In addition to the statistics for our trip and answers to the standard questions I ask in each round-up, I thought it would be fun to put together a “Top Three” list of our favorites (and a few not-so-favorites!). Jon…
World Trip Round-Up Part 2: Q&A
As with all of our country round-up posts, we have answered the same questions that we normally do, but this time about our entire trip. We always answer these separately so that we can’t steal each other’s answers, but it’s…
Mexico Round-Up
Statistics Days: 33. Left the USA on Saturday, September 10. Left Mexico on October 13. Cities: 7. Tlaquepaque, Guadalajara, Mexico City, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapa de Corzo, Palenque, Chetumal. Apartment Rentals: 2. One in Tlaquepaque that we rented…
Travel Day: Palenque, Mexico to Caye Caulker, Belize (October 12-13)
On this travel day, we were leaving Palenque, Mexico and heading to Caye Caulker, Belize. While we had a few travel days previously within Mexico, this was our first that involved a border crossing. Prior to leaving our hotel in…
Our Morning with Salvador
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…