March 15, 2025

Articles

Browse through some articles about all things Mexico…people, places things. There are over 110 things our staff have written about over the years! Write us and let us know what you would like to see more of editor@ontheroadin.com

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Acapulco Cliff Divers

Acapulco, Guerrero

Advice to the Traveler Driving to Mexico through the USA

Agua Prieta, Sonora

Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes

Alamos, Sonora

Arriaga, Chaiaps

Atlacomulco, State of Mexico

Andalusian Horses

Año Nuevo – New Year Celebrations in Mexico

Annual Holiday Pay for Your Workers

ATM Scams

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Bahia Conception, Baja California Sur

Bahia de los Angles, Baja California

Bahía Kino – Sonora

Ballet Folklorico Guadalajara

Banana Trees 

Barra de Navidad, Jalisco

Beatles from Vancouver to Mexico City

Bees and Beetles

Bell Family and Bahia Conception

Benjamin Hill, Sonora

Benjamin G. Hill – Revolutionary War Hero

At over 2000 years old, El Arbol del Tule, which is actually an Ahuehuete Cypress, is amongst the oldest living trees in the world. With a 10 meter (33 feet) diameter trunk it is also considered by many to be the broadest tree in the world. The circumference of the trunk is an amazing 54 meters (178 feet) It is over 40 meters (130 feet) high, boasts a foliage diameter of over 51 meters (170 feet), and weighs over 500 tons.

At over 2000 years old, El Arbol del Tule, which is actually an Ahuehuete Cypress, is amongst the oldest living trees in the world. With a 10 meter (33 feet) diameter trunk it is also considered by many to be the broadest tree in the world. The circumference of the trunk is an amazing 54 meters (178 feet) It is over 40 meters (130 feet) high, boasts a foliage diameter of over 51 meters (170 feet), and weighs over 500 tons.

Birth of Benito Juarez

Border Crossings

Bucerias, Nayarit  

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Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

Caborca, Sonora

Campeche, Campeche

Camping on the Bay of Conception

Cancun, Quintana Roo

Capital Cities of Mexican States

Catamaco, Veracruz

Catavina, Baja California

Celebrating the Virgin in a Macho Culture

Celestun, Yucatan

Chacala, Nayarit

Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City

Chetumal, Quintana Roo

Chihuahua, Chihuahua

Chilpangcingo, Guerrero

Cholula, Puebla

Circus!

Cities, Towns and Pueblos on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula

Cities, Towns and Pueblos on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

Cities, Towns and Pueblos in Mexico’s Interior

Ciudad Constitución Baja California Sur

Ciudad Obregon, Sonora

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua

Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas

Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz

Cock Fighting

Comitán de Dominguez, Chiapas

Cordoba, Veracruz

Cozumel, Quintana Roo

Crocodiles in Love  

CRUNCH – a Story about Peacocks, Topes and Mechanics

Cuernevaca, Morelos

Culiacan, Sinaloa

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Day of the Dead Morelia

Dia de la Candelaria

Día del Padre

Día De Los Reyes

Dolores Hidalgo

Dorado Recipes

Durango, Durango

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Eastern Pacific Shark Species

El Fuerte Sinaloa

El Monteon Golf Club – Field of Dreams

El Rosario – Baja California

Ensenada, Baja California

Estero Beach, Baja California

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Fig Trees

Flowers in Mexico

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Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara 3 hour Walking Tour of Historic Downtown

Guanajuato, Guanajuato

Guaymas, Sonora

Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur

Gardenia Gerraniums

Grow Your Own Citrus

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Huatulco, Oaxaca

Handle Tropical Plants with Care

Heat Lightening

Hermosillo, Sonora

Highway Signs in Mexico

How to Dial a Number in Mexico

Huatambampo, Sonora

Hummingbirds 

 

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Iguanas Looking for Love

Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo

Ixtapa, Guerrero

Ixtlan del Rio, Nayarit

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Jala and the Passion Play

Juquila, Oaxaca

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La Pesca, Tamaulipas

Las Varas, Nayarit

La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Peñita de Jaltemba, Nayarit

