Isla Mujeres, aka the Island of Women, has quite a bit going on despite it’s small size. Once upon a time it was the place where Mayan women would make a pilgrimage to the temple of Ixchel, the jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine. A temple dedicated to Ixchel used to stand on the south […]
Málaga: More than just a beach
As soon as I arrived in Málaga I knew I would love the place. Actually, I lie. I knew I would love it before I’d even set foot on that plane headed to Paris what seems like forever ago. Months before my trip I scoured the web to read as many articles as I could — all of them […]
A train, a ferry, a bus… and a pit stop in Gibraltar
I like to tell people that I visited two different countries in one day, using all but one of the major means of transportation, just to see the look of surprise on their faces. In reality, it’s not so surprising: From Marrakech we took an early morning train to Tangier, and from there a ferry to […]