Okay final post on the travels! Sorry it's been a bit delayed - I started my new job a few weeks ago, and between that, getting back into rowing and various other things time seems to have evaporated. Anyways, one of the most memorable things from our travels was the look of many of the … Continue reading Mexico: The buildings
Ok, you've had the food and the coffee shops. But, let's face it, the most exciting summary post has to be the one reviewing the various gyms I managed to seek out on our travels across Mexico. Some of you may be surprised/horrified that I actively went looking for gyms whilst travelling. I did it … Continue reading Mexico: Best gyms
Moving on from coffee, getting to taste the different flavours and style of food across the regions of Mexico was another one of the joys of travelling. This list is an absolute mix of quick, slow, fancy, eaten with hands, and so on - hopefully the variety reflects the range of experiences we had! (A … Continue reading Mexico: Best food
This was quite the experience! As with our cycling trip, I have tried to give a day-by-day breakdown of our little tour below. Day 1: Waterfalls, lakes and getting to the jungle Getting into the Chiapas jungle is not easy - it's several hours of driving South-East from San Cristobal, mostly along the Carretera Fronteriza, … Continue reading Days 41-44: Mayan ruins and the Chiapas jungle
We have liftoff! Today we managed to finalise details for a short tour around Chiapas, which we're incredibly excited for! As a knock-on effect, we've now also lined up all of the rest of our stays, through to our flight back on the 3rd of March - the finish line is in sight! Anyways, back … Continue reading Day 40: Bye-bye San Cristobal!
We're still in San Cristobal. We had managed to line up an incredibly exciting tour into the heart of the Chiapas jungle, which was meant to be leaving on Tuesday with an eco-tour operator who got brilliant reviews. Unfortunately on Sunday evening we were told that one of the guides had fallen ill (likely not … Continue reading Days 37-39: San Cristobal and its environs
It seems that my tummy really didn't take the food poisoning very well. On Thursday, the day we arrived in San Cristobal, I felt great - eating happily and feeling like I had loads of energy, enough to pop to the gym in the evening. Friday morning and I had some milk and cereal for … Continue reading Days 35-36: San Cristobal and tummy trouble
Brief The breadth and depth of Peter Frankopan's The Silk Roads is breathtaking, and makes for fascinating reading.The book will definitely contain topics, periods or peoples you haven't heard of, and it is a pleasure to understand more about world history by reading it. A new lens through which to view the world I really … Continue reading The Silk Roads
Ok so the night bus was fine. It was obviously a bit bumpy, not amazing legroom, and it made two stops around 1 and 3 hours in, which interrupted any major bits of sleep. Still, we managed to get some reasonable sleep and arrived at a fairly chilly Oaxaca bus station at 6:30am. Luckily, the … Continue reading Days 15-17: Oaxacaaaa
I'm writing this from Veracruz bus station. We had a minor mishap last night, when we got to Xalapa bus station in order to book our bus journey down to Oaxaca. We'd seen a direct bus (South-Westward) advertised, but then found out this route was no longer running! We've had to re-route and take two … Continue reading Day 14: Rainy Xalapa and an overnight bus
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