Mexico - tierra de la salsa picante.... (land of spicy salsa)... yum! May 14th 2006 Left Quito for a huge day of flights, first Quito to Mexico City (with a 1 hr stop in Panama City) then to Chihuahua in northern Mexico. Chihuahua is very remote, slap bang in the middle of the desert, and produced a fabulous pink-orange sunset as I sat in my taxi from the airport to the hotel. We splashed out a bit on a room at the Holiday Inn, and the most exciting thing for me was the fact that ... read more
North America » Mexico » Chihuahua » Bocoyna » Creel The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more
I had been working for 10 years at Vodafone, and had an ambition to travel around South/Central America - fortunately they agreed to a career break :-)
Got a 5 month trip planned with Tucan Travel, starting in Peru, and ending in Ecuador. Then planning to head up to Mexico for a few more weeks before heading back at the end of May...... full info