¡Vamos!

Se trata de las 5 am y estoy esperando a que mi viaje al aeropuerto. Después de 4 meses de planificación y de espera, no puedo esperar para finalmente llegar a México!

México, allá voy!

It is 5 am and I am waiting for my ride to the airport. After 4 months of planning and waiting, I cannot wait to finally get to Mexico!

Mexico, here I come!

Manta.

This picture is of a small stone ray, a gift from my friend and colleague Andres when he return from  trip to Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. He gave me two of the little rays. This one I keep at home and the other one graces my desk in my office. I love these two little rays - they make me smile whenever I look at them.

When I decided to go to Mexico, I wondered if there were really rays in the waters there and if so what kind. Turns out not only are there rays in Mexico, they have the monster of rays swimming in the waters off the Yucatán Penisula.  Oh yeah. We're talking the giant manta ray!!

Cuisine.

Diana Kennedy,Susana Trilling, and Rick Bayless knew it before the rest of us even had a clue; that Mexican cuisine is something very special that deserves to be preserved and treasured as a matter of cultural heritage.

Palenque.

Palenque was a Mayan city that flourished in the 7th century. The Palenque ruins date back to 100 BC to its fall around 800 AD. After its decline it was consumed by the jungle around it and since it's discovery in the late 18th century, archaeologists have been working to excavate the site.  By 2005, the excavated area totaled up to 2.5 km² (1 sq mi), but it is estimated that less than 10% of the total area of the city is explored, leaving more than a thousand structures still covered by jungle.

In fact, just today, through the miracles of modern technology, archaeologists discovered a  1500 year old tomb at Palenque.  What an amazing find!