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Kinnon Family Trip Report 2014 - Touring the Hills Around Guanajuato

Today, we hired a driver to take us around to some of the outlying areas surrounding Guanajuato City Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:48 PM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Kinnon Family Trip Report 2013 - Alebrijes of San Antonio Arrazola

The second stop on our tour was the village of San Antonio Arrazola, famous for its fantastic alebrijes, the fanciful painted woodcarvings now ubiquitous to Oaxaca. Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 22, 2013 9:24 PM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments

Kinnon Family Trip Report 2013 - Touring Mont Alban

Our first stop was to see the archaeological site of Mont Alban. Inhabited over a period of 1,500 years by a succession of peoples...Olmecs, Zapotecs and Mixtecs..the terraces, dams, canals, pyramids and artificial mounds of Monte Albán were literally carved out of the mountain and are the symbols of a sacred topography. Read More...
Posted Friday, June 21, 2013 7:49 PM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments

Kinnon Family Trip Report 2013 - A Tourist in Mexico City

Today was the day we were scheduled to leave for Oaxaca. A car rental had been arranged in advance and the plan was to drive to Puebla, spend a day or two checking out the city and then carry on to Oaxaca where we were to spend the remainder of our vacation time. What we did not plan was for Rob to come down with a horrible stomach bug that would keep him in our hotel room and in bed in definitely! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:41 AM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments