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….
Tag: Ruins
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…
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…
Surprise stay in Ermioni, Greece and Athens
We had planned to spend our last week in Greece, and our last week in Europe, on the island of Andros. But… sometimes things don’t go to plans and we need to find a quick flex. There was a ferry strike which delayed our arrival date by at least two days, and we were concerned…
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….
Panama City, Panama
This is going to be a short post because we only spent 3 nights here. It felt even shorter than that because we were wiped out from 3 travel days in a row (ferry from Isabella Island to Santa Cruz Island on one day, flight from Galapagos to Guayaquil the next day, and flight from…
Antigua, Guatemala
Antigua is one of the star attractions in Guatemala. It was the original capital and the major city in Guatemala in the 1500’s to 1700’s. It is located at 5000 ft elevation and is near several volcanos. In the 1700’s the continued eruptions and earthquakes destroyed most of the buildings so they moved the capital…
Altea and Elche day trips
We stayed 9 days in Alicante, Spain and we anticipated doing a lot of day trips along the coast. Alicante has a light rail (tram) that goes a long ways North and hits several different beach towns. On our first day in town, we walked a few miles along the beach to Playa de Albufereta…
Sunset in the Valley of the Temples. Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
We really prefer trains or buses for budget and carbon footprint reasons but sometimes they aren’t convenient to what we want to see. The Southern part of Sicily doesn’t have good transportation but it does have a lot of ancient Greek and Roman ruins that we really wanted to see. So we ended up renting…
Mexico City needs a long visit
The 2nd biggest city in the America’s (after San Paolo) is huge. We have been to Mexico many times and never took the time to visit it’s most important city. We stayed 5 nights but needed a bit more. Tons of great museums, art and things to do. There are over 150 museums. It might…