractical when first introduced." |
19 |
Mineral del Chico | Jul 01 '07 | Another little mining town.
"And I do mean up the road, as in straight up." |
20 |
Pachuca de Soto | Aug 10 '07 | Pachuca Skate Punks |
21 |
Huasca | Aug 14 '07 | Huasca and the Old Hacienda |
22 |
lost coast | Jul 10 '08 | The River House |
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lost coast | Jul 10 '08 | The River House |
24 |
Lufkin | Jul 15 '08 | Back Home
"This was our first plane trip together." |
25 |
San Francisco | Jul 16 '08 | Always Make Reservations
"I had the driver take us to The Great Highway, just down from Seal Rock." |
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Ferndale | Jul 17 '08 | Salem's Lot
"The town is known for it's Victorian architecture and is the home to some neat little shops and restaurants." |
27 |
lost coast | Jul 18 '08 | Natural Beauty
"never saw a major highway built through it or much development" |
28 |
Petrolia | Jul 19 '08 | California's First Oil Well
"As it's name suggests it was once an oil town." |
Comments or Questions for the Author
johnhannahthree says:
You are a long way from home. It probably hasn't changed much. It´s still very small and very pretty. Thanks for your note.
aslegg14 says:
Hi!! My name is Elsa, and I'm from Los Reyes,Michoacan, I've been leaving in Georgia for about 11 years now. I just wanted to tell you that I really like your "Mexican Diary". Last time I was in Los Reyes was back in '99, I'm pretty sure the town has changed a lot. Any ways, is a tiny little town, but I love it.