We spent 3 months last Spring in Mexico and this winter we just spent another month and a half. Mexico has become so comfortable for us, but at the same time, Mexico is never fully comfortable. We get used to things but it is never the same as our home. We are ready to hang…
Tag: Mexico
Isla Holbox, Mexico
If you have followed our travels, you know that we keep coming to some relatively remote beach locations. I love the idea of a tropical island where there are no cars and there is nothing much to do except hang out on a beach. We have been to many different islands and towns in many…
Our favorite Mesoamerican Ruins
I don’t like when travel Youtubers rank the attractions in their videos with “Top 10 things to do in _______”. After watching the video, I realize they have only been in the town a couple of days and those were the only 10 things that they did. So, I am careful with my blog title….
Valladolid, Mexico and Chichen Itza, Mayan Ruins
We enjoyed Merida but we were very ready to leave the big city and get back to a smaller Mexican village. Valladolid is another one of those towns we love in Mexico where the community is centered around the zocalo or town square. This was another older town with many buildings that were are very…
Mérida, Yucatán
Big cities wear us out. The longer we travel, the more we realize that our best stays are not in the biggest places. But, we also realize that the big cities have a lot of the major attractions and museums. If we want to understand a place, we need to see the sites. Last month…
Campeche, Mexico on the Maya Tren
Mexico hasn’t had passenger trains for a long time. Even worse than the US, trains began to die out with the rise of cars and freight trucking. Passenger train infrastructure is expensive and needs to be backed by a government that understands the importance of good transportation. It was not a priority for past Mexican…
Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
We made it to our 14th Mexican state – Chiapas! I have re-united with my wife M who spent the last week back in Seattle, and I am very happy to be back to our normal “couple traveling” instead of solo traveling. I really prefer being able to share everything again with her. This includes…
Solo Traveling is not for me
M has returned to Seattle for a memorial service this week, so I have been traveling alone in Mexico. I have had two separate 3 night stops to try out “Solo Traveling”. I did a few work trips alone during my career, but that doesn’t really count because I am busy with work things and…
Oaxaca- the Foodie town of Mexico
We have been looking forward to this town for a long time. We have heard so much about Oaxacan Mole and all the other great Oaxacan foods that we really mapped our trip to end up in Oaxaca. We had fantastic food in Puebla but Oaxaca just had so many more places making fantastic meals….
Are we the only Gringos in Orizaba, Mexico?
We like to get off the beaten path when traveling and relish those times that we feel like we are the “only” tourists (we know this is never really true). We like being in restaurants with mostly locals or the only Caucasians on a local bus, because it feels like a more real experience. But…
Puebla, Mexico
We really needed to get back to the real Mexico and Puebla was our perfect next destination. We spent several weeks in Bucerias, (near Puerto Vallarta), in a neighborhood filled with other gringos avoiding the rainy spring in Canada and the Northern US. It was Mexico… but we didn’t have to speak Spanish in most…
Eating in Bucerias
It is often difficult to find the best places to eat when traveling. Google Reviews are often inaccurate and point you to restaurants that you weren’t really looking for. We have been in Bucerias for over a month, for the past 4 years, and have tried many of the restaurants. Bucerias has a lot of…
My Favorite Towns in the World
We have returned again to Bucerias, Mexico for a 5 week stay. This will be the 4th year in a row that we will have spent at least a month in Bucerias. Last fall I wrote a post about how we didn’t know how to answer the question- Where is your favorite place? I have…
Refuge of Hope
I have talked a lot about our struggles to slow down our travel. We have conflicting desires on our travel strategy. On one hand we want to see the whole world and our bucket list is so long that we are always eager to see everything and keep moving on. On the other hand, we…
Day Trips from Bucerias Mexico
One of the reasons that we travel, is to explore new towns and beaches. We are staying in one town for several weeks, so we feel a little guilty that we aren’t on the road every day finding new things. But one of the reasons we are here, is to have a break in the…