Hey guys, Time for another update. Sorry I haven't written much lately but it was hard keeping the same pace I started with. Actually it's mainly because on the second leg of the tour we've been spending more time in the individual cities and less time on the bus. I usually write on the bus. Understandably, I feel guilty sitting in my hotel room writing a blog when there's a whole new city outside waiting to be explored. Mind-you, today is a crappy day in San Cr...

Three days and two nights have been spent in a little town called Palenque. The town is named after the locals ruins that are found just a 10 mins ride away. Similarly as to when I visited Chichen Itza, I feel like it was an information overload! Palenque was the third and last set of ruins that I'll see on this tour. It's fitting because the best was saved for last in my opinion. Tikal was nice because there weren't many tourists. It was grand and beautiful a...

Hey guys! I'm now on a bus heading towards Palenque Mexico. They are playing a movie in Spanish on little tv screens overhead. It's going to be an 8 hr ride! I haven't done such a long trip by bus since the old days of going back and forth from Sudbury to Ottawa. So yeah... it's been nearly a decade. Yesterday, we had a 'free day' meaning that we were free to either do nothing or go on a planned tour of some sort. The choices were basically either to go see mor...

Another great day!! Visited Chichen Itza today!! That was the major part of my day. And right after that we got on a bus towards a Mexican city called Merida. It was dark when we arrived so I haven't been able to explore at all, but it has a similar look as Antigua in city design and architecture. Tomorrow I'll be going to a sink hole that's in a cave filled with this blue-green water. It's supposed to be fantastic. For now that's all I got. I'm going to focus ...

Buenos dias la ciudad bonito de Cancun!! Or was that L.A.??? Ohhh I know, all you Cancun lovers who stayed in 5 star hotel resorts loved the city but I was NOT in a 5 star hotel. I stayed in a hotel called "The Carillos Lobster Hotel" off the main hotel strip in Cancun. Certainly not the worst hotel but definitely not what most of you are thinking when you think of Cancun. There was also no signs of anybody celebrating Spring break like I was expecting. The fi...