Spicy road diaries and coloured tips
Mexico is mainly known for its Eastern part, the Yucatan peninsula. But beyond this region, which remains the most touristic of the country, this is a multifaceted land, with shinny colours and spicy flavors, disserving to be discover.
You can find here our road diaries and our advices to discover the Mayan country and its Tequila, but not only!
MEXICO – YUCATAN 3/3 – From Chichén Itzá to Bacalar
Chichén Itzá The sun was hitting hard when we left Las Coloradas. After a stop in a cenote to get some refreshment, and after having met new travel friends, Les P'tits Pommés, (we hope meeting them again on the road) we finally arrive in the ruins of Chichén Itzá for...
MEXICO – YUCATAN 2/3 – Looking for the pink flamingos
Here we are, trying to find the pink flamingos. We heard that it is the good season. So we go to Cestun, well-known for the amount of pink flamingos that come there between january and april. Perfect timing as we are in february! We arrive by the end of the day and...
MEXICO – YUCATAN 1/3 – Sea, ruins and cenotes
Campeche We leave the jungles of Calakmul for Campeche. We just make a stop and discover a city full of colours: blue sea, blue sky and plenty of colours in the city center. We walk a few hours in the center and go back on the road to Uxmal. Uxmal We can sleep on the...
MEXICO – STATE OF CAMPECHE – Into the wild in Calakmul
After Palenque, we decide to visit another major site of the maya times: Calakmul. The specificity of this place is that even nowadays it is in the middle of the jungle a there is just one small road of 60km that permits the access. We decide to drive in this...
MEXICO – CHIAPAS – Tikal moves inside Chiapas
We leave Oaxaca region for Chiapas one. The state has a frontier with Guatemala, and it is here where we meet the traditional costumes, the colored skirts and the embroidered shirts that we loved so much in Guatemala. Chiapas is a particular state of Mexico because it...
MEXICO – OAXACA – A break in Oaxaca, discovering the surroundings
We leave Mexico suburbs on a wednesday morning and drive to meet Camille and William from Cap'A in Santa Maria del Tule, in a campground that everyone were talking about, Overlander Oasis, few kilometers from Oaxaca. Santa Maria del Tule We arrive in...
MEXICO – From Mexico Ciudad to Teotihuacán, a journey through time
After the butterflies of Morelia, we take the road to the capital and it is by the end of the day that we arrive in San Juan Teotihuacan where is located the campground from where we will visit the area. Yes, well, little precision, Mexico Ciudad is a small town of...
MEXICO – MICHOACAN – From Patzcuaro to the Monarch Butterflies
Then, it is with a new guitar that we drive to Patzcuaro. Patzcuaro, its lake and its island We decide to take some rest in this kind little city. The campgroung even offers a swimmingpool but the weather is too fresh... no swimming this time. The mornings are foggy...
MEXICO – Tikal has a walk between Colima and Paracho
So yes, you think we are zigzaging in Mexico? Well, it is completely true. But since we took the decision to take our time and divide the travel in two... we really take our time! So we move between sea and mountain, between freshness and heat. Anyway, we visit...
MEXICO – Tikal spends the end-year on the pacific coast
After Guanajuato, we decide to go back to the sea, in order to spend the end of the year with the feet in the ocean. We just forgot the fact that the distances are not really the same as in France: it takes us 2 long days to arrive. We first stop on the parking lof of...
MEXICO – GUANAJUATO – Tikal fell in love with the city of Guanajuato
After more than a week in San Miguel de Allende we decide, with Visiterra, to go to Guanajuato. The region is the country of old silver mines and we decide to make a stop and visit one of them in Valenciana. Inside it is humid, hot and dark (specially when the lights...
MEXICO – GUANAJUATO – The colours of San Miguel de Allende
In the state of Guanajuato, we could not have missed the city of San Miguel de Allende. Everybody talked to us about this place. The city has been declared World Heritage Site in 2008 and should not be missed (so is Guanajuato, we will tell you about it in another...
MEXICO – DURANGO and ZACATECAS : Tikal enters the Mexican lands
Once arrived in Mazatlan after our night on the boat, we decide to go directly into the main land. And we discover the mountains. Or mountain roads to be more specific. It is winding. Tikal is a little bit slow and the road is long. We decide to take the toll road. It...
MEXICO – BAJA CALIFORNIA : Tikal visits Baja California Sur
The sanitary control passed, we enter Baja California Sur. We pass through Guerrero Negro, we do some shopping in a supermarket as full as during a sovietic shop during the communist era, then we take the road back. We lead east. So we have to cross the peninsula to...
MEXICO – BAJA CALIFORNIA – Tikal discovers the north
After we crossed the border, we arrived in a campground near Ensenada. Nobody there. But American prices. It is good to rest for a night, we enjoy our time with Visiterra and Un p’tit pneu plus ploin but the day after, we all decide to go further south. Baja...