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…
True Confession: this blog is challenging to write. This special dinner, which was part of our tour package, had the potential to be spectacular and, unfortunately, ended with many of us returning to the hotel and ordering Pizza. Bajlum Pre-Hispanic Cuisine Bajlum is a small family-owned dining experience focusing on local pre-Hispanic foods that…
After seeing the Olmec heads and the Museo de Antropologia in Xalapa, we were off to Villahermosa and La Venta Park to learn more about the Olmecs. Along the way, we made a quick pit stop and then a second stop for lunch. Both included foods that are very traditional for that region…
If you’ve followed us for any time, you probably know Mark is a Pizza junky. While he tends to be a bit of a Pizza purest, he has tried some variations of Pizza in most places we’ve traveled. Our First Night In Charleston After checking into our Charleston Airbnb, we decided to take a…
Okay, that is a big claim for one pretty basic Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. But if you’ve ever had one of Mark’s homemade Monster Chocolate Chips Cookies, you’ll understand. *Disclosure: We only recommend products we would use ourselves, and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post may contain affiliate links at no additional…
We’re foodies! If you’ve followed Mark and Chuck’s Adventures for more than a couple of posts, you know how much we love food! We try to experience as much local food as possible wherever we travel. Foodies Will Travel For Food In the last couple of years, we’ve done excellent street food tours in…
We decided that Animal Kingdom was our ‘must-do’ partially because of its flow and the wide-open spaces. In general, it’s our favorite park. However, we weren’t sure how it would be without Festival of the Lion King or Finding Nemo and some added precautions. We recently talked about our decision-making process surrounding returning to Walt…
Safe Space Coast dining options for our Florida Road Trip / Staycation 2020 was a big part of our planning. We were only doing outdoor seating, where servers wore masks and we looked for places with CDC precaution in place. SQUID LIPS 1477 Pineapple Avenue Melbourne, FL 32935 Squid Lips in downtown Melbourne fit the…
We probably mentioned previously that before booking any of our travel packages we research all of the accommodations. This was our fourth Gate 1 Travel tour and the hotels have never let us down. Originally, this tour package showed us staying at one of the Trident Hotel properties in Jaipur. However, somewhere it was changed…
With the majority of our vacations, we attempt to get pictures of the hotels, their restaurants, and public spaces. We know that these are things of importance to people who are not only considering a Gate 1 Travel tour with the same itinerary but to travelers in general. Trident Hotels Planning for this trip…