Saturday, May 28 It’s a short 90-minute drive to Bacalar, the lake of seven colors. It’s just a bit north of Chetumal, near the coastline. We found a deal on a private room at a hostel called “The Yak House”. We were greeted by a cute little bug of a Continue Reading
Like an out-of-control bat
Tuesday, May 24 The drive to Palenque starts with an hour of good curvy road that takes you through Villahermosa, Tobasco and into Chiapas. We booked a night at “The Burnt Hotel”, otherwise known as Villas Kin Ha. It’s actually a few miles outside of Palenque on the road towards Continue Reading
El Dedo
Friday, May 20 Normally we would hit the road at the crack o’ dawn, all giddy and excited in a “no sleep” fog. Not so today. As mom would say, we were all bright-eyed and bushy tailed. It was easily 11 in the morning before we set the cruise control Continue Reading
This Ain’t No Disco
Dec 26 It was quite a beautiful drive into Acapulco. The road starts by hugging the base of El Popo for many miles, then cutting across impressive gorges on mile-high bridges, followed by numerous dark tunnels as you approach the city. We had to wait a while at the hotel/condo Continue Reading