Posts/Entries
All posts/entries, for now, from over two decades of global travel. And a few colourful tags, too.
Chetumal, Yucatán, Mexico
It’s 6 p.m. on my last evening in Mexico. I’m just about ready for tomorrow’s departure to Belize, & thus Central America, just a few kilometres from here. Tonight will be my second night in Chetumal, the capital of Quintana Roo on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula....
Tulum & Cobá, Yucatán, Mexico
I’m coming to the end of my time in Mexico. So soon. It only feels like yesterday when I crossed over the border from San Diego to Tijuana. But it wasn't yesterday, it was 19 days ago. Anyway, I digress. Tonight is my second & last night in Tulum, my penultimate...
Cancún, Yucatán, Mexico
Now for something different, a Mexican Yucatán anomaly. There’s the fascinating pre-Columbian history & ruins. There’s the beautiful colonial legacy of the Spanish. A then there’s Cancun. You won’t find much history here – modern-day Cancun was only built in the...
Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico
Chichén Itzá is the Yucatán's, and thus Mexico's biggest Mayan draw & was voted in 2007 as one of the New7Wonders of the World. Like most Mayan ruins, Chichén Itzá was settled in about 600 AD & abandoned mysteriously in about 900 AD - although it was resettled...
Uxmal Mayan Ruins, Yucatán, Mexico
Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is Mayan land. It is today and it has been since pre-Hispanic times. The Mayan, members of an American Indian people native to regions of Mesoamerica (Mexico & Central America), had a culture which reached its peak between 300 AD and 900...
Mérida, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Oh boy. It's hot here, here being Mérida, the largest city & capital of the steamy Yucatán Peninsula, the Mexican state occupying the northern part of the Yucatan, the Central American peninsula extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the...
Teotihuacan, Mexico
Once The Largest Pre-Columbian City In The Americas & Home To One Of The Largest Man-Made Structures Of Ancient Times Teotihuacan, Mexico. April 29, 2013 The UNESCO-listed city of Teotihuacan, known as the City of the Gods, was built between the 1st and 7th...
Mexico City, Mexico
A gargantuan metropolis seething with people & full of history. That’s how I envisioned Mexico City before arriving here & after spending the last number of days taking a look around that’s exactly how it has turned out to be. I'm a city lover & it takes a...
Guanajuato, Mexico
A Mexican gem, a beautiful, UNESCO-listed colonial mountain town boasting charms around every tight corner & one of the most bizarre museums in the world.
Guadalajara, Mexico
I'm liking Mexico. Loving it actually. It's early days of course (today is my fourth day in the county) buy hey, if I liked Tijuana, and I did for the brief time I was there, then it's pretty obvious that it doesn't take much to appease me & thus the rest of...
Tijuana, Mexico
Well, well, well. That was interesting. And way too easy. Here's hoping the ease at which I entered Mexico has set the tone for the rest of my time in the country – I was in a hotel room in Tijuana (TJ) within an hour of leaving the hostel in downtown San Diego. Just...
San Diego, California, USA
California’s second-largest city, a laid-back city renowned for its ideal climate, impressive beaches, and benchmark-setting zoo.
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Hooray for) Hollywood, Arguably the Most Shallow & Celebrity Focused Stretch of Land on Planet Earth.
San Francisco, California, USA
Earthquakes, tolerance, hippies, trams, that bridge, The Rock, & those hills. A pictorial look at iconic San Fran, one of the oldest, most beautiful & amazing cities on earth.