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Travel Blog Posts
statue outside cathedral
mazatlan was the last beach town we visited before heading to los mochis, where we began our 16 hour copper canyon train ride.... read more
palenque
hello all. here are some pictures from various places in mexico. i will update soon! love, me... read more
after a day in acapulco, we headed to mexico city and have spent two days exploring. we are staying in the historical center, which houses some of the most beautiful buildings i have ever seen. our hostel is a block away from the zocalo, the heart of the city, which is surrounded by the national palace and the cathedral. using actual building materials from aztec ruins, the cathedral was built on top of these ruins. a small chunk of excavated ruins, which survived the spaniard destruction, are less than 50 meters away from the cathedral. construction of the cathedral started in the 1500s and took 300 years to complete...wow! the first day we did our own walking tour and noticed that all of the buildings are crooked...doorways and windows vividly lopsided. (pictures to come) the second ... read more
hola amors. jim and i are on our 6th and final day in san cristobal. wow....that is a long time for us to be in one place! the city is easy to get comfortable in....cute, clean, colorful, colonial, beautiful churches. plus lots of good, cheap food options. plus, plus...our hotel room was very comfortable, complete with a hot water shower with good water pressure :) we were able to enjoy the celebration of dia de los muertos (day of the dead) here. during the celebrations, which last from november 1st thru the 3rd, mexicans honor those that have passed away...relatives and other loved ones. colorful, candle lit altars are set up in homes and businesses, upon which offerings of food and drink, made to the deceased, are placed. november 2 is when folks gather at the ... read more
our cabana in tulum
here are some pics from tulum and chichen itza (thanks jim!). i will post pics from campeche on the campeche entry.... read more
wall surrounding campeche
we arrived in campeche late last night, after 6+ hours of bus travel. when we arrived it was dark and we were tired but that did not damper my ability to enjoy approaching this cool city. it was a bit of a walk from the bus terminal to the town proper....but i´m glad we walked. the town proper is surrounded by a cement wall...built in the 1600´s to protect it from pirate invasions. when we arrived, there was a reinactment of a pirate invasion taking place on the wall...complete with sound & light effects and dualing pirates. the city is amazing at night....both the wall and the center plaza look much more beautiful after sunset. today we walked around town and explored a bit. fortunately the weather was perfect for this....the past few weeks have been ... read more
hope you are all well. i am in mexico and am doing well, except for a very minor cold. we spent the last two nights in a beach cabana in tulum. tulum is 130km south of cancun....so the coastline offers the same beautiful beaches on the caribbean. of course staying in a cabana offered us the luxury of walking out the door and being on the beach. but luxury has it´s price (well worth it!!!)...like mosquito nets and sandflies. there was an intense storm last night and the thatched roof of our cabana couldn´t handle all the rain so the roof started to leak a little...right over the bed. yesterday we swam as long as the sea would permit....it was a bit rough so we didn´t stay in too long. then we went to the tulum ... read more
