Puerto Escondido       Almost a year ago, we ended the year watching the whales off the coast of Baja California on a boat out of Cabo San Lucas.  What a great Christmas present.  Now in Oaxaca at Puerto Escondido, how could we bring in the new year and top that?  How about leaving at dawn …

Puerto Escondido       Our family just spent over an hour watching a squirrel over the wall where we were staying.  We talked, read, whatever, but the squirrel was tireless, scrapping away at the husk of a coconut, determined to find whatever prize lay within.  Mi hija called it a National Geographic moment, and it was that …

           Mexico City       The bursts sounded like thunder, first one, and then others on Christmas Eve.  They started again more regularly about 430 am on Christmas morning.  This intermittent roar will continue much of the day in Mexico City.  It takes a conscious effort to remember that these are fireworks and a sign of …