Tag: Mexico

  • Wednesday 19 December 2012 Highlights: Largest Tree in the World, Zapotec ruins, Petrified Waterfalls, Mezcal alcohol, Traditional clothes weaving. An enormous day of activities and and embarrassing moment for myself. Today I signed up for a multiple event tour out of Oaxaca. This started with a visit to Tule which has the largest (wildest) tree…

  • Tuesday 18 December 2012 Highlights: Magnificent mountains, Oaxaca Cathedral, nightclub drinking Today we had a 6 hour bus ride to Oaxaca a town of around 270,000 people. We are moving to smaller and smaller cities as we progress. The bus ride actually had one significant positive the scenery of the magnificent and dominating mountains.

  • Monday 17 December 2012 Highlights: Puebla Cathedral, Zocalo (City Square), Lucha Libre, Billiards Our first bus ride of the tour turned out to be in a comfortable bus and only take a few hours to get to Puebla. First again I was surprised by the quality of the hotel on this basic tour. Our hotel…

  • Sunday 16 December 2012 Highlights: Teotihuacan ruins, Snow activities in Mexico City, Basilica de Guadalupe, Tequila shots The first day of the 58 day combined tour and ten of our group decided to visit the Teotihuacan ruins which meant we could hire a private van and guide. The trip also included a visit to Basilica…

  • Saturday 15 December 2012 Highlights: Meeting my new G Adventure group The relaxation part of the trip is now over and it’s back to touring. I started the day going down to the hotel restaurant for the buffet breakfast expecting to use my last $25 USD voucher but they never asked for money or even…