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A post by "Nancy Dardarian" | http://www.countdowntomexico.com Nancy lives in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, with her husband Paul and two dogs. To see more posts by this author, click here. |
Andrés Martinez, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, wrote an opinion piece titled Be Neighborly, Go to Mexico for the Los Angeles Times today.
Your neighbor needs your help. Do you have it within you to lend a hand? Will you book yourself a week on the beach in Cabo or Puerto Vallarta, or explore Mexico City or one of the colonial cities in the heart of Mexico? You know, for the common good.
This has been a banner decade for empathy tourism — many Americans flocking to New York after 9/11 and to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did so with a sense of public service. Mexico now needs a similar surge. Read More…
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
The H1N1 is hitting so hard in Michigan it sounds like Yucatan, Mexico would be safer.
May 31st, 2010 at 12:43 pm
My husband and I were residents in Mexico for about 16 years and have been back in the US for almost nine. We will continue to visit despite all the bad press because we love the culture, the people, the language, and will not be exiled from the country we consider to be our second home.