Celestun, Yucatan, originally uploaded by peggydaly. a day trip from Merida

Isla Holbox, Quintana Roo, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

Isla Holbox, Quintana Roo, originally uploaded by peggydaly. where i spent my last week in MX. lovely water and deserted beaches! very special place.

Yes, that title actually came to me today, accompanied by Sinead O’Connor’s voice, who would otherwise be singing “this is the last day of our acquaintance”.  To try to end it with a bang would have been futile.  How could I top the last 5 month

I’ve alternated between exploring and chillin’. Holbox, or at least the part that is populated, is a narrow, tilted island who’s short-ends face southwest and northeast. The south-eastern length is mostly mangrove swamp that faces the mainland and

I did some research online on how to get to Isla Holbox coming from Valladolid. Unfortunately, the most standard way to get to Chiquila, the mainland town from which the Holbox ferry departs, is on a direct bus that leaves cancun 3x’s a day. But that

i could not be more thrilled that i picked this place to spend the final week of my adventure.  it´s a stunning, quiet and charming island on the northern tip of the yucatan peninsula.  i just popped into the internet cafe to send a quick email.  i am

I forgot to mention my trip to the ruins of Uxmal.  I did this easily from Merida, catching the 8am bus from the 2nd class bus terminal directly to the ruins.  I considered taking what’s called the “Ruta Puuc” bus, which is a good deal.  For arou

I found a nice part of valladolid I’d missed before:  barrio del convento sisal.  Today, while sitting in iglesia san Bernardino admiring the altar I was offered a $1 tour.  After seeing the catacombs (Franciscan bones and all), cenote and cloisters

The whole Yucatan was boiling so I grabbed a fairly inexpensive room ($24) with a/c at Santa Lucia Hostal.  There is only one or two private rooms and the rest are dorms.  Young Rafael runs the place almost completely solo and is very helpful.  When I

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Sorry we have been so bad about posting updates lately. We are doing very well. We have been on the Yucatan Peninsula in ...

It's been a bit of time since I've posted. We've been in travel limbo, that odd period at the end of a trip where it seems to take forever to get home. The round-about circuit on 2nd class Mexican buses to get back to Cancun while ...

Wandering down the beach looking for a cabana, we have the beautiful cliffs and ruins of Tulum at our back, but we are more concerned with finding a room and getting our packs off our backs. The first few places are full with burn ...

We touched down in Cancun at about noon today. Smooth sailing at immigration and customs, but we were starving, so we grabbed some terrible airport enchiladas specially made for gringos ($9), you'll notice some ridiculously overpr ...

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Since I'll be taking off with the wife on our own honeymoon in almost exactly one month, these BnA bloggers caught my attention. Chris and Jen are taking a year-long, round-the-world honeymoon trip. Yes, we're all jealous. The ...

After a few delays, my wife and I are finally getting around to planning our next international adventure. It's going to be a relatively short one, about 3 - 4 weeks in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and parts of Central America. We'r ...

After 2 very busy weeks crossing Mexico on the big yellow (come and fleece us we're rich) Tucan bus it all finally came to an ...