This is part of a series called Chile from the Sea Today we visited Puerto Williams, more or less a Navy town (I knew I liked this place!) located in the Beagle Channel. In addition to the base, they run the local airport and the hospital. They have the responsibility for patrol and rescues in…
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This is part of a series called Chile from the Sea When you leave Ushuaia on a ship, you spend quite a bit of time transiting the Beagle Channel which is protected by mountains on both sides. It’s only when you emerge into the Atlantic that you discover what is waiting for you in terms…
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This is part of a series called Chile from the Sea So, we’re off again — this time to focus on Patagonia. We are cruising on the same ship that we did our recent Northwest Passage cruise — Hurtigruten Expeditions. We will pick up the ship in Ushuaia, Argentina, the capital of Tierra del Fuego,…
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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 Michoacan 2025 Well, we are off again! One of the nice things about living in Mexico in the winter is that it puts us in reasonably close proximity to explore other parts of the country. To date we have visited 16 of the 31 states of Mexico as…
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