Veracruz, Tampico y Estados Unidos
Heroica Veracruz, Veracruz I knew almost nothing about Heroica Veracruz before arriving and now that we spent two days there, I now know very little about it. A port city…
Category: Exploring Mexico
The Almost Halloween Edition: Dark mountains, Foggy cliffs, Witches, Jungles and Shamans
October 17, 2013 Sometimes plans change and sometimes they dissolve into an acidic concoction of exhaustion and confusion with a smidgeon of fear. That’s what happened on October 17. We…
San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, is yet another stunning colonial city. With a population of 160,000 and an elevation of roughly 6300 feet (the central highlands of Chiapas), San…
50 Shades of Green: On the Road from Oaxaca to Chiapas
Sunday, October 13, and we’re heading to our next big stop, San Cristóbal de las Casas, the capital city of Chiapas in southernmost Mexico (borders Guatemala). But because we didn’t…
Ciudad de Oaxaca
Driving to Oaxaca Our 5 1/2 drive to Oaxaca took about 8 hours, and this is partially because of the 156,798 topes (speed bumps) that cover the libre (free) roads,…
Valle de Bravo y Tepoztlán
One would think that we’ve become very efficient at packing up our things now that we’ve moved several times these past 12 months. Not quite. Despite our best efforts, we’re…
Ciudad de Mexico/Mexico City: Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Templo Mayor
I promise promise promise the written part of this post will be shorter. Clearly, I’m not off to a good start with repetitive promises. Okay, I don’t promise, but I’ll…
Ciudad de Mexico/Mexico City: Chapultapec y Centro Historico
Day #2 Ciudad de Mexico Chapultapec Have I mentioned yet how much I love the Casa Comtesse? Very very. Much. I mean just one very. Very much. My breakfast was…
Ciudad de Mexico/Mexico City: Colonia Condesa, Colonia Coyoacán y La Casa Azul
Day #1 Ciudad de Mexico My adventure to Ciudad de Mexico. One gal finding her way around a city of 28,000,000 people. With Scott out of town and Stella playing…
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Monday March 4 – Saturday March 9, 2013 Welcome to my new favorite city in Mexico despite the fact Scott and I spent very little time actually exploring this absolutely…