tequila!

31Aug06

check out the photos from our visit to the Jose Cuervo taquila factory:

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church & state in GDL…

30Aug06

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traffic in mexico…

30Aug06

OMG!!! Mexican drivers are CRAZY! We were driving from the Puerto Vallarta area back to Guadalajara today. The cars were going on the curvy roads at INSANE speeds. Sure, the drivers were under control the whole time, but if a tire were to pop, something were to show up in the middle of the [...]

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lotsa swimming…

29Aug06

These past few days have been INCREDIBLE!!! Upon our arrival to Guadalajara, we met up with Jose and his family and drove out to Bucerias in the state of Nayarit. We stayed with Jose’s compadres, who live out there.
We were only a couple of blocks away from the ocean, but on Sunday, we [...]

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mexico’s silicon valley…

26Aug06

One of the first things I saw upon leaving the Guadalajara airport was a sign that said, “Welcome to Guadalajara – Mexico’s Silicon Valley.” If there was any doubt whether SVTC should be having a training for people that work in electronics factories, that was reason enough (to me at least) to verify that they [...]

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problems at airport security…

26Aug06

With all of the anxiety I have around airport security, it was a self-fulfilling prophecy that I would have problems there. But this time, it was of my own doing.
After checking in at the counter and getting my boarding pass, I approached the dreaded security screening. The lady at the end of the line [...]

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ron…

26Aug06

I visited my friend Ron today. We met and became friends over 10 years ago. And it has been about 7 years since I last saw him. Since then, he’s gotten married and has a child! We’ve stayed in touch sporadically (usually a couple of emails a year), and more recently [...]

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increased scrutiny…

25Aug06

If you remember last week, my big concern was getting through security at the airport with all of the new restrictions. I predicted that it’d probably be worse flying from Houston to Guadalajara. What I hadn’t predicted was that someone would be caught with dynamite in their checked baggage at Intercontinental Airport (the [...]

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ballunar festival…

25Aug06

The Ballunar Festival is happening this weekend in Houston. It started this evening. I had never seen a hot air balloon up close before, much less dozens of them! It was exciting to see the teams working to launch the balloons. And Sneh had a total blast (being a HUGE balloon fan)! [...]

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space center houston…

25Aug06

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