Sep

1

Travellers Tales - After The Storm

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Mexico - Bacalar 2007
Dogrose/The Barefoot chef
As things slowly return to some kind of normality after Hurricane Dean tore it’s way through Mexico I received an email from an acquaintance I met in Bacalar. We only spent a brief time in each others company but we had quite a lot in common and talked non [...]

Aug

25

Travellers Tales - Hurricane Dean, Mexico

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Mexico - Casita Carolina, Bacalar 2007
Dogrose
As the clean-up begins in Mexico after hurricane Dean’s unwelcome visit, Casita Carolina, a picturesque little hotel on the edge of laguna Bacalar is counting the cost.
Although downgraded to category 1 by the time it came inland, Hurricane Dean managed to wreak havoc along the Yucatan coast earlier this [...]

May

30

Travellers Tales - Mexico City Too

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Mexico, Mexico City - May 2007
mcdog
We were out of bed early, this was our final day in Mexico City, and we needed to be out of our room by 1400hrs. Not a problem, we were assured that we would be back from our tour of the city long before that time. So the bags [...]

May

9

Travellers Tales - Valladolid

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Mexico, Valladolid - May 2007
mcdog
We were up early after sleeping in the what was definitely the worst room we had stayed in since starting this trip. The room looked good but the fan, though it turned, didn’t actually move any air around. Hold a lighter about six inches beneath the fan blades and the [...]

May

2

Travellers Tales - Swimming in Cenotes

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Mexico - 2007
mcdog
We were introduced to the gentle art of cenote swimming at Cenote Azul, near Bacalar. We caught a taxi from Bacalar to the cenote. There is a well-ventilated restaurant, the biggest we had seen at that point on our trip, at the side of the cenote where swimmers can refresh themselves after [...]

Apr

5

Travellers Tales - Border town of Chetumal

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Mexico, Chetumal - April 2007
mcdog
The driver of the taxi we catch from the very modern looking bus station in Chetumal doesn’t have a clue of the whereabouts of the hotel we ask for, we have to show him the address in our guide book. In a few minutes he’s pulled up outside an opening [...]

Mar

27

Travellers Tales - Another Tequila Sunrise

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Yucatan, Mexico - April 2007
Dogrose
Mexico wasn’t a plan, more of a spontaneous opportunity.
We were sitting around in LA, checking out flights to Belize city when I wandered into a forum on traveling to Belize.
I hadn’t really thought about getting the bus through Mexico, as we are on a bit of a time limit (if [...]