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…
Campeche, a historic seaside town on the Gulf of Mexico, was our destination after our delicious lunch in Champoton. Campeche, Campeche The city of Campeche, technically named San Francisco de Campeche, was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistadores on the site of the Maya city of Can Pech. Campeche, the city, is…
On day 7 of our 13-day trip, our Gate 1 Travel group got up early for breakfast, and then we were off to the Palenque Archaeological Site. The city was founded during the Late Pre-Classic period and was one of the most important cities in the Mayan region from 250 to 900 AD. The city…
After visiting La Venta Park in Villahermosa, our group continued to the town of Palenque. We arrived at the Hotel Villa Mercedes at about six in the evening and had the night free. Some people scrambled to find massage availability at the hotel’s spa, others chilled by the pool, and some, like us, grabbed dinner…
As we mentioned in a previous blog, our itinerary included a visit to this park, but they had slightly changed the day’s activities. They had decided to take us to the Anthropology Museum in Xalapa and said we may not have time later to squeeze in the park. As you can see from the title…
Our adventure on Day 6 took us from Veracruz to Palenque. Our first stop of the day brought us to the Museo de AntropologÃa de Xalapa. The tour was originally scheduled to go to La Venta Park, where they have three of the colossal Olmec heads. Our tour manager said we were going to 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…
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…