Mexico
Travel Blogs from Mexico
Chihuahua - the town not the dog!
... Chihuahua rather than the train! From here we are heading south quite a bit in order to get to see more of the southern end of Mexico, which has lots of interesting places to see. It's quite cool being in a town that named a breed of dog! They have ...
Oaxaca
OK, first, the doctors in Oaxaca tried to kill me with Flagyl. They had me on that and another strong antibiotic. I got all crazy sweaty, vertigo, shaky, nauseated etc etc. I got off the meds and, guess what, feel much better. ...
Episode 11: Pure Destruction
Paid to Play Episode 11: The one about the small town destroyed by massive flooding that no one has heard about as the world responds to the earthquake in Haiti. With the good comes the bad. After visiting the butterfly ...
Across the Mexico Border
... three quarters of which is situated on the Mexican side of the border). We could have opted to take a bus right through into Mexico, but although easier, this is also a more expensive option, so we decided to cross the border on foot. It felt quite ...
Rain in Mexico... surely not!!!
After our overnight coach journey from Oaxaca we made it to San Cristobal. San Cristobal is in the highlands of Mexico and 1700m above sea level so its a little cooler and 'damper' than the rest of Meixco. We spent 3 days at Rossco's Backpackers Hostel ...
Puebla - The Most Spanish of Mexico's Cities
... bound for the slightly more laid back city of Puebla whose citizens have reputedly maintained Spanish affinities longer than most in Mexico. After checking into the Hotel Teresita - another pretty good room - we went straight back out to the nearby ...
Mexican Madness
... (and tequila), watching football) then today we went to see Americas play at the Aztec Stadium. Fortunately the Americas (one of Mexico City's home teams) won, even so the atmosphere at the ground was great. We are hopefully moving on to Taxco tomorrow - ...
Can't swing a cat without hitting a church....
... crop in the summer. When you’re away from home, you often experience other cultures and music. So far while travelling through Mexico, we have heard Mariarchi’s play, Salsa and some Latino rap but there is some music that I didn’t expect ...
The end is nigh..splashing about and out in Cancun
Well, we woke up drunk, we hadnt managed to open the door last night in the dark and our host had been greeted by two drunks on our hands and knees trying to get the key in the door. It was early and everyone was still asleep in the house on chairs and ...
Well that turned out awkward
I quickly asked about the Belize bus. Not until tomorrow, although the second-class bus to Corozal will still hit today. I end up taking a taxi to the second-class (local) bus stop. I tell the guy where I want to go. He brings me to this corner. I was ...
Palenque, Jungle and Mayans Ruins
Palenque is definetely one of my favorite ruins site ever. What is the most striking though in Palenque is its energy (7th chakra which is the connection with higher dimension). The energy is really high and many bohemians go there to live ...
Christmas in Chapala
... into Ajijic and in that Church square, 10 or 11 live nativity scenes were set up - each one representing a different state in Mexico. Each one had a different style with the clothing and custom of that state. It was really beautiful and then, ...
Our 5th New Wonder of the World...SMASH!!!
... ) but hey it was a long day 13 hours infact) . We finally arrived at Chichen Itza, the most famous Mayan ruins in Mexico, at about 3:30pm which stunk a bit of poo considering we left at 7am. Chichen Itza is a huge site and much ...
Guanajuato - A Lively and Pretty Place
... to see a considerable queue, despite it being around midday, during the week. It transpired that people from all over Mexico visit the museum to satisfy their curiosity and interest in death. What followed, began as quite interesting, if a little ...
ferry to Whidbey Island
After visiting Port Angeles, Hurricane Ridge, Sequim, and Port Townsend earlier in the day, I....... At 6:45PM I drove my car onto a ferry and got off on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound. I set up camp at Fort Casey State Park which is all ...
Down to Los Mochis
Dean: As soon as we got to Los Mochis, I felt better. I don't know why but I just felt more comfortable. We are only staying one night as we are heading up to a place called Creel on the Mexican Railway - this stretch is slated as being one of the ...
Feliz Anos
We moved out of town for New Year and headed for some Robinson Crusoe styley livin! It has been Fantastic! We bought a tent and hitched to a tiny peninsula called Tenacatita which has a coral reef and turquoise waters. I say hitched but what actually ...
Exploring Women´s Island
I took the ferry over to Isla Mujeres to explore the island and go to the beach. This place is a lot more laid back and relaxed than the beaches in Cancun´s hotel district, although, spring break is starting to wind down here. I spent the day walking ...
Campeche and Palenque - Doubling Back
In order to cross the border from Frontera Corozal in Mexico to Bethel in Guatemala, we had to backtrack, thus staying another night in Campeche and Palenque respectively. After a five hour journey on two buses from Piste via Merida we were glad to ...
UFO Pit Stop Gone Bad!
... ? In mid-June or early July of 1947 something crashed in a field near the town of Roswell, New Mexico. The military was involved. Locals were supposedly threatened. Stories changed as to what was found. The controversy quickly died away, ...
Who DOESN´T want a Zapatista doll??!
I woke up in a pretty bad mood. I still hadn´t managed to shake the terrible feeling of being robbed, so I showered, had a light breakfast and headed to an internet cafe to hopefully be cheered up by Ross. Well, it worked extremely well, and I wandered ...
Colonial Mexico at its best
... other women of their rights and acquire new skills. This situation would apparently be worst in Guatemala than in Mexico. I have also learned, not to my big surprise, that many canadian companies are exploiting lands and people in Central ...
Our country cottage retreat!
Dean: Our country cottage retreat for a week, with Alex's parents. We have four weeks in Chile before we head over to New Zealand and during this time we will have a bit of company as Alex's parents have arranged to fly over to spend some time ...
Vegas, Baby! New Mexico-style!
Headed out of TX, onward to CO and back to the Midwest...our first stop was a quick tour through Las Vegas, NM an overnight campout in an field at Storrie Lake State Park just north of town. I recommend the renovated, lovely train depot downtown--good ...
Proposal in Palenque!
Our four hour journey to Palenque from San Cristobal actually ended up being a fairly painstaking five and a half hours as we slowly negotiated the extremely hilly, winding and bumpy road. Relieved to finally arrive, the first thing we noticed after ...
Crazy crazy Carlos....
... we ended up leaving at 735. I'm still slightly confused as to when the bus was supposed to arrive. So I've learned an important Mexico lesson. Be an hour early, and be prepared to wait and hour after the "arrival" time. The bus ride was ...
Ciudad de Mexico
... buy you any cakes - but they were very good!!! Teotihuacán was really good - the old ruins are one of the reasons I wanted to tour through Central and South America. I think we are both feeling better about Mexico and our South American adventure ...
Monte Alban, El Tule and Hieve el Agua
... . Our room is actually just four plaster board walls with a corrogated tin and aspestos roof. They dont do draft excluders in Mexico. I have two blankets and a sleeping bag and i´m still cold. It´s like trying to sleep in an Artic wind tunnel. Keith ...
