Category: Mexico

Mazatlan photos

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_77" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Mariachi band at sidewalk cafe in Old Town, Mazatlan."][/caption] The great thing about Mazatlan is that it's both a fun beach resort - particularly nice for a mid-winter dose of sun and warmth for those of...Read More

Cosalá

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_64" align="aligncenter" width="294" caption="Entrance to Guadalupe Chapel, Cosala, Mexico."][/caption] Most of my travel-writing friends studiously avoid calling a town "picturesque" because the term has become an over-used cliché, but it aptly describes Cosalá, a historic mining town in the...Read More

Mazatlan

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_50" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="The little pulmonia taxis are the way to get around Mazatlan; this one is parked on Plaza Machado, fronting Cafe Pacifico, the oldest bar in town."][/caption] The last time I was in Mazatlan, Penelope and I...Read More

Copper Canyon

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_42" align="aligncenter" width="295" caption="Copper Canyon near Barrancas, Chihuahua, Mexico"][/caption] The most famous of a series of canyons in the Sierra Madre mountains of northwestern Mexico is Copper Canyon or Barranca del Cobre. We traveled here via the "Chepe" (Chihuahua...Read More

El Fuerte

Posted on January 17, 2009November 20, 2011 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_37" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Posada del Hidalgo Hotel, El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico"][/caption] Buenos Dias from Mexico! I’m here for a Society of American Travel Writers meeting and visiting Copper Canyon, Mazatlan and the historic mining town of Cosala. My flight...Read More