Destination: Mexico

Ode to D.F.

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 | By laguerita | Views [1220] | Comments [2]

Ode to Mexico City, D.F. ( day- efay ) I am no longer afraid. This urban beast, the capital of my beloved Mexico, the virtually unavoidable axis used to intimidate me. It is enormous, dirty and dangerous. But now, it is mine. Mexico City is ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Mexican border dramas!

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By abelaine | Views [1004]

Rochelle mentioned that there is birthday lunch on Sunday which would be nice to see my other cousins and my Auntie Cecil.  It took us about 3-4 hours door to door so we figured we would go back to San Diego on Saturday morning just to make sure we are ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Chichen Itza

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [2634] | Comments [1]

Chichen Itza is probably the best known and most visited Mayan site in Mexico.   It was in its heyday from 600 to 1250 AD.   It is a long day trip from Cancun and Chetumal and by 11:00 tour buses fill the parking lot.   We arrived yesterday afternoon ... Read more >

Tags: culture

Mexican Food! Tip

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By abelaine | Views [897]

We found our favourite breakfast - Quesadillas!  Me with cheese and vegies, Briel with Chicken and beans!  We ate it every morning! hehe the woman who cooked for us adored us already!  The place was  a little wooden place, next to a car repair place ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Gallery: Mexico

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By loulou | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Visual Footprints

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By soulsticesister | Photo Gallery

Gallery: 12/5/2007-12/13/07

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By brasunas | Photo Gallery

Detalles

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By brasunas | Views [585] | Comments [1]

So it turns out i can only attach one photo to each story so to look at all of the photos ive uploaded, go to the gallery to the right and browse through them there (ive added descriptions to each)

Tags: On the Road

Some pics

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By brasunas | Views [591] | Comments [1]

My apologies for the poorly written last post, i was having a hard time trying to get all my thoughts out and the computer that i was using was at low battery. my goal is to actually have some nicely written blogs that depict the experiences being had ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

City Riding - a lesson to take the bus!

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By marksgone | Views [632]

Look, I’ll still defend the decision. It was logical, planned and made sense, not just because it was mine! Here we were, happily deliberating over the choice of accommodations after riding thru the outskirts and best part of the second largest city ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Finally time to update

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 | By brasunas | Views [605] | Comments [1]

Okay folks, here, finally is the first of many (hopefully) stories/updates on me and Gabriella's travel. Partially because of time, partially because of poor internet service, and partially because of exhaustion, I have not written in the journal till ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Rosarito - Mexico

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 | By abelaine | Views [973]

Well we got a great tip from Federico that Mexico is just 20 miles away from San Diego.  Talking to a few other friends that we made on long us trips, we found out that you can take the local tram (Trolley) blue line to Tijuana! So off we went for $3 ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

San Pedro

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By gemma | Views [1084] | Comments [2]

This weekend we decided to do a day trip to San Pedro, a small silver mining town 20 mins from San Luis Potosi.  No buses go there but we'd been assured it was easy to go by taxi and it wouldn't cost excessive amounts. Unfortunately the taxui driver ... Read more >

Tags: Lost!

Gallery: San Pedro

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By gemma | Photo Gallery

Campeche and Uxmal

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [1120]

Campeche sits on the Gulf of Mexico and is another UNESCO World Heritage Site which Connie described as ‘too cute for words.’    It was always a Spanish city and parts of the fortress remains.   The buildings are single story blocks painted in pastels.... Read more >

Tags: Culture