Michael’s travelogue

My Stereo

My Stereo

(for a gear review)

Pack an almost weight-less workout

Gear written 17 June 2008

No more bench-pressing your suitcase, no more curls with your backpack.

Photos of El Salvador

Personal Post written 16 June 2008

I'm starting 7 weeks in El Salvador and I'm without a camera (stolen in Guatemala). Your photos, my articles...a perfect marriage?

Pictures of El Salvador, particularly the capital

Question written 16 June 2008

I'm starting 7 weeks in El Salvador and I'm without a camera (stolen in Guatemala). Your photos, my articles...a perfect marriage?

How to travel as a news-junkie

Gear written 16 June 2008

The closest you can get to five daily papers arriving on your hotel, hostal or tent doormat every morning. Did I mention it's free?

Bibles and basketballs, fireworks and flowers

Story written 20 May 2008

Forget Day of the Dead, forget Cinco de Mayo--go to a Chiapas pueblo for a real Mexican fiesta

Art on an Empty Pocket

List written 16 April 2008

Spend the day without spending a centavo at these 6 attractions in the heart of Oaxaca's capital city.

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Casa de La Ciudad and the Biblioteca Andres Henestrosa

Casa de La Ciudad and the Biblioteca Andres Henestrosa

Check out the art, walk across a floor exhibit of aerial photos of the city, or flip the pages of some of the 40,000 books collected here--which range from Cervantes to dictionaries on Modern Spanish slang.

Voladores de Papantla

Voladores de Papantla

In Papantla, the voladores really fly.

Galería Arte de Oaxaca

Galería Arte de Oaxaca

Take in the art or sip a cappuccino in the courtyard of this pleasant gallery just a short walk from Oaxaca's center. (For a Trip article)

Michael Kay

Michael Kay has been a member since 14 January 2008 and goes by mikekay.

Currently in Medellin, Colombia.

Michael is a recently graduated student and freelance journalist living and learning in Latin America for a year.

You can also find Michael at mylatinyear.blogspot.com.