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Tampico - Aspen 320 miles from Tampico, roughly 40 to the US border. All that stands between me and it is one of the most dangerous stretches of tarmac in…

Tampico through Tamaulipas2100 hours. A soldier eats his last MRE for the day. He huddles with his platoon mates for what may be the last time. They look…

Cancun – VillahermosaYou always expect the unexpected, but sometimes, regardless of your preparation, you get absolutely blindsided. Something happens by…

Havana – MexicoGatito sits on a plastic covered couch. She’s back in Cancun looking through the glass outer wall of an Elektra, a one-stop shop for bank…

Havana – Playa LargoBirds chirp, wheels turn and the city comes to life. Gatito awakens and looks over her Havana Balcony at a black and white 1953…

HavanaHavana, what a fantastic city Gatito thinks. It’s big, spread out, home to several million. Old Havana hugs the coastline with its long ocean-front…

Cancun – HavanaNo expectations. It’s the best way to travel and often insurmountably difficult to attain. Too often you enter a country with a…

CancunFrom the time of Adam and Eve it has always been that that which is forbidden is all the more viscerally desired. Human nature perhaps, our drive…

San Cristobal – CancunIt’s early. 6am. Dawn breaks with the chirp of birds and the flutter of winged creatures. The night’s rain subsides into an early…

Oaxaca – San CristobalA big toe grips the cobblestone. An arm brushes a wall. A drop of dew is deposited on a forehead. A glint of light reflects off a…