Category: Mérida

Took our first tour today. Well worth the money (500 pesos each – about £25), we were picked up from our hotel and driven about an hour and a half to Uxmal.. the guide talking about Ruins and Mayan life along the way. Uxmal is impressive. And beautiful. Get ready for some facts. The awesome…

Jim woke up a new man following our Day of the Dead celebrations. Hair. Gone. It seems he’d managed to stay up until 1 or 2 am and shave it all off. I was having an almost literal Day of the Dead, reading and snoozing most of the day away. Lazy bones. Good day to…

First off, let’s just appreciate how amazing it is to go down to your hotel reception and say “Can we keep the room for an extra night?”. We’re taking our time. Ain’t life grand. Popped to Zocalo Tourist Office to get a free walking tour of the square at 09.30. Plaza Grande is an interesting…

Managed to catch the right bus, this time, to the town of Merida. Absolutely pouring, good day for bus journey. REALLY boring though, long motorway flanked either side by dense green vegetation. Went straight in for some Yucatecan specialities… Sopa de Lima (Lime soup) at La Chaya Maya is an immediate fav. Lovely restaurant; there…

Le blog has arrived! We’re a bit late, we’ve been quite busy. We only decided 5 weeks ago to come travelling. And over that five weeks we have discovered: 5 weeks isn’t enough unless one of you is not working Google becomes your closest confidante and advisor, it (well a cacophony of travel bloggers) can…