Through the wonders of Facebook, I was introduced to Jorge Gonzelez, Director of WorldBeat Cultural Center. He was a great resource on my journey through Mexico. Here’s a short interview with Jorge: From worldbeatcenter.org: Established in 1985, the WorldBeat Center (WBC) is a non-profit 501(c)3 cultural arts organization. Through cultural education and programming, the WorldBeat...
Dulce, a very knowledgeable travel agent invited me to spend the day with her and her best friend Rodrigo. After visiting a local market we drove to Cuilapam to see the Ex-Convento de Santiago Apóstol, located very close the main road. before we entered Dulce and Rodrigo tag-teamed to tell me the story of why the Convento...
A long mountain drive outside of Oaxaca brought us to a new ecotourism park called Calpulalpan Mendez. A surprise for us that Pedro scouted out, this indigenous village in the Sierra Norte recently opened an ecotourism park.
This video shows the advant garde work of Sócrates Corona, a performance artist based in Oaxaca. I was enjoying one of many beautiful Oaxacain nights when I discovered a crowd of people hypnotized by one very original street performer. Later that week I saw Sócrates at a local watering hole and we spoke briefly about his...
From the village, Usila Northern Oaxaca State along the Usila River. “In an organized fashion, families come together a day before the event to plan the details about which riverbank setting will be chosen for enjoying stone soup. The next day, the men divide the tasks of fishing, selecting stones, gathering wood and making the...
Some people you can’t help but to love upon first introduction. Pedro and Alessandra are exactly the kind of people you want to meet when you are traveling. Born in Mexico City by way of Minnesota, Pedro now lives with his girlfriend, Alessandra in Oaxaca. They are both veteran couchsurfers and hosted me during my visit...
I first met Jorge Gonzales after joining a group on Facebook called Afrobeat Center. Jorge, was a Ph.D. student at the University of San Diego and founded their Afromexican department. he and I exchanged many emails about the African presence in Mexico and Central America, which eventually lead to me contacting a group called Colectivo...
