Author: angela7marino
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Mexico: From the Lagoon to the Forest
Everyone knows in Mexico they speak Spanish. But that was not the original language, that is the colonizer’s language. Some places in Mexico still have this original language regionally. In the movie Roma you can hear it spoken. This language lingers in the names of the towns like Oaxaca, pronounced Wah-Ha-Ka and Xpujil, pronounched Che-Pu-Jil.…
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Bacalar: The Lake with 7 Colors
Everyone knows about Cancun & Tulum. When you think Mexico beaches, you can picture yourself in an all inclusive resort enjoying the southern sun. This, my friends, is the tourist’s Mexico, beautiful but not truly giving you the local flavor or taste. To get this you need to travel down the Yucatan Peninsula to Bacalar.…
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Christmas, COVID, & Cancun
Like most of the world in December 2021 I finally got COVID. After 2 years of dodging it in Australia, it only took me 3 months to contract it in America. Perfect timing as most of America was flying around the country to see their families. I had been taken a PCR or rapid test…
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Goodbye Australia
It was 5am in Melbourne, Victoria. My last month in this country was spent in lockdown. Melbourne will become the most locked down city in the world in the next couple months. Two visas had come and gone since I first landed in January 2020. But now it was time for me to leave Australia.…
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The Top End: Tiwi Islands
To the top of the top! While in Darwin braving the heat and humidity I learned about this group of islands just north of here. Part of Australia but almost 100% of the inhabitants are Aboriginals. Tours left from Darwin on a 3 hour ferry ride and included learning about their culture, food, and history…
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