Hacienda, Perro, y Pajaros
Here's the latest article by Vero Autphenne from All Over the MapWhen we planned our trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, I was six months pregnant with our third child. My OB tried her best to discourage...
View ArticleAnimal Sanctuaries Help Foster a Passion for Conservation
Here's the latest article by Vero Autphenne from All Over the MapThis post was first published on June 5, 2011 as a guest blog on World School Adventures. One of the greatest educational travel...
View ArticleIndian style in San Cristobal de las Casas
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map Since Mexico gained independence from Spain in the early 1800’s it has survived several invasions by other countries, including the...
View ArticleCrazy Town
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map Chiapas state has the most independent-minded indigenous culture in Mexico. Parts of the state were never fully subjugated by the...
View ArticleA Change in Plans
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map We left Alexandria, Virginia, on August 1, with plans to be in Belize City on October 2. Coconut and J’s grandparents wanted to meet us...
View ArticleThe Long and Winding Road
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map We heard several things about the road from San Cristobal to Palenque – none of them that it was an easy drive. That the road was long...
View ArticlePalenque with Kids
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map When I was a kid I had a book called “Wonders of the World” and I would sit and stare at the pictures it had of Mayan temples half...
View ArticleThe Hardest Part
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map Posted from Puebla, Mexico We thought leaving behind our responsibilities and driving overland through the Americas in a 1985 VW...
View ArticleOne Week and One Thousand Miles
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map Since we left El Salvador on June 9 we have driven Wesely over 1,000 miles across Guatemala and Mexico and I’ve got the driver’s tan to...
View ArticleThe Hardest Part II – Homeschooling
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map Posted from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico We thought leaving behind our responsibilities and driving overland through the Americas in a...
View ArticleThe Hardest Part III – Exercise
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map Posted from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. We were young and naive. Before we left on our year long overland trip through Mexico and...
View ArticleA Short History of San Miguel de Allende
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map San Miguel was founded by a Franciscan monk in 1542 and fortified as a Spanish garrison in 1555 to protect the new road from Mexico City...
View ArticleThe Hardest Part of Overland Travel – Going Home
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map When we first conceived this year-long fairy tale of an overland adventure, we anticipated arriving in Patagonia in Argentina after...
View ArticleA Spectacular Border Crossing
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map On Monday we crossed the border from Mexico to the United States at Laredo, Texas. This is the same border crossing we used in August...
View ArticleRent a hacienda in the Yucatan for a great family getaway
Here's the latest article by Paige Conner Totaro from All Over the Map The flowers! A blush of red above, a carpet below of the falling flowers of the flamboyán trees that bloom with not wild but...
View ArticleFamily Road Trip Through the USA
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map After driving nearly 14,000 miles in eleven months to Panama and back, Wesley had delivered us to Laredo, Texas, with 12 days to go 2,000...
View ArticleThis is the End – Or is it Just the Beginning?
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map This is the end. In the words of the somewhat famous and totally unpredictable Jim Morrison of The Doors, this is the end, my only...
View ArticleThe Hardest Part of Overland Travel – Going Home
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map When we first conceived this year-long fairy tale of an overland adventure, we anticipated arriving in Patagonia in Argentina after...
View ArticleA Spectacular Border Crossing
Here's the latest article by Paul Carlino from All Over the Map On Monday we crossed the border from Mexico to the United States at Laredo, Texas. This is the same border crossing we used in August...
View ArticleRent a hacienda in the Yucatan for a great family getaway
Here's the latest article by Paige Conner Totaro from All Over the Map The flowers! A blush of red above, a carpet below of the falling flowers of the flamboyán trees that bloom with not wild but...
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