Blogs from Yucatán, Mexico, North America - page 3

Nach einem dann doch erstaunlich entspannten 12-Stunden-Flug, zumindest soweit eine Reise mit einem Baby auf dem Schoss und einem Kleinkind das Wort entspannt verdient, kommen wir gegen 22 Uhr Ortszeit in Cancun in unserem Hotel an. Die erste Nacht hatten wir lediglich ein günstiges Flughafenhotel gebucht, damit wir zu dieser, für uns unchristlichen Uhrzeit (ca. 4 Uhr morgens in Deutschland) nicht mehr weit fahren müssen. Ohne jegliche Erwartungen sind wir dann doch etwas überrascht von der großzügigen Villa mit Pool und tropischem Garten und bekommen von dem bereits etwas angetrunkenen Gastwirt auch noch ein Upgrade ins „Familienzimmer“. Ob diese Großzügigkeit unseren müden Gesichtern oder seinem Alkoholpegel zuzuschreiben ist, keine Ahnung, aber wir freuen uns. Leider sind unsere Kinder, die im Flugzeug im Gegensatz zu uns zumindest ein paar Stunden geschlafen haben, ab 2.30 Uhr wieder... read more

We arrived late in Valladolid. Check in is at Hotel El Canton (not recommended). The rooms are not even that cheap but quite bad anyway. Daria is not happy, nobody is and so we have a shower and run out for dinner asap. Daria tells me this weird, kitsch (but not cool) place reminds her of a horrible hotel she stayed in with Ele in Delhi in India. Even the guy at reception looks more Indian than Mexican. We wonder who designed this place... After a day visiting the cenotes we were tired and so the idea was to go to bed early to get an early night and so an early morning. Like this it was, on the way back to the hotel me and Daria saw a huge scorpion, the first time I saw ... read more

In Mexico the 2nd November is a huge celebration known as ‘El Dia de los Muertos’ which literally translates as ‘The Day of the Dead.’ It’s a time when families come together to celebrate, honour and remember those who have passed but instead of this being a day of sadness and grief, Mexicans use it as an opportunity to celebrate the thin veil between life and death with music, song and dance, offerings of food and flowers and coming together as a family. As the tradition grows and develops, so do the celebrations. For example, we weren’t expecting to see any Halloween type things but on the 31st October while we were in Isla Mujeres, the main square was full of kids trick or treating, dressed up in Halloween costumes and oddly Disney costumes as well(the ... read more

Things happen for a reason right? Welcome to Marco and Daria’s Adventures blog around Central America, South America and beyond! We are five days into our trip and already have made so many new memories that we decided to set up this travel blog. The idea is to share our experience with our friends and family and also for this to act as a repository of our memories and experiences to go back to when we are old(er) and grey! We will both be sharing our experiences on here; sometimes Daria will post, sometimes Marco. So how did this all come about in the first place? We took our first “big” trip together to the Philippines over Christmas where it turned out that we made great travel buddies (Phew!) We found a good balance of his ... read more

Today we are picking up a car and driving from Mérida to the Hacienda Santa Rosa. As always the price of the rent a car ends up being double the online price because they won’t accept that insurance is provided via my Amex card, I ring Jacquie McAleer but she doesn’t answer! The car fits us in perfectly and we find our way out of Mérida even though Wilko is navigating (at least he’s not driving). The population of Mexico is about 130 million, but we can’t figure out where they all are. Sure they are small but it still doesn’t make sense. The drive to Santa Rosa is an easy one. Becs and I decide to drop Catherine and Wilko of at the hacienda and head to Celestún to see the flamingos. Wilko is exhausted ... read more