After a week of being cooped up in our hotel in Palenque, due to illness, we were finally ready to venture out to the ruins. Seeing the Palenque ruins was high on Jon’s list of things to do on this…
Day Tour: Canon del Sumidero and Chiapa de Corzo
While in San Cristobal de las Casas, we spent a few days relaxing and exploring the small city. Since we were located in the middle of the Chiapas region, known as the Mexican highlands, we wanted to take advantage of…
Casa Na Bolom: Museum of the Lacandon
In Mayan, the word “bolom” means jaguar. Frans and Gertrude Blom chose this name both to honor the jaguar found in the jungle and as a play on words of their own last name. Casa Na Bolom was created to…
Mexico City
Our time in Mexico City was interrupted frequently by bouts of sickness. Despite staying for nine days, we only went out to sightsee a handful of times. Had we both been healthy during this time, we would have had much…
Tlaquepaque
We spent one week in Tlaquepaque, a small town just outside of Guadalajara. It was a great week, and I think we both agree that we could have spent a few additional days exploring the city and experiencing Mexican life.…
Lucha Libre!
After our first day of classes at school, the director sat down with us to let us know about some of the activities available throughout the week in Tlaquepaque and in Guadalajara. One of the activities that he mentioned was…
Our First Week in Mexico
Our first week in Mexico contained highs and lows – things we loved and things that we wish wouldn’t have happened. All experiences are part of this bigger experience for us, even if some aren’t as pleasant, but overall we…
USA Road Trip Round-Up
Statistics Days: 30. Left Bay City, MI on Saturday, August 6. Arrived Waurika, OK on Sunday, September 4. Miles: 5,411. States: 14. In order: Michigan, Indiana (no stops), Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico,…
Roadside America
During the past month, we have traveled over 5,000 miles across 14 states. Our road trip has been a mix of highways and back roads, some more interesting than others. Vowing to take our time driving, we scheduled in extra…
Our Ride: The Malibu
Since we have been driving across our country for a month, I want to address a few rumors. No, we are not sitting in the back of an air conditioned limousine with a driver, nor are we hauling a RV…