Category: Antarctica to Alaska

Monday, 1 April 2019 Possada Barrancas, Mexico   Flipping cold in the night up at 7,000ft. So much so that a sore throat and sniffles beckon. It’s to be the early onset of manflu. Will be in need of some TLC. View for breakfast is mesmerising. The hotel is on the rim and all rooms… Read more

Sunday, 31 March 2019 Posada Barrancas, Mexico   Hotel is only a block away from the main square. Can hear the concert until the early hours. They’re actually not that bad. And. Can. Hear. Every. Word. Until. 2.30am. Not good when the alarm goes off at 0600hrs. Taking the train to the Copper Canyon. Rail… Read more

Saturday 30 March 2019 El Fuerte, Mexico Half hour drive. 2hr wait. 2hr flight. 1.5hr drive. Flying from Mexico City to the north western town of Los Mochis and then driving on to El Fuerte. To take the train to the Copper Canyon tomorrow. Whereas Mexico City and Oaxaca were a bit more cosmopolitan, it… Read more

Friday, 29 March 2019 Mexico City, Mexico   Half hour drive. 2hr wait. 1hr flight. 1hr drive. Check in to Los Alcobas hotel again in Mexico City. Room upgrade. Junior Suite. Nice dinner. Easy day. Not much more to say. Read more

Thursday, 28 March 2019 Oaxaca, Mexico   Breakfast being watched over by an alligator. Stuffed and stuck on the hotel kitchen wall. Or is it a crocodile. Better not smile. Just in case. Set high up in the mountains overlooking at 6,000ft, Monte Alban is a Zapotec complex of pyramids and temples dating from 500BC… Read more

Wednesday, 27 March 2019 Oaxaca, Mexico   Morning tour of Oaxaca. Bit of a rush trying to catch up on blog and sort USA sector out so this is a very quick entry. Look at photos below. They say a picture paints a thousand words. Nice place Oaxaca. Feels safe and once again there’s a… Read more

Tuesday, 26 March 2016 Oaxaca, Mexico   Beautiful bright blue sky day. Just the sort of day to be told there’s a risk of being kidnapped. I kid you not. It’s to be a long day’s drive to Oaxaca, via points of interest in Pueblo and nearby Cholula. Drive over the mountain pass at 9,000ft… Read more

Monday, 25 March 2019 Mexico City, Mexico Open bedroom door to go down for breakfast. The young maid is standing outside just about to go into the room next door, which startles me. Again. We’d done the exact same thing last night as I was going out for dinner and she’d frightened the life out… Read more

Sunday, 24 March 2019 Mexico City, Mexico   Meet the guide in hotel and instantly forget his name. Can remember a face. But not names. Dreadful in meetings when you meet a dozen new people at one go. Never remember. As we drive along think of a polite way to find out his name. How… Read more

Saturday, 23 March 2019 Mexico City, Mexico   Told it will take 2hrs to drive to Guatemala City airport because of traffic so leave at 0730hrs for the 1130hrs flight to Mexico City. Takes 50 minutes to airport. 3hr wait in Guatemala City airport. Yay. Exciting. Not. Flight on time and exit arrivals looking for… Read more