Sistah Travelers Share Perspectives
#1
hey there sis so sorry you had that kinda experience in Monterrey…but they do have a reputation of drug related crap and all the attendant stuff that goes with it… mexico is a big place and the customs/mores definitely vary by region… here, in the southern pacific, it is all peace and tranquilo…the area is known for it by mexicans…we are out…drag queens rule…women walk arm in arm, some boys do too…no one even so much as turns around to look…..we do feel safer here than anywhere we had been in the states…we can walk at night and look at a magnificent sky and enjoy it…no one thinks about it…or bothers us..as they are doing a similar thing…the stares we do draw(and they love reggaeton here!) are our locks and being curious about where we’re from…no one ever assumes the
states…dig that….and my dark skinned woman is worshipped by man, woman, child and beast here….so our take is different…no place is paradise, but this has been the closest i’ve seen close up and personal…and it is close to the states should either of us need to go for whatever reason….awwwww, give it another
try…. 🙂
lotsa light
ps: we drove back from the states and passed thru monterrey, we were advised not to stay there if we didn’t have to…we stopped in san luis potosi..that was an adventure!!!
skye9@berkeley.edu wrote:
21 January 2007 7:45 pm Monterrey, Mexico
Greeting and respect sistren,
WOW! I arrived in Monterrey a couple of hours ago. And as I sat in the taxi on my way to the hotel I thought about your last post to me informing me of your move to Mexico. As I approached my hotel I thought how nice it would be to know some sistahs in Mexico because frankly the Mexican brand of patriarchy and machismo just doesn’t work for me. I made this trip as brief as I could so that I can leave ASAP.The flip side is the moon is filling and this amazing mountain range calls my spirit. I want to explore more. Frankly I don’t feel safe in Mexico perhaps it’s just because I’ve only visited urban areas.
Much thanks for your post.
Skye
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#2
hola hermna
lo siento no contestar, pero mi computador was onna fritz..some things jsut are the same no matter what…claro que si no prob with sharing my take onna situation….
sis, it is beautiful here…and sadly, too much western/white/usa folk influence always jacks a situation up for the worse…. mo to come…safew journey!
oh yes, another interesting aside…i am to begin teaching english to hotel/hosptiality industry folks..it´s a trip how in the face of folk struggling to survive all over the world, the luxury industry (owned by mostly white folk/european folk).another lockhead sistah and her husband..from detroit(!)…are the most respected americans here in ixtapa-zihua…
i´ll be looking for ya coming …r and i would love to have you check us out…we are not a fancy place, but it is a beautiful, peaceful place and we can provide a perspective on this part of the world that apple vacations won´t 😉
safe journeying…y hasta los proximos!
#3
Skyediver wrote:
I can’t tell you how glad I was to receive your posts while I was in Mexico. It really helped to ground me and stay open. Sis, some places I’ve visited just “rub me the wrong way” from day one. But of course you are right, Mexico is a large country with varied customs and norms. My Paris buddy wrote to me too, she lived and did research in the southern region of Mexico for many years. She worked with indigenous women, lesbians and women who’d participated in arm struggle, some encompassing all these identities. I spent the last evening in Barrio Antigua—and even encountered a lesbian couple swooning over each other in a park plaza filled with heterosexual couples. A beautiful sight to my eyes.
I will definitely keep in the back of my head a visit to your casa. I consider it a personal challenge to shift my biases or dislike of a places by visiting more and seeking a deeper experience. It’s nice to know you two are inna de country. My challenge will be to schedule leisure travel that accommodates my business travel commitments. I am gearing up now to travel to India (Feb 9-22) and France (Feb 22-29).
Let’s keep in touch.
February 16th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
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