Rather than the usual bus Juan Pablo had organised a van so we could make the journey to Palenque with a couple of stops to visit waterfalls along the way. We had been warned that the road was worse than that we had experienced on our night bus adventure so everyone who thought they might […]
Day 8 : San Crist?bal de las Casas continued
It rained most of the afternoon and early evening while we rested and then uploaded the blog in the travel agency across the road from the hotel. Once we were done with the Internet we went out into the town to find something cheap for dinner. We miss the ease and convenience of the Mexico […]
Day 8 : San Crