This is part of a series called Michoacan 2025 Today was arts and crafts (and shopping) day! Close to Patzcuaro, there are a number of villages that specialize in particular mediums of art. Our first stop was the town of Tocuaro. Tocuaro is all about wooden masks (or mascaras). There are several workshops in the…
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This is part of a series called Michoacan 2025 Today we started our exploration of the city of Pátzcuaro (pronouncedˈpatskwaɾo). We will spend the next three nights here exploring the city and surrounding towns that are built around the Lake of the same name. Let me start by saying that I love Pátzcuaro — it…
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This is part of a series called Michoacan 2025 While the first part of our trip involved long drives between locations, for the next few days we will spend our time around Lake Patzcuaro, visiting the city of Patzcuaro and the towns that surround it. That is really for two reasons: to visit some of…
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This is part of a series called Michoacan 2025 After visiting the Monarch Sanctuary, we were off to Morelia, the capital of Michoacan. People have lived in this area since the 7th century, but there were some important milestones along the way. In the 12th century, the Purépecha (a group of indigenous people) settled in…
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This is part of a series called Michoacan 2025 Today we experienced something that I have always wanted to experience — going to a Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. We visited the Sierra Chincua sanctuary, located within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt at over 9500 feet in altitude. The temperatures at that altitude are pretty mild here (40-60…
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This is part of a series called Northwest Passage et al 2024 Today, we made our final stop before disembarking in Halifax — Corner Brook. It’s on the west coast of Newfoundland and is located in the Bay of Islands at the mouth of the Humber River — one of the “arms” that make up…
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This is part of a series called Northwest Passage et al 2024 Today we made our first landing below the Arctic Circle — Red Bay, Labrador, and things are both the same and different. Similar to what we’ve seen above the Arctic Circle, this area is still pretty bleak with largely a barren landscape made…
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This is part of a series called Northwest Passage et al 2024 Today we arrived in Sisimiut, the second largest city in Greenland. Sisimiut translates to “where the foxholes are” — apparently when the town was being expanded, there were foxholes all over the place. Not sure what the story is today. Anyway the population…
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This is part of a series called Northwest Passage et al 2024 Today we visited Ilulissat, Greenland’s most famous town and the third largest by population with 4500 people. Of course, as long as we are examining population, I should mention that there are also 2500 sled dogs. These dogs are used by fishermen in…
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This is part of a series called Northwest Passage et al 2024 Today, we traversed the Navy Board Inlet, a body of water that separates Bylot Island and Baffin Island. It was an absolutely beautiful transit with high mountains and glaciers on both sides. People just sat by the windows all day staring at the…
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