Piedra de Agua Hotel Boutique Merida

Floating mariachi
and marimba bands troll for the occasional tourist. Vendors in small
boats, offering beer, soda, roasted meats or corn, ... Xochimilco,
which in the Aztec language Nahuatl means "place of the flowers," is
one of the 16 municipalities that make up Mexico City. ..

The 6 hour layover in Mexico City went by quicker than expected and I settled into my seat for the 10 hour flight to Paris CDG airport.
The guy next to me was the most negative looking seat neighbor I had met in a while. To be honest, first I though he was french, but no, heard him speaking spanish. Not to me though....
Of course, on a ...

Yes, I am in Merida again, this time in a very different mood!!! The last part of my trip was actually quite fun. Copan Ruinas was nice already but Flores in northern Guatemala was a really cool place to visit. The town is a little pueblo on an island in the middle of Lago Peten Itza, with very neat architecture and a very relaxing atmosphere. I...

Visited another Cenote (Zaci) in Valladolid this morning, as well as a convent (San Bernardo) before taking the bus to Merida. The bus journey is around 3h. Itīs hard to stay insensitive about the poverty in the countryside as you pass by. There are small huts, or one room concrete houses where everybody sleeps and eats. I can only imagine how t...

Today, I woke up late again hehehe... Got hungry and stopped by a stall for brunch. What a find! Had a gordita combinado, a fat tortilla with chicharon in the middle. This is cut in the middle like a sandwich then filled with cream, guacamole, onions, tomatoes, and lettuce. Yum! I wasn't content and asked the kind lady to add chorizo and potatoe...

Hola everyone!! Sr. Olson, here. Sr. Wolfe was going to be on for the blog this time, but he is busy doing some other research. So, like it or not, itīs me again. We arrived early this morning in Merida. For those of you who recall, Merida is our first unplanned destination, where we need to make a short visit to the US consulate on the account ...

Last night was a right joke, it was the first time in over a week I had a beer and was definatley worth it.. The carnaval was ****.. They only do one lap so the thing lasts for maybe an hour at tops, the highlight of the procession is the 'SOL float' that had the sexy girls with the skimpy clothing... But they pass you by within seconds. So afte...

Since we've been in Mexico City it's been pretty relaxed until today. On the day of our arrival we were quite exhausted (especially after spending almost 2 hours in line waiting to get through customs and immigration). Once outside in the taxi on the way to the house I got my first real glimpse of Mexico City. It's an extremely vibrant and color...

Hallo allemaal! Bij deze mijn eerste kleine verslagje vanuit Mexico. Na een hele lange reis via Amerika zijn we vrijdagavond anagekomen in Mexico. Het was toen 6.00 in Nederland dus we waren wel toe aan ons bedje. Zijn dan ook meteen gaan slapen. Zaterdag is de vakantie dus pas echt begonnen, en meteen goed. We hebben gisterochtend Chichen Itza,...

Today, we discover the metro system, which is very good. It has numbers, colors and symbols (more than a forth of the population of Mexico City cannot read) and is cheap: (15 Eurocent for a ticket, no matter how far you go). A disadvantage of being in e.g. Mexico is that we (or better I) do not know their paintures, sculptures, actors, president...