Archive for ‘Mexico’

The opening spread of the Budget Travel story--Gus in the Ecuadorian rainforest.

Extreme Field Tripping–Budget Travel

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Hi: This is a story I wrote for Budget Travel about how to work a homeschooling-and-traveling plan with your kids and how to do it as inexpensively as possible. Please feel free to pass this on to families who might be interested in doing the same. All best and many thanks–Jeannie http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/a-family-field-trip-around-the-world,7375      

Into and Under the Jungle

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

On our trip to the Yucatan, we don’t just go INTO the jungle, we go UNDER it–swimming along strange underground rivers. Check out the videos too.

With Jeb in front of the pyramid at Coba. It's one of teh few Maya pyramids you can still climb.

Another Continent, Another Pyramid

Monday, August 15th, 2011

After seeing the Great Pyramid at Giza earlier this year, it was amazing to see another pyramid built by another culture.. and then get to climb to the top.

Here I am with Marta--who was the boys' tutor--and her baby daughter, Jennifer

My Spanish High

Monday, August 8th, 2011

On our visit to San Miguel, I had an out-of-body experience that represents a high point in my long and tortured quest to conquer the Spanish language. They say that when you’re fluent in a language, you’ll dream in, say, Spanish. Well it’s probably emblematic of my uneven history with El Español—which I’ve studied most [...]

With Moritz in front of San Miguel's famous Parrochia.

Viva Mexico!

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

At first I was scared to go to Mexico, but I couldn’t have had more fun. I saw my friends, my old house, and it felt like I only had been gone for a week.