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New Mexican food tastes better than it looks
Blog: La Tortuga Viajera - 24 January 2012
With a picture like that to the left, it’s fair to say that New Mexican food tastes better than it looks. And don’t be fooled, that mess of a plate will set your mouth on fire too. After last week’s overview on my get-to-know-you session with the “Land of Enchantment”, now it’s time to talk [...]
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Getting to know New Mexico
Blog: La Tortuga Viajera - 11 January 2012
“I expected more meth heads,” I told Laura as my trip to New Mexico came to a close. Perhaps I’d watched a touch too much Breaking Bad. After all, you know something’s wrong when you’re slightly disillusioned by the lack of druggies, crack houses and drug cartel violence. Yep, I went to New Mexico while [...]
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Photo of the Day – Reflection of San Felipe de Neri Church
Blog: Two Backpackers - 24 October 2011
Jonathan is a regular contributor for 2Backpackers.com. For more information or to sign up for his newsletter visit LifePart2.com. The skies were brilliant after a rain storm blew through “Old Town” Albuquerque on a seasonally cold winter’s day. The iconic San Felipe de Neri Church was magnificently reflected on puddles left behind on the brick [...]
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SW Travel and Book Winners
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 4 May 2011
WINNERS of drawings for recent excellent books Susan Reiners wins the new book Blood Work by Holly Tucker. Sheryl Kraft wins the much coveted Revolution by Deb Olin Unferth. (The rest of you are just going to have to go buy a copy. Support our authors!) Click a Link if You Love Me Okay, so [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library. We'll leave a light on for you.
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New Mexico #4: All Aboard the Rail Runner
Blog: Roving Gastronome - 26 March 2010
The wild West of yore is all about trains and cows and gunslingers and dudes in hats. Today, cattle still roam the range in New Mexico, and folks wear pistols on their hips and hats indoors. But the trains have, for the most part, gone. Sure, there’s the venerable Super Chief, Amtrak’s service that plods [...]
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Video Edition: Old Route 66 Gravel Road
Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 22 May 2009
Much of our time in Arizona and New Mexico was spent following Historic Route 66, where you could occasionally see both the newer I-40 and slight remnants of the Old Route 66 off to the side. Somewhere outside of Albuquerque we were following signs to stay on Historic Route 66, and quickly found [...]
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Travelogue: Arizona and New Mexico
Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 3 May 2009
Time Period: April 9 – April 23, 2009 Miles Driven: 1255 With very few planned stops and knowing that Arizona and New Mexico were both full of amazing things to see, we opted to primarily follow Route 66 across these states, using the old highway as our guide. We had both traveled across Arizona and New Mexico [...]
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