Mexico City Mexico City, the monster...according to my taxi driver on the day I arrived, Mexico City and its surrounds has a population of 40million people. I was told on a few occasions that it was 20m and the internet hasnt provided any conclusive answers, so whatever the size, its a true monster of a city. Despite this though its a great place with so much history pouring from the old centre and so much to do in the streets that head away from the Zocalo an...

The trip to Mexico City The last of the latin american countries on my travels and what a wonderful country to visit. I had been caught in two minds as to how to tackle Mexico. I flew into Cancun, in the Yucatan Province on the Caribbean Sea side and had only 13 days to get to Mexico City. Thats not a lot of time considering a direct bus is 25 hours and I immediately regretted the dates I had chosen for my flights upon arrival in Cancun. One thought I had wa...

The trip to Mexico City The last of the latin american countries on my travels and what a wonderful country to visit. I had been caught in two minds as to how to tackle Mexico. I flew into Cancun, in the Yucatan Province on the Caribbean Sea side and had only 13 days to get to Mexico City. Thats not a lot of time considering a direct bus is 25 hours and I immediately regretted the dates I had chosen for my flights upon arrival in Cancun. One thought I had wa...

Colombia Part II So from the fun of Medellin, it was time to head to the coast, the Caribbean coast that is. A part of the world that I only ever dreamt about visiting when I was a kid, it was too exotic to imagine me ever reaching such a place. Yet after a long overnight bus ride accompanied by a pretty long taxi ride through the "favelas", here I was, in the coastal city of Cartagena. Its an incredible place. I had been told by a few backpackers ...

South America Top 5 Whilst sitting waiting on the tour of the Salt Cathedral in Zipa, an older Dutch guy asked me what the top 5 things I had done in South America were as this was my last day on the continent. Well it was a hard question and I had to reply by giving him my top 5 things in Colombia. But thinking about it, maybe I should narrow down my top 5...well here goes, I got a top 6 as a compromise, it may even be a top 7... 1. Despite, as I said in my ...