Carnival in Rio gets wild on the beach.. The Sambadrome is ready for people and floats like you see on TV but meanwhile… Neighborhoods all over Rio make their own party like this that I enjoyed at last year’s (2016) celebration. All ages, all races joined in to play music together and follow the small parade around the neighborhood. Some people danced, a fair … Continue reading Carnival in A Rio Neighborhood
When I was in Mexico, separately I met two lovely ladies that were traveling at 72 years of age. I was inspired by their bravery, willingness and wit. I loved that they were not afraid to leave home–the United States for one and Canada for the other. Not only that, they were both in Mexico to learn Spanish. I think they both prove the point … Continue reading Ladies Who Travel at 72
I really do have the problem or the fortune where I stumble on a song and I can not stop listening to it. I’ve listened to this one about 20 times in the last 24 hours. It was one of those cool finds that turns out I already owned. Fever is by one of my favorite bands that put out a few albums and then … Continue reading Fever by Yerba Buena
Art is subjective but I think good street art should be transgressive, make a statement or speak to the community that it is painted in. Most of these represent the later by showing the people and the culture in the state of Quintana Roo, where Tulum is located or Mexico itself in the case of the skeleton. Tulum has a plethora of street art with … Continue reading The Best Street Art in Tulum
2016 was a big year of change for me, for the world and for family and friends. I say, bring it. You don’t get anywhere being stagnant. And that is becoming more and more the theme of this blog. While I will continue to fill these pages with street art from around the world and practical information regarding health and travel, the place I have … Continue reading Erin Blogs 2016 in Review
I took these pictures in October, 2016 in Guanajuato, Mexico during the festival of Cervantino. It wasn’t related to the festival but I felt it was important to document the voices of these women. I asked a fellow traveler from Argentina to help me with the translation and she told me that there was two terrible rapes in which the women were also killed in … Continue reading A message from the women of Guanajuato, Mexico
No festival or concert in the United States prepared me for the crowds of Carnival in Salvador, Brazil. It was beyond what I could have imagined but that made it even more amazing. I read on the Lonely Planet and Thorn Tree forums about Carnival in Salvador but it was much crazier then they had described. Does this mean you should not go to Carnival … Continue reading Carnival in Salvador, Bahia Brazil
Diego Rivera–using his art for social justice and storytelling Palacio Nacional Bellas Artes Secretaria de Educacion I have a whole new respect for Diego Rivera’s work. I was familiar with him before but now I understand to a greater detail what he was trying to do with his artwork. Many of his themes reveal the lives of indigenous people, issues of class and capitalism and … Continue reading Visiting Mexico City Part Two: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
