Merida Travel Blogs

The Doloris Alba in Mérida is an ideal place to make your home base to explore the surrounding area; Progresso and the beaches, Sotuta de Peon a functioning henequen hacienda, Celestun and the Flamingos, Hacienda Yaxcopoil, Muna a town of Mayan potters,  caverns, numerous colonial churche san…

At the end of the afternoon we took the bus to the city of Mérida, the capital of the state of Yucatán. What a difference that was! Although Mérida has a colonial centre as wel, but for the rest it is a big, busy, dirty, noisy, ugly city. Lots of traffic, lots of garbage in the streets and tons …

We are now leaving Merida and awaiting our next bus to Campeche.  I think it will be about a 2-3 hour ride.  Merida is a great city and while I am sad to leave the familiarity of it I am excited to see what else Mexico has to offer.  We changed hostels yesterday and spent our last da…

Just a small entry to explain about Day of the Dead.. They day started off quite terribly, as we were all slightly hungover and we headed to the bar where you get food with your beer with everyone from the hostel. The bar was hilarious, it was full of locals and they were singing along to an avera…

After spending some time on the coast of Tolum we headed up to Chichen itza to see the ruins and kept going further to Merida, Chichen itza is interesting to say the least, we actually came there to see the pyramids but found the park lined with souvenir sellers screaming “ hola amigo solo un d…

After having a million showers to cool us down and a fan always at our sides, we arrived in Merida to a very nice hostel, which is in the centre of all the action. The hostel is in a building older than time (older than Aunty Pia), but the view off the balcony is amazing. After dumping stuff w…

Cancun, Cozumel and Chitzen Itza.

I love these photos!!! They are so colorful, vibrant and full of life!

Tired but happy we arrived in Merida, the capital of Yucatan. Its a smaler but lovely town and we stayed in a verry sweet hotel in the center.(have to look up the name;P) We went for dinner in a restaurant near the Zocalo and had a good drink at a funny bar/pub or whatever you can call it:P!We al…

Got off to a rough start leaving Palenque this morning, but then our lucky star must've been shining on us 'cause we met one of the nicest guys ever . . . by the name of Jesus! Go figure!! This guy was the best! He took real good care of us and even gave us a ride all the way to our destinatio…

Viaje a México visitando Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Chitchen Itza, Mérida y Uxmal.

Docked in Progreso, first stop of Western Caribbean cruise. Highlights: 1. Progreso Pier (5-mile Pier, 4x4 Jeep caravan) 2. San Diego Texan (Old Church, Hacienda San Diego Cutz) 3. Mérida (Montejo Boulevard, Canton Palace, Monument to the Flag, Plaza Mayor) 4. Progreso (Lighthouse, Corona Beach)

Some random pics from my random travels

MEXICO! First introduction to the country, what better a way then to explore the Yucatan Penninsula...Chichen Itza, Tulum, Merida, Playa del Carmen. Man was it hot, slept in a hammock on the beach most nights. Ruins-amazing. Ceviche-sooo good. Margaritas-uh hem, otra?

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize