Blogs from Mexico, North America

Another 7am begin for our five hour transport to Oaxaca. I have envisioned of coming here for year!. Oaxaca is popular for cheese, coffee, chocolate and dry simmered grasshoppers called 'Chapulines'. Oaxaca and Chiapas have the biggest Indian communities in Mexico. We arrived at 2pm, did a brief introduction walk around the city and after that I went shopping. I bought a few weaved shirts from the Indian markets. We found a bar that sold 1L cocktails for US$5 so a couple of of us went there for the evening. I bought a few grasshoppers from the markets and we attempted them. They tasted like crunchy salt and noticed of dried sardines you'd grant your cat. Not charming.... read more

I arrived in Puerto Blessed messenger, but not after a few dramatizations. To begin my enterprise I took a taxi to the airplane terminal that the inn sorted out. They´re a bit pricier but I thought the comfort was worth it. But on the way to the airplane terminal we got ceased by Mexican police. Clearly it´s ordinary for them to halt drivers arbitrarily and to inquire to see their papers. When my driver pulled over he said to me in broken English ¨I´m not a taxi, ok?¨ The police inquired me a few questions in Spanish and indeed in spite of the fact that I may get it bits, I played imbecilic and said the driver was my ¨amigo¨ and not a taxi driver. Two policemen afterward and twenty minutes sitting within the car, I ... read more

My most recent Mexican visit begun nowadays. The taxi driver said the lodging was terrible and after the inn Crevice stuck us in, my desires were moo. But the inn finished up being truly decent. So I'm considering the rest of the inns will be of a conventional quality as well. This visit could be a more costly than the other visits I've been on so ideally that will decipher into superior hotels. At welcome assembly we have to be meet the other visit individuals. There are 24 on the visit and the lion's share of us are Australians, for the most part couples or bunches, but there's another single female voyager like myself who has fair wrapped up South America. The rest are from the UK and four are from other European nations. The larger ... read more

It was an early start the last full day of the G Adventures tour as we were going on a trip to Sian Ka’an. Sian Ka’an is supposed to be home to two thousand species of flora and fauna and has now become a biosphere reserve and it remains the largest protected area in the Mexican Caribbean. You take a boat for 6 through a couple of lakes to the canal and then float down the canal with your life jacket looking like a nappy - weird I know but do you know what it was so relaxing and as we were the first ones of the day it was brilliant even though we had to get up at 5am, which is not good, but do you know when you get up early you miss the ... read more

After nearly a day in the airports and flying we eventually get to Palenque. We had to take a flight back to Mexico City and then transfer to a plane to take us to Val…., from which we had a minibus to Palenque. It seemed a bit odd flying back to Mexico City but I can imagine that if the tour started anywhere other than Mexico City it would be difficult to fill, so understandable. We are up early again, but not as early as the day before setting off to Monte Alban, but this time we are having a tour of a Mayan settlement, another archeological site - my grandson would love this holiday as he is only just 7 but already wants to be an archeologist and of course a gamer (designing games but ... read more

Le 11 août 2023, Aujourd'hui, c'est jour d'escale à Cozumel. Avant de sortir du bateau, nous allons prendre notre petit-déjeuner dans la salle-à-manger principale puis on sort directement dans ce gros port très propre et organisé. Nous attrapons sans mal et sans délai un taxi qui nous emmène, pour 25$, jusqu'au club de plage Nachi Cocom. Le rêve!!! C'est un tout petit club, très calme et très privé qui accepte un maximum de 130 personnes par jour. Ici, pas de grosse musique, de structures gonflables ni d'animation... juste la sainte paix!!! On adore après l'expérience 'la croisière s'amuse' des jours précédants. La plage est divine, nous avons accès à une superbe piscine, et le tout vient en formule tout-inclus! Carl se met en devoir de tester l'éventail des boissons du menu tandis que je reste pas ... read more