The Wandering Chocoholic

Lazy morning Today was my last day in Mexico. Last chance for sightseeing, activities and travel. So of course I did… not a whole lot. To be honest, if I could’ve chosen to have my extra day in Mexico City…

In downtown tourist central I woke up on the early side this morning, to blissful quiet. Playa del Carmen is so far east in this time zone that the sun rises and sets much earlier than elsewhere in Mexico. I…

Welcome to Miami Beach, Mexico, otherwise known as Playa del Carmen. Even though I’ve been in North America all along, the Yucatan and, in particular, here in Playa del Carmen, feels very, well, American, as in, United States of America.…

Happiest of happy new year’s wishes to everyone reading this blog! 2014 was a difficult year, and I can’t say I’m sad to see the back of it. Here’s hoping that 2015 brings joy, happiness and good fortune to all.…

Today we rode a bus for 9 hours, from Palenque to Merida. It was a spectacularly uneventful day, with the most exciting parts being the salsa dancing shuttle driver who drove us to the bus station at 7am, and the…

Another brutally early morning wakeup today, for a daytrip into the remote parts of the Chiapas jungle to see more Mayan ruins. Indy 500 Palenque After some confusion where the non-English speaking guide tried to ascertain if we were indeed…

Early morning start We left San Cristobal at the painfully early hour of 6am this morning. The ostensible reason was to have as much time to see the sights on the way to Palenque as possible, though Milton also told…

This morning, I woke up rested and re-energized. Most everyone in the group left early on a day tour to get a boat ride through a local famous canyon. But after yesterday’s eventfulness, the last thing I wanted was to…

Hello from San Cristobal de las Casas, in the highlands of Chiapas. Getting here was quite the Odyssey, and here’s why: Last night, we all boarded a night bus from Oaxaca to take us here. The very comfortable first-class coach…