After a storm

August 28th 2016
Sitting in Walmart scoffing a salad box (fearful Rob insisted we take a break from tacos after learning that Mexico is the one of the world’s fattest nations) I mulled over some of the changes I had seen since my last visit. For one, the busiest aisle in the supermarket was the mobile phone counter. We were pleasantly surprised to see that nowadays nearly everyone here has a smartphone, from th ... read more

North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen

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

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Kate and Rob

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We are Kate and Rob; we quit our jobs as building surveyors in London and have been travelling since 4th August 2016. At the time of leaving we were both 27 and had spent five years working full-time. Before starting this journey, we used our annual leave as carefully as we possibly could to explore cities in Europe on mini-breaks and also to travel to far away places we had never been to before. We often dashed out of the office to catch the first Friday evening flight and returned home in the early hours on the Monday. We saw it as a challenge to maximise our days off and visit as many ne... full info

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