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Travel Blogs from Texas, United States
To Be Prepared or Not to Be
This is a top pick! Whoa! Where did time go by? Geez! Is it June already??? It's like a wink dat has been fast forwarded to today... Wish I cudda click onto 'Pause' button, eh! I am countin' down 17 days left before I get aboard on a ...
Heading Home at last (leg injury pictures)
This is a top pick! Anyone who has spent time wandering around airports knows, there is only so much you can do before you go stir crazy.For me its about 14 minutes... Anyway, the flight from Lima to Houston was full and I got to sit in the aisle seat, so I could put ...
The BIG D!
This is a top pick! ... ticket to go see downtown some more and explore a little bit more of the city. I was very lucky to have spent my time with wonderful hosts and I leave Texas with a better impression that what I hear or see in the media. Next stop, Oklahoma ...
Ben and Leah Does Dallas
This is a top pick! Ben Reporting: We arrive in Dallas, Texas, after a lengthy overnight flight from Alaska, and watch through the window of the plane as a red sun illuminates the pastel blue morning dawn. You might be wondering: why Dallas? Why Texas? It's not Hollywood, ...
Contact Info and Instructions
This is a top pick! ... . There is a small chance that these letters may be opened by customs officials when they leave Africa or enter the United States. So, my address for the first three months will be: (NO LONGER NECESSARY) This address will change as ...
Trip Statistics & Favorites
This is a top pick! Here are some interesting statistics about our wonderful trip to Asia. We will never forget it! Trip Statistics: Trip Length 39 Days Number of Air Planes: 15 Bags Checked ...
beach park, pools, blowholes oh my
This is a top pick! We woke up bright and early this morning at Camp Pecusa. As nice as this camp was, there isn't really much to do around the area. We originally wanted to stay longer at Camp Pecusa, but decided that we'd just head out tomorrow morning to Camp ...
Getting Packed!
This is a top pick! I spent the day wrapping up things at work so I can go on vacation and really go on vacation. Our wonderful next door neighbor's daughter, Kaitlyn, has agreed to come check on Tex several times a day for us and let the maid in on Wednesdays. ...
Go Forth and Convert!
This is a top pick! ... convento walls at Misión Conceptión, still stand tall 250 years later, one of the oldest original stone church buildings in the United States today. Misión San José y Miguel de Aguayo came to be known as the "Queen of the Missions". ...
Evening of Trouble & Beauty
This is a top pick! Diana Washington Valdez, veteran El Paso journalist, put her life at risk years ago and never backed off the story which has killed so many: femicide in Juarez that's spreading through Mexico. She and novelist Stella Pope Duarte addressed the issue at ...
Lutheran Power
This is a top pick! Pastor Hector and Myrna sheltered us in their church's apartment several days of our Eagle Pass stay. We felt connectedness to them--a sort of congruence that comes when you feel like you're on the same page with someone. Myrna treated us to many ...
Mexico won after all!
This is a top pick! Eagle Pass lies on the border, part of the territory that the U.S. robbed from Mexico some years back. But it is 95% Hispanic, Spanish is spoken everywhere--looks to me like Mexico has won the battle in the end by gradually and ...
Our Lady of Refuge
This is a top pick! ... , because hundreds of illegal immigrants a day would pour across the border, taking advantage of a loophole to get into the United States. Border patrol agent Martin Clark said it astounded him. "There were no unhappy faces ... everyone was trying to ...
Actually crossing over the International Bridge
This is a top pick! I crossed the border sola for the first time recently. Not so many years ago, I had never walked into Mexico. This entry will simply record the experience of crossing from El Paso USA into Juarez MX. For details on each step of the ...
Good Soul/Good work
This is a top pick! ... Hailing from central Illinois, Jim encouraged us when he said: "you can't go wrong no matter where you land in Southern Texas." A Mennonite, Jim continues to uphold my mantra: "I've never met a Mennonite I didn't really like." "When Jesus said "Love ...
