After spending the morning enjoying Xochimilco and a quick stop for lunch, we headed back toward our hotel and Chapultepec Park to the National Museum of Anthropology. Museo Nacional de Antropologia is the largest and most visited museum in all of Mexico, and for a good reason. It was pretty amazing! National Museum of…
On the first official day of our Gate 1 tour, we started with a delicious buffet breakfast at our hotel. We then took our motor coach south of Mexico City to Xochimilco. What is Xochimilco? Xochimilco is best known for its incredible floating islands known as chinampas. The chinampas created a unique canal system…
We arrived in Mexico City a day before our Gate 1 Travel Mexico road trip was to begin. Even though this was just a quick flight from Merida, we always arrive a day early to chill and explore a bit on our own. Hotel Marquis Reforma Our host hotel for the start of the trip…
We just returned from our Mexican vacation. This comment seems odd since back in May of 2022, we relocated to Merida, Mexico, in the Yucatan. But here’s how things unfolded. We Missed Traveling Technically, we have not traveled since returning from two weeks in India, as the world shut down with COVID. We had…
We find the most incredible stuff around our new hometown of Merida! We were on the highway heading east outside of Merida when we saw these HUGE figurines. But, of course, they were off the side of the road and on the opposite side of the divided highway. As it turned out, the…
We’ve explored the Mayapan Archaeological Site several times since moving to Merida and once or twice before that time. Somehow, Mayapan is considered to be one of the lesser-known Mayan ruins. But we think it’s NOT to be missed. It’s only about 40 kilometers southeast of Merida and an easy drive. Banner of…
Ya, ya, ya, we know. We’re a bit behind in sharing blogs. Settling in, a few house guests, and navigating holidays in Merida put us a bit behind. We’ve got a lot more to share and will work hard to post on a more regular basis. Happy New Year, we can’t wait to see what…
Exploring cenotes is one of the most amazing adventures we’ve had visiting the Yucatan. Cenotes are technically sinkholes. They are underground wells formed by a collapse in the limestone bed. Rainwater is filtered through the stone and runs through underground rivers that connect many of the Yucatan Peninsula’s nearly 6,000 cenotes. Many were water sources…
Yes, we bought a house in Merida, Mexico! Oct 2nd we marked our 5 month anniversary of living in Merida and we’ve already bought a house. However, that was not our original plan. Initially, our goal was to start with an Airbnb. Then, we’d look for a long-term unfurnished rental, move our stuff here from…
This week we received emails from TWO of our loyal blog subscribers checking in to see if we were okay. Thank you to Ruth and Geoff, as well as Colleen and Dennis! We’re here, alive and well and living in Merida, Mexico!!! But who knew that retirement could be so tiring? We’ve packed many projects…