Tequila Oil

Tequila Oil
Thomson (The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland) returns to Latin America and revisits a trek from Texas he made some 30 years earlier. He writes of his 18-year-old self's madcap adventures (including not knowing how to drive a car and bribing a civil servant for a license in Mexico City) and alcohol consumption in Mexico and Belize. Recounting his more recent trip back, he remembers what was there for him then and considers what is there for him now. Although Thomson's travelog narrates a journey the average person would not (and should not) repeat-driving in Mexico without insurance, legal registration, or a driver's license, often after drinking beer and liquor-readers warm up to the author, hoping he and the car make it to Belize in one piece. Verdict Thomson is a succinct writer, and these pages really give one the flavor and history of Mexico and Belize (as The White Rock did for the Inca lands). Recommended for readeres with an interest in Mexican history and culture.-Lee Arnold, Historical Soc. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
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