indiana_girl

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 High school teacher from corn country, USA (also known as Indiana).

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  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Be very careful in Oaxaca in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    "I travel with the purpose of achieving my own goals, not with the principal purpose to provide economic development or to support the...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called 4 days in Mexico City / October in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    You might want to read some of the other threads on here dealing with Teotihuacan and the buses... don't take a lot of cash, for sure. ...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Be very careful in Oaxaca in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    Hahaha, Tepetapan, I'd like to think that being a little smart had something to do with it, not just luck. If it were just luck, then it's...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called 4 days in Mexico City / October in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    When you go to Xochimilco, make the time to give the Museo Dolores Olmedo a look. It's absolutely fabulous, worth the time, and on your way...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Be very careful in Oaxaca in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    Wow, patywolf, that all sounds really extreme! I just spent 5 weeks wandering Mexico City alone. I wore my sunglasses, a watch, carried a...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Be very careful in Oaxaca in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    Sorry you had this happen to you... it's definitely an unpleasant experience. I had a bracelet ripped off my arm in Xochimilco a couple of...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Tlanepantla (Mexico state) and 2 pyramids in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    That was the beauty of not leaving the DF for parts elsewhere: I got to see the lesser-known places that the average visitor who only has a...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Museo-Casa Leon Trotsky in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    Yes, and vice-versa: if you visit Anahuacalli you also get a ticket to La Casa Azul. I so wanted to take photos en la Casa Azul but 60...
    6 months ago

  • posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Just another day in paradise.,..er, Mexico City in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    Looking really messy down here by Monumento a la Revolucion. A man with political aspirations named Leonel Luna is having a huge rally on...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Museo-Casa Leon Trotsky in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    Interesting stuff, Rich! The guide didn't mention that the American guard was buried there with Natalia and Leon, but there is a plaque in...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Solo travel to Mexico city for the first time in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    I think LW pretty well got you covered. We can help you more if you help yourself first by doing some investigation of your own. Mexico...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Museo-Casa Leon Trotsky in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    I enjoyed the Museo de las Intervenciones, very interesting place, both for being an ex-convent, as well as its content! It was eerie,...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Tlanepantla (Mexico state) and 2 pyramids in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    Ick, I know that Buenavista market and it's awful... I mean, it does have the same stuff as La Ciudadela, for example, but it's much more...
    6 months ago

  • posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Museo-Casa Leon Trotsky in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    Despite having very little knowledge of Trotsky, I decided to visit this museum since I was going to Coyoacan anyway, and might as well...
    6 months ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Tlanepantla (Mexico state) and 2 pyramids in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    Is it really? I mean about the library. It was filled with people the day I was there, I took that as a good sign.
    6 months ago

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  • Email Address lachicadecafe@yahoo.com
  • DOB March 6, 1967
  • Country United States
  • Gender Female
  • Languages English, Spanish
  • Favourite Places Indiana (of course!), Florida, Mexico (not necessarily in that order!)
  • Interests scuba diving, traveling, reading, just to name a few
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