MÉXICAN CIRCUSES AN ENTIRELY FAMILY AFFAIR
In Mexico there are over 80 traveling circuses. In operation since 1888, the longest running circus in the country is Circo Atayde Hermanos which features 23 performers, many with international backgrounds. Another good-sized circus by Mexican standards is Circo Hermanos Vazquez which conducts a two year circuit… …READ MORE
PLACIDO DOMINGO LIVE IN MÉXICO CITY
Placido Domingo last night (Tuesday) presented a special concert in the city where he got his start. I received tickets as a birthday present. The tenor recalled how in 1959 he was a chorus boy in the production of Mi Bella Dama (My Fair Lady) at Bellas Artes in Mexico City’s Central Historic area (the Palace of Fine Arts). …READ MORE
NERVOUS ABOUT DRIVING IN MÉXICO? DON’T BE! Getting around México by car!
One of the best ways of learning about Mexico, its flavors, costumes, charming & colourful towns and cities, sunny beaches and its extraordinary cuisine, is by renting an Avis car… …READ MORE
TEQUILA TOURS
The blade of the coa used to cut the agave plant is sharp. Very sharp. People who slip up have lost toes to it. Thus I held the coa (a shovel shaped tool with a round cutting blade) gingerly and carefully made a slice or two just for the camera. Then I passed the tool back to el jimador, the skilled worker with the true knowledge of how to harvest agave, a tough desert plant with sword shaped leaves …READ MORE