La Penita – Hinde and Jaime’s

Lady of Zapopan

Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán

Leon, Guanajuato

Lo de Marcos Nayarit

Loreto, Baja California Sur

Los Ayala, Nayarit

Los Mochis, Sinaloa

Los Barrilles, Baja California Sur

 

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Magdalena de Kino, Sonora

Manzanillo, Colima

Matehuala, San Luis Potosi

Matamoros, Tamaulipas

Mayan Wooden Masks

Mazatlan, Sinaloa Mexico

Mazatlan’s Carnival

Melaque, Jalisco

Merida, Yucatan

Mexicali, Baja California

Mexican Air Force Aztec Eagles

Mexican Beer

Mexican Charreria

Mexican Cheesecake

Mexican Horse Slaughterhouses

Mexico City

Mexico Tinwork or Hojalata

Monclova, Coahuila

Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo

Morelia, Michoacan

Mulege, Baja California Sur

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Nautla, Veracruz

Navojoa, Sonora

Nogales, Sonora

New Laredo, Tamaulipas

New Vallarta, Nayarit

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Oaxaca Zocalo and Inexpensive Accommodation

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Papaya – Yummy Powerhouse

Patzcuaro, Michoacan

Photography Notes

Piedras Negras, Coahuila

Piñatas

 

Pisté, Yucatán: Gateway to Chichen Itza

Places in Mexico

Planted Tropical Baskets

Playa Azul, Michoacán

Playa del Carmen

Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl

Primavera Trees in Bloom

Puebla, Puebla

Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca

Puerto Angel, Oaxaca

Puerto Penasco

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

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Queretaro, Queretaro

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Reynosa, Tamaulipas

Rincon de Guayabitos, Nayarit

Rosarito, Baja California

Real Heroes of Mexico Announced!

Romeria – Zapopan Religious Festival

Royal Poinciana Tree

Rum: a Great Way to Beat the Summer Heat

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Saltillo, Coahuila

Safety tips for travel in Mexico

Salt Tolerant Plants

San Blas, Nayarit

San Carlos, Sonora

San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas

San Felipe, Baja California

San Ignacio, Baja California Sur

San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur

San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi

San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato

San Pancho (San Francisco), Nayarit

San Quintin, Baja California

San Vincente, Baja California

San Sebastian del Oeste, Jalisco

Santa Ana, Sinaloa

Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur

Santa Rosalia/ Guaymas Ferry

Santo Tomas, Baja California

Sayulita, Nayarit

Scammon’s Lagoon, Baja California Sur

Semana Santa in Jaltemba Bay Nayarit`

Semana Santa – Mexico Celebrates Spring to Hit the Beach

Scenic Drive in the Tropical Jungle (Bucerias to Guayabitos)

Silver Artisans

Sonoyta, Sonora

Summer Adventures 2012

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Tampico, Tamaulipas

Tapachula, Chiapas

Taxco, Guerrero

Teacapan, Sinaloa

Tecate, Baja California

Tehuacan, Puebla

Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Tepic, Nayarit

Tequila, Jalisco

Tidal Pools –Window on Marine Life

Tijuana, Baja California

Todos Santos, Baja California Sur

Tonala, Jalisco

Toluca, State of Mexico

Torreon, Coahuila

Tropical Scorpions

Tulum, Quintana Roo

Tuxpan, Veracruz

Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chaipas

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Uruapan, Michoacan

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Valladolid, Yucatan

Veracruz, Veracruz

Villahermosa, Tabasco

Volcanoes in our Backyard

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Warm Climate Gardening Tips

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Zacatecas, Zacatecas

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero

Zipping Down the Coast – Nogales to PV  

 

 

 

 

Calendar of Events and Celebrations

 

 

 

Cities, Towns and Pueblos on Mexico’s West Coast

Cities, Towns and Pueblos on Mexico’s Yucatan Penninsula  

Pueblos Magicos Towns and Cities

Who said There was No Dorado?

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Cabo San Lucas Baja California Sur

Caborca, Sonora

Campeche Campeche

Cancun Quintana Roo

Catamaco Veracruz

Catavina Baja California

Celstun Yucatan

Chacala Nayarit

Chetumal Quintana Roo

Chihuahua Chilhuahua

Chilpangcingo Guerrero

Ciudad Constitution Baja California Sur

Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua

Ciudad Obregon Sonora

Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas

Coatzacoalcos Veracruz

Comitán de Dominguez Chiapas

Cordoba Veracruz

Cuernevaca Morelos

Culiacan Sinaloa

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Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato

Durango

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El Fuerte Sinaloa

El Rosario Baja California

Ensenada Baja California

Estero Beach Baja California

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Guadalajara Jalisco

Guaymas Sonora

Guanajuato Jalisco

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Hermosillo Sonora

Huatambampo Sonora

Huatulco, Oaxaca

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Isla Mujeres Quintana Roo

Ixtapa, Guerrero

Ixtlán del Río Nayarit

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Juquila,Oaxaca 

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La Paz Baja California Sur

La Peñita de Jaltemba,Nayarit

Lazaro Cardenas Michoacan

Leon Guanajuato

Lo de Marcos Nayarit

Los Ayala Nayarit

Los Mochis Sinaloa

Loreto Baja California Sur

Los Barriles Baja California Sur

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Magdalena de Kino Sonora

Manzanillo, Colima

Matehuala San Luis Potosi

Matamoros Tamaulipas

Mazatlan Sinaloa

Melaque Jalisco

Merida Yucatan

Mexicali Baja California

Mexico City District Federal

Monclova Coahuila

Monterrey Nuevo Laredo

Morelia Michoacan

Mulege Baja California Sur

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Nautla Veracruz

Navojoa Sonora

Nogales, Sonora

Nuevo Laredo Tampaulipas

Nuevo Vallarta Nayarit

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Oaxaca Oaxaca

P      Nogales Hotels         

Patzcuaro Michoacan

Piedras Negras Coahuila

Piste Yucatan

Playa Azul, Michoacán

Playa del Carmen Quintana Roo

Puebla Puebla

Puerto Angel, Oaxaca

Puerto Escondido Oaxaca

Puerto Peñasco, Sonora

Puerto Vallarta Jalisco

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Queretaro Queretaro

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Reynosa, Tampaulipas

Rincon de Guayabitos Nayarit

Rosarito Baja California

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San Cristóbal de las Casas Chiapas

Saltillo Coahuila

San Blas Nayarit

San Carlos, Sonora

San Felipe Baja California

San Ignacio Baja California Sur

San Jose del Cabo Baja California Sur

San Luis Potosi San Luis Potosi

San Luis Río Colorado Sonora

San Miguel de Allende

San Pancho Nayarit

San Quintin Baja California

San Sebastián del Oeste, Jalisco

San Vincente Baja California

Santa Ana Sonora

Santa Rosalia Baja California Sur

Santo Tomas Baja California

Sayulita Nayarit

Sonoyta Sonora

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Tampico Tamaulipas

Tapachula, Chiapas

Taxco Guerrero

Teacapan Sinaloa

Tecate Baja California

Tehuacan Puebla

Tehuantepec Oaxaca

Tepic, Nayarit

Tequila Jalisco

Tijuana Baja California

Todos Santos Baja California Sur

Toluca Mexico

Tonala Jalisco

Torreon Coahuila

Tulum Quintana Roo

Tuxpan Veracruz

Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas

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Uruapan Michoacan

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Valladolid Yucatan

Veracruz Veracruz

Villahermosa Tabasco

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Zihuatanejo, Guerrero

Zacatecas Zacatecas

 

 

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Cities (by Region)

Cities, Towns and Pueblos on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula

Cities, Towns and Pueblos on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

Cities, Towns and Pueblos in Mexico’s Interior

Cities, Towns and Pueblos on Mexico’s West Coast

Cities, Towns and Pueblos on Mexico’s Yucatan Penninsula

 

Cities (by Stature)

Capital Cities of Mexican States

Pueblos Magicos Towns and Cities