OPEN THIS POST. CLICK ON A COUNTRY. BOOM, YOU’RE THERE. Intro to Travelogues Mexico (3 posts) Guatemala Belize Costa Rica Columbia (2 posts) Ecuador Peru (3 posts) Bolivia Argentina Gambia (4 posts) Senegal Mali (2 posts) Burkino Faso Togo
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Introduction to the Travelogues
Posted in Travelogues Latin America & West Africa 1976-78 on November 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was nineteen years old, I set off backpacking in Europe and the Middle East on my own. It was 1974-75 and the world was a safer place then.
Oxford Pair to Hit the Road Again
Posted in Travelogues Latin America & West Africa 1976-78, tagged travel backpacking 1970s on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First published in the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, July 25. 1976 By KATHY MATTER Staff Writer Colleen McGuire, 22, is spending the summer following her junior year at Indiana University as a crew boss for corn de-tasselers in Benton County’s lush cornfields. Previously, she has picked grapes in Italy and experienced the communal [...]
Impoverished Mexican Hamlet, Rich in People, Natural Beauty
Posted in Travelogues Latin America & West Africa 1976-78, tagged Acapulco, Mexico on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First published in the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 1977 POSTMARK: Mexico By COLLEEN McGUIRE and TOM McGUIRE From the border town of Nogales, Arizona to the remote beaches of Acapulco, our bus bumps over a rough 1,700 mile stretch of road that zigzags wildly across the mountains. And fifty hours later, after numerous [...]
Mexican Market Bustles with Strange Mix
Posted in Travelogues Latin America & West Africa 1976-78, tagged market, Mexico on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First published in the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, October 3, 1976 POSTMARK: Mexico By COLLEEN McGUIRE and TOM McGUIRE The covered Acapulco market is large and sprawling. It is located in a section of the city that lures few tourists and the atmosphere is permeated with a mixture of strange, rancid odors. People [...]
Adventurous Lady Thumbs Ride in Mexico
Posted in Travelogues Latin America & West Africa 1976-78, tagged backpacking, hitchiking, Mexico, travel on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First published in the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, October 24, 1976 POSTMARK: Mexico By COLLEEN McGUIRE Because I intend to hitchhike from Pie de la Cuesta 300 miles south to Puerto Escondido, my sanity immediately is questioned. A single lady hitchhiking on a Mexican highway! Crazy gringo! But I adore adventure. I also love [...]
Guatemala, a Magical Land of Beauty
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First published in the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, December 12, 1976 POSTMARK: Guatemala By COLLEEN McGUIRE Contrary to my preconceived ideas, Guatemala is definitely not a minature version of Mexico. The country has its own distinct culture of which the native Indians are an integral aspect, and although it is only about the [...]
Belize Unlike It’s Latin Neighbors
Posted in Travelogues Latin America & West Africa 1976-78, tagged 70s, backpacking, Belize, travel on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First published in the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Layfayette, Indiana, December 19, 1976 POSTMARK: Belize By COLLEEN McGUIRE The typical traveler in Central America is either going up the Pan American Highway towards the States or headed down towards South America. Thus, everyone passes through the same line of countries. A look at the map shows [...]
Cahuita’s Charm Is Its Easy Going Mood
Posted in Travelogues Latin America & West Africa 1976-78, tagged Cahuita, Costa Rica on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First published by the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, January 2, 1977 POSTMARK: Costa Rica By COLLEEN McGUIRE And TOM McGUIRE Cahuita, Costa Rica, is a savagely beautiful and still obscure paradise 30 miles north of the Panama border on the lush green shores of the Caribbean Sea. Even the’ name of the little [...]
Colombia Rewards the Discerning Tourist
Posted in Travelogues Latin America & West Africa 1976-78, tagged Add new tag, Andes, Cartagena, Colombia on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First published in the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, January 16, 1977 POSTMARK: Colombia By COLLEEN McGUIRE For my brother and me, Colombia was like a good Russian novel — difficult to get into, but very rewarding if you keep striving. Our introduction to South America was Cartagena, the most beautiful Latin city we have [...]
