(Continued from “Vamos a México! Part IV: San Cristobal”) DAY 11 – OAXACA, MONTE ALBÁN, ARRAZOLA, CUILAPAN AND COYOTEPEC The darkness outside the bus was slowly starting to give way...
(Continued from “Vamos a México! Part III: Palenque”) I had spent the rest of the day wandering around the wonderful San Cristobal. The city made a marked difference to the...
(Continued from “Vamos a México! Part II: Yucatan”) DAY 5: PALENQUE The bus journey from Tulum to Palenque took 11 hours. We had passed at least three army checkpoints, having...
(Continued from “Vamos a México! Part I: Route planning”) DAY 0 – FROM LONDON TO TULUM The flight from London Gatwick airport to Cancun went surprisingly smoothly. For a UK-originating...
WHY MEXICO? Believe it or not, Mexico was not actually my first choice. An island of communism in a largely capitalist hemisphere, it was Cuba that has long been on...