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Veracruz’s La Rama is a Christmas tradition from across time
I’ll never forget the night La Rama ambushed my quiet Guinness. There I was, at an Irish pub in Veracruz,…
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3 Christmas vacations in Mexico without crowds
For the first time in over a decade, I’m going to taking my Christmas vacations in Mexico. It’s the peak…
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how architecture in Veracruz is saving a city
When it comes to cultural wealth, Veracruz is one of the richest states in Mexico. The Olmec civilization — often…
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MND Deep Dive: Mexico’s transpeninsular train
Can Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec rail project (CIIT) achieve its dream of becoming a “new Panama Canal” and will the…
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A night on Los Pinos beach, the best in Veracruz
We arrived in Los Pinos, a beautiful pine forest with cabins hugging the ocean, next to the hidden coastal town…
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Praise your inner Olmec with this chili chocolate martini
The Olmec Dragon wasn’t actually a dragon, of course. He was a ruler, a god-king. People called him “the Olmec…
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Hiking the Pico de Orizaba loop
In Nahuatl, it’s called Citlaltépetl, the Star Mountain, a shimmering snow-covered peak that dominates the horizon for hundreds of kilometers.…
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Mexican priest blesses accident-heavy highway
One month after two separate single-car accidents on a Veracruz highway claimed the lives of six people and left two…
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Downtown Veracruz is everything great about Caribbean Mexico
I’ve been spending much more time in the port city of Veracruz because of my partner’s job. Downtown Veracruz, to…
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