http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Mexico in a 7 days en Vox Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:26:35 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/today.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/today.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/today.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:26:35 -0800 So i just put up 3 more new blogs from a very long time ago. Yeah the internet has been really hectic the past couple of weeks and more often than not it was too slow to post anything big. Just letting everyone know who is reading my blog that ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/today.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400e398e2cd3e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/the-birds-and-the-bees.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/the-birds-and-the-bees.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/the-birds-and-the-bees.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:22:21 -0800 After being in Mexico for 5 weeks there are definitely a few things that are very different from in the United States. Besides the obvious things like language and food there are still others, like the way men act towards women and also the way ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/the-birds-and-the-bees.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400f48cffe6aa0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/the-governors-palace.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/the-governors-palace.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/the-governors-palace.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:21:38 -0800 Within the center of Merida, near the Cathedral and Montejo house lies a building known as the Palace of the Governor. Now, when first hearing this one would probably assume that this was the place where the governor lived and would not really b... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/the-governors-palace.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400e398e2ccf50005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/venders.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/venders.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/venders.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:20:36 -0800 What is one thing that almost every city has in common? Venders, people selling almost anything you can imagine from food to trinkets to souvenirs. This is the same for cities in Mexico, however they have a different way of selling you things a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/venders.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400f48ce127790002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/museum-of-modern-art.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/museum-of-modern-art.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/museum-of-modern-art.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:35:51 -0800 So today I went and visited the Museum of Modern Art in the center of the city right next to the cathedral of the city. When I first found out that we had to visit the art museum I was not all that excited because to be perfectly honest I am not ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/museum-of-modern-art.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400e398dabfd40005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/opening-of-carnival.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/opening-of-carnival.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/opening-of-carnival.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:50:04 -0800 So what better way to get into the culture of Mexico than to be here for Marti Gras (or in this case Carnival)? Basically Carnival is a five day long celebration during which time there are concerts, and food, and rides all along the main street ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/opening-of-carnival.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400e398daa84e0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:49:24 -0800 After living in another country for an extended period of time, 5 weeks tomorrow to be exact, you learn some different customs and other things that you would not normally know without living in that country. One prime example is the way that th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400e398da99ef0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/dzibilchalt%C3%BAn-archeological-site-and-cenote.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/dzibilchalt%C3%BAn-archeological-site-and-cenote.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/dzibilchalt%C3%BAn-archeological-site-and-cenote.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:48:11 -0800 So on our second Saturday here our class went to a place called Dzibilchaltún, which is an ancient Mayan archeological site that is found about 10 miles north of our city, Merida. The “park” or site was founded in 1994, but dates back to much ea... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/dzibilchalt%C3%BAn-archeological-site-and-cenote.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400f30f59ea8b0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/el-museo-de-anthropologia.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/el-museo-de-anthropologia.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/el-museo-de-anthropologia.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:22:42 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4d2900005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4d2900005-50si" alt="Outside of the museum" /></a> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4b9510002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4b9510002-50si" alt="Jaguar tablet" /></a> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4d5d10005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4d5d10005-50si" alt="Teeth of the Maya" /></a> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4bb1b0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4bb1b0001-50si" alt="Skull of a deformed male" /></a> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4cb170004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4cb170004-50si" alt="Aztec Statue" /></a> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4d61f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4d61f0005-50si" alt="Mayan Statue" /></a> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4bb810001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4bb810001-50si" alt="Hoop for the ball game" /></a> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4bd200002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4bd200002-50si" alt="Replica of the ball court" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So on Friday for our culture class we took a little trip to the Museum of Anthropology which was pretty interesting. The outside of the museum itself was very beautiful and elegant and the inside was just the same. Upon entering the museum, in ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/el-museo-de-anthropologia.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d4d6700005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/spanish-class-the-learning-side-of-the-trip.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Philip Davis) http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/spanish-class-the-learning-side-of-the-trip.html?_c=feed-rss http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/spanish-class-the-learning-side-of-the-trip.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:49:08 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d26fd30005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d26fd30005-50si" alt="100_1189" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Alright so I have been writing about everything that I have been doing in Merida over the first full week but I haven't been writing about one of the most important reasons that I am here.... SCHOOL!!! Alright so here is the gist of what I have ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://philipdavis.vox.com/library/post/spanish-class-the-learning-side-of-the-trip.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c4602f000400e398d270060005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>