The Final Countdown
This is a top pick! ... I will visit a couple of friends for one night before heading to Staging the next day. Staging is an orientation in the United States before going to the country for training. On Tuesday, I will go to Philadelphia, where the Staging will take place. I ...
Adopt-a-Farmworker-Family Xmas
This is a top pick! This month's project: playing "Santa" to a Farmworker family. When a hometown family sent money to the Border with me to sponsor a needy family (instead of exchanging gifts with each other), I adopted a family of seven: parents, their 15 ...
Happy Valentine's Day!
This is a top pick! What's the whole purpose of this day? Alexis wrote something similar to this on her MSN profile welcome comment today. Only 13 and she's wondering what the big deal is? Is that a good thing? Or is she already disillusioned about love? ...
Personal Info: Our Lives in El Paso
This is a top pick! Family and friends may want to see where we ended up living: Vista Sol apartments. We determined that living without a lease was our #1 priority, having furnishings was #2, and a kitchen was close behind that. We get all that at Vista Sol, plus ...
More on Las Americas and Our Big Project!
This is a top pick! Well, El Paso is the poorest major metropolitan area in Texas, and the fifth poorest city in the U.S.! Nevertheless, thousands of immigrants pass through here each year, many of them unaccompanied children who are fleeing abuse, neglect and/or ...
Saying Hasta Luego
This is a top pick! We enjoyed warm farewells from several new friends in El Paso. It is nice to look forward to returning here someday: to a community of people and a place we have gotten to know--though I often realize that we've just scratched the surface and there's ...
ASARCO: pollution on the Border
This is a top pick! Environmental pollution was a concern I had about living in El Paso. Indeed, the ASARCO smokestack was one of the first landmarks I noticed on the skyline. ASARCO is a copper smelting plant that operated for years here and is trying to start up once ...
The Adventure Begins...
This is a top pick! Hey guys! Finally the time has come for me to return to the place where I left my heart. To the people who stole it away. I can't wait to see their faces, to hear their laughter and to share in their tears once again. May I be mistaken. I love ...
El Paso's Sun Bowl Parade=Travel destination
This is a top pick! ... in Spanish more than in English. I knew I wasn't in Iowa anymore. Sports teams were well-represented also. A University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) team rode on a float. Although their football stadium is called the Sun Bowl and they host an ...
A bus ride for the ages
This is a top pick! The bus ride was pretty bad. It was a 25-hour monstrosity over 1,118 miles, across five states and through three time zones, but in the end, it was worth it not to have spent much money traveling so far. Some of the things that made the trip interesting: ...
Women's Intercultural Center
This is a top pick! I made a quick trip to Anthony, a town 15 miles north of here that spans the state line between TX and NM. My meeting was at the Women's Intercultural Center. Since it's a small town, I wasn't expecting much there. Was I wrong! The Center is ...
Border Peace Presence
This is a top pick! There's a weekly demonstration for peace in El Paso, giving us opportunity to show our commitment to ending the Iraq War. It meets at noon for an hour each Friday at the intersection facing the federal and county court buildings. That hour just flies by, ...
Week 2: When Need Meets Gift
This is a top pick! Early on our list of possible volunteer sites was Las Americas Advocacy Center, which provides pro-bono legal aid to immigrants struggling for legal U.S. status. Since the office had just moved, it took us a while to find them, and we dropped ...
Back to Texas
This is a top pick! ... entire cab ride home. Now it's back to real life, or as real as my life ever gets. Beverley has two weeks in the states and then is off to Europe, then Asia, New Zealand, Australia. She's traveling until January of next year. Lucky girl. I'm ...
Lovely, historic Secondo Barrio: "The Second Ward"
This is a top pick! The Segundo Barrio--or 2nd Ward--of El Paso lies between downtown and the border fence, a historic, Hispanic area of the city. Currently on the table in El Paso is the Paso Del Norte development plan which proposes [according to the Paso Del Sur ...