Destination: Mexico

Guanajato - Capital del Beso

Fri, 15 May 2009 | By misch | Views [715]

After much deliberation, I have decided not to cancel my trip to Mexico after all, and I am very happy I didn't!!! I am now in Guanajato, a small university town in the centre of Mexico, about 4 hrs from Mexico City, where my friend Anelore lives ... Read more >

Guadalajara to Oaxaca

Tue, 12 May 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [3464] | Comments [3]

13/4/09 - 7/5/09 Guadalajara to Oaxaca 1204 km The days in Guadalajara with Nobu, Hiro and Ken fly past. They are captivated by the city with its climbing wall, cinema and skate boarding and decide to stay longer, while we get back in the saddle, ... Read more >

Tags: cactus, cycling, desert, mexico, swine flu, volcanoes

Adios to Swine Flu invested Mexico!

Tue, 12 May 2009 | By rich | Views [500]

We spend our final 2 days in Mexico on the beach, soaking up the magaritas and marvelling in Rich's new found ability to tan. Finally! It's all been a bit bizarre, with the swine flu - empty towns, closed restaurants, and worried ... Read more >

Gallery: Guadalajara to Oaxaca

Mon, 11 May 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Impressions of Mexico

Mon, 11 May 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Photo Gallery

Alistandome.. getting ready!

Mon, 11 May 2009 | By cris_pu | Views [575]

Ahora mismo estoy un poco nerviosa.. es el medio dia antes de partir y yo aun no termino de despertar.. mi maleta sigue guardada!.. y ya empiezo a extrañar las reuniones familiares en las que no estare!.. y es solo un mes.. Tratando de hacer memoria ... Read more >

Gallery: never stop.. is the only way!

Mon, 11 May 2009 | By cris_pu | Photo Gallery

Certified!

Sun, 10 May 2009 | By rich | Views [439]

The American couple from yesterday's dive are back at the dive shop and the four of us will go out today. The dive instructor is really nice and has gone through everything with Alicia to help her with her ear problems. He's suggested a ... Read more >

Open Water

Sat, 9 May 2009 | By rich | Views [712]

We get up early to move to a new hotel and prepare for our dive. We've got four more days in Mexico which gives us plenty of time to complete the last two dives of our SCUBA course, and then chill out before we leave. I'm a bit anxious ... Read more >

Chichen Itza

Fri, 8 May 2009 | By rich | Views [484]

Playa del Carmen is a ghost town. The first day we were here, you could look down the street and see hundreds of people walking around. Now there are only handfuls of "brave" tourists. Again this works in our favor and we are able ... Read more >

Tulum or not Tulum? That is the question...

Thu, 7 May 2009 | By rich | Views [650]

We leave our luxurious confines at the all-inclusive resort - we've spent enough time here. Because of all these tourist-site closures, we've essentially been restricted to the same area for the past two weeks. Not a bad life, true - but ... Read more >

Gallery: Mexico

Sun, 3 May 2009 | By rich | Photo Gallery

A tale of two weekends....

Fri, 1 May 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [903]

I am a lucky man. I lucked out and the perfect ending to my LONGGG trip. I hoped that my last two weekends would be as good as my first two. I didn't know what to expect as my trip was closing down. The first weekend i was in Antigua, Guatemala. Antigua ... Read more >

All-Inclusive Heaven

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 | By rich | Views [647]

So what do you do when swine flu shuts down all of Mexico? Well you go to the beach. At least that hasn't been infected yet. But wait, let's think about this for a second. Tourists are cancelling thier vacations, no-one wants to come here ... Read more >

Sneezing pigs are ruining our trip

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 | By rich | Views [743]

The swine flu crisis is hitting new heights, the news reports that hundreds of people have died in Mexico City. We've even seen a few people in the streets wearing masks. Now we're starting to take it more seriously. We're now ... Read more >