Mexico Travel Blogs

This is a collection of photographs from the mid 1990s that were imprisoned in an old computer of mine. I just paid a Computer Geek to grant it them clemency. I will post them for now just for fun. I need to get out my notes so that I can group them by site and write some captions. All of these…

Christmas in Mexico City is a strange experience. The usually busy, dirty, noisy city was completely deserted. Here and there we encountered a lost car or pedestrian, but for the rest the city was eerily empty. The Zócalo, the always busy square in front of the cathedral, was just so weird wi…

David and I set out early to go to the Vallarta Adventures canopy tour.  We got there early and I began looking through the gift shop......  I was surprised that I couldn't find anything I needed.  The Vallara Adventures have quite a few different tours available: Scuba Diving, Whale…

Church of Santa Lucia It is located in the neighborhood that got its name on Calle 42. The only information about this church is that it was build around the year 1600. The holly patron is Santa Lucia. The story about this holly personage says that she was a tortured woman by a Roman emperor w…

Hostel Ria Celestún is a small, comfortable place, 100 yards from the beach and walking distance to all important services in Celestún. They offer dorm bunk beds and private rooms. There are hammocks on the patio, internet access, hot showers and breakfast. They give access to a fully equipped ki…

Hostel La Parroquia is located  on Calle 55 Number 8 between Calle 10 and Calle 12, in the central colonial district of Campeche. Hostel La Parroquia is in a 17th century colonial house 10 minutes from the bus station. There is a good restaurant located next door with the same name that is ope…

The Mayan Puuc Trail is a small geographic area southwest of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico by about 50 miles. This blog will provide the plan to visit Uxmal, Kaban, Sayil, Xlapak, Labna, Edzna, Hochob, Xcalumkin and Dzibilnocac. There are also two historic caverns to visit Loltún Caverns and Xtacumblixu…

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…

Yaxuná is a large second-rank Maya center at (20°27′ North X 88°40′ West) that is 13 miles south of Chichén Itzá This is about the geographic center of the Yucatan. Yaxuná is older than Chichén Itzá by at least 500 years. A recent survey has documented more than 650 structures in th…

Our flight was at 4pm, so we got a somewhat late checkout and were able to somewhat enjoy a lazy and leisurely morning. Veronica had met a boy a couple of nights ago and she wanted to say goodbye. While we were lounging about on our last morning at the beach (and what do you know, the sun is out in…

Playa del Carmen is a great place to spent your holliday. It has beautiful beaches, many restaurants en shops and friendly people. It is a very save place and all the services are great.   Playa del Carmen has fantastic Hotels. We stayed in Iberostar Tucan / Quetzal (see my review). There i…

So... it would appear that the reason that the trip from Phoenix to Cancun was taking me 9 hours flight time (12 hours door to door) was because there was a "secret stop" that no one at AeroMexico wanted to admit to - a three hour layover in Guadalajara, Mexico. That makes the tally for the trip i…

And this is how the adventure starts. I woke up very early today to take my flight to Houston and then to Mexico City. Everything went out as planned. I couldn’t sleep very well the night before because my advisor had me working until late, but I guess the excitement of the trip took over because…

When we were checking in, the lady at the front desk asked if we were celebrating anything special.  I casually told her it was kind of a combination celebration for our Anniversary and my milestone birthday.  But I made it clear that neither were this week.  She gave us a little cer…

The final day in Mexico! Isn't it amazing how times goes by so quickly on a holiday! It's such an eventuality, and yet you feel the pinch everytime it happens. So for my last day, I did a "London" tradition of just walking around town before I headed to the airport. The good part about staying in t…