After leaving Campeche and our brief stop at the Pomuch Cemetery, our Gate 1 Travel group was off to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Uxmal. Uxmal is a little over an hour from our home in Merida. But we knew it would be part of this tour, so we held off visiting…
After a quick 7 AM breakfast at our hotel in Palenque, our tour group headed out for a 226-mile drive to the city of Campeche. We left the lush rainforests in the state of Chiapas and entered the state of Campeche, part of the Yucatan Peninsula. Following The Gulf of Mexico We followed the…
After a fantastic afternoon at the Hacienda de Pacho, we made our way to the waterfront city of Veracruz. We were just there overnight; what we have to admit was plenty. The city of Veracruz is a massive port on the Gulf of Mexico and one of the oldest ports in Mexico. We’re…
After a visit to Puebla, which was way too short and warrants a return visit, our Gate 1 Travel group headed off to the port city of Veracruz. The drive is just a few hours and about 280 kilometers. Our tour had a stop scheduled at Hacienda de Pacho that was nothing short of magical….
As you read in the previous blogs of our 13-day Mexico Road Trip, day 4 brought us to Puebla. After the morning drive and lunch, we toured the city, and we had a free night to explore the city’s impressive culinary scene. We did not make any plans for dinner. We figured we would wing…
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…
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…
This past week Mark decided to do a little exploring and booked a Merida Market Tour. While we have spent quite a bit of time in the local markets, this tour was slightly different. The tour is billed as a Merida Plant Food Lovers Market Tour. It was the perfect opportunity to learn about many…
Today marks the one-month anniversary when we took a leap of faith and got on a one-way plane ride to Merida. We brought two suitcases each and a small carry-on, plus two cats. It was an exciting yet stressful time. We thought we would share some of our experiences. The City of Merida We…
After having done a ton of research before the move, moving to Mexico is still a new and exciting adventure. Especially when neither of us speaks Spanish. We’ve done several months of online Spanish during lockdown, but you build a vocabulary at best with no one to practice with. Navigating everyday tasks online and in-person…