Journey Jotters

Bitten by the travel bug

While researching things to do in Mexico City, we came across Lucha Libre, the Mexican-style free wrestling. As the term denotes, its “free fighting” or freestyle wrestling with the luchadores (or wrestlers) wearing masks and fanciful costumes. The goal is to keep the man behind the mask a secret and get through the matches without …

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I have long wished to travel to Mexico. Between media reports of how unsafe it was, of potential kidnappings, shootings, etc, it felt like taking a chance. Then, I heard several podcasts on Rick Steves, Amateur Traveler, and read several blogs about living and traveling in Mexico that changed my mind. In addition, one of …

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