We spent 4 beautiful days traveling to the major tourist sites in and outside of Oaxaca City. Our first day, our host at our AirBNB said we must go to the Sunday market and we could hire an affordable driver / guide to take us there, as well as to the ancient Zapotec turned Spanish site Mitla and wherever else… Read more →
Good Morning! I just woke up. It’s about 7:15 here in Oaxaca and it’s nice and cool out. By 9:30AM it begins to get hot, and by 11 it’s about 85 degrees with a giant sunny sky. It looks a little like the San Gabriel valley here, with hills surrounding the historic center made up of cobblestone streets and colonial… Read more →
We arrived to Mexico City a couple hours late from storm delays in the US, but not having any missed connections we were calm amidst others who were no longer going to make it to Australia and Chetumal. A coworker had recommended Eduardo (+52 155 1391 8500 – 250 pesos from airport to hotel plus 50 peso tip), a taxi… Read more →
We liked Mexico so much this winter that we decided to go back! This time we will be visiting Mexico City, Oaxaca and Puebla over 11 days. I just got some cold that was going around after avoiding it like the plague for months — bad timing but it’s mild and I hope to enjoy all the food & mezcal… Read more →
I guess I tend to share the best parts of our trip. I don’t intentionally omit the challenging parts of our journeys, but there are always hard things, arguments we get into about timing or preference, cold showers for [7] days, club music that keeps us awake, etc etc. We just arrived into Tulum, know as “la ciudad mágica” and… Read more →
It’s hard to believe how many, many sights / sounds / joys / tastes / feelings / and magic there has been for us in the Yucatán in such a short amount of time. But then again, we tend to be cared for by local people and magical coincidences when we are traveling. We tend to strike a nice balance… Read more →
Yesterday we arrived in Valladolid after an easy 2 hour bus ride from Cancún. We gained an hour because of the time change, so as a surprise we had more time for lunch before checking in to our B&B! We walked from the bus stop to the main square and ate at El Atrio del Mayab. It was amazing! We… Read more →
Last night we landed and tried to figure out the colectivo shuttles from the Cancún airport to the centro. It only took 1 convo with a woman in a tourist office shirt trying to sell us ‘beneficios’ for visiting a certain hotel and 1 Super Shuttle woman confiding in us not to use our credit card because of the extra… Read more →
I looooove light packing. I get all my things into a 35L backpack wherever I go, whether it’s for a month or a week. I can hop on and off planes, buses, trains, and never break my elbow carrying a little rolly suitcase around. Try rolling a suitcase over cobblestone streets in Italy. Not fun. BUT let’s face it —… Read more →
Tomorrow we head off to the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico for 12 days! Cancun (1 night) – land at a hostel just for the night, enjoy the plaza festival by our hostel, eat delicious food, sleep well in bunk beds… Valladolid (2 nights) – visit ruins of Chichen Itza & Ek Balam, honor the magical portals that these temples are!,… Read more →