Eric & Janina in Latin America

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After leaving San Miguel de Allende, Janina and I spent two days in Guanajuato, seeing the sights while the city held its annual festival in honor of the Spanish author Cervantes. Click through for a link to the photo album.

Yesterday, Janina and I started on a (roughly) bus two-week tour north and west of Mexico City. Our first stop: the lovely town of San Miguel de Allende, a haven for artists that the UN designated a World Heritage Site in 2008. Click through for a link to the photos.

Yesterday, Janina and I went to the Mexico City neighborhood of Coyoacán, which is not only famous as the home of the Casa Azul (the house of Frida Kahlo) but a beautiful area in its own right. Click through for a link to the pictures.

Yesterday, Janina and I went to the Diego Rivera Mural Museum and the Palacio Bellas Artes, located on opposite sides of the Alameda park in the center of Mexico City. The mural museum owes its origins to the September 19, 1985 earthquake that destroyed many buildings in Mexico City, including the hotel that had been the long-time home of Diego Rivera's mural, "Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park."  After the earthquake, an organization acquired the mural and moved it to a museum space near the remains of the hotel, where it lives today, along with related objects, including studies for murals in the Palacio Bellas Artes. The Palacio Bellas Artes is a beautiful, early 20th century structure with a magnificent Art Deco interior. They had an exhibit of paintings, sculptures, textiles, and ceramics from contemporary Mexican artists, along with a permanent exhibit of murals done by some of Mexico's most important mural artists. Click through for a link to the phot...

 I've added more photos to my album of Mexico City. Click through for a link to the photo album.

Yesterday, I visited Chapultepec Castle, home of the National Museum of History and an exhibit of the former imperial and presidential palace. Click through to see the link.

I spent a few hours yesterday going through the extensive collection of the National Museum of Anthropology, which houses artifacts and information about Mexico's indigenous peoples organized into different regions. Incredibly informative with some truly beautiful works of art. Click through to see the link.

I took a walk down Avenida Paseo de la Reforma yesterday from where I'm staying in the Polanco neighborhood to the center of Mexico City, eventually ending up at the city's cathedral before walking back. Naturally, I took a few photos along the way. Click through to see the link.

Today was my last day in Oaxaca before I flew back to Mexico City to start the next part of my trip. I took a few photos last night and this morning that I've added to the Oaxaca City album. Click through to see the link.

 I've added more photos to my album of Oaxaca City. Click through for a link to the photo album.

Yesterday, I took a day-long tour to see the Tree of Tule (a 2,000-year-old tree the world's widest trunk at 190 feet/58 meters), a traditional rug-maker's workshop in Teotitlán de Valle, the archaeological site of Mitla, and the calcified waterfalls of Hierve El Agua ("the water boils," in Spanish). Click through for a link to the photo album.

Yesterday, I spent a few delightful hours in the Museums of Cultures of Oaxaca, Santo Domingo, a museum in a former convent attached to the Temple of Santo Domingo of Guzmán in Oaxaca. Click through for a link to the photo album.

Yesterday, I took a day trip from Oaxaca to visit the Pre-Columbian archaeological site of Monte Albán. Click through for a link to the photo album.

I started my trip in Oaxaca yesterday by walking around the historic district. Click through for a link to the photo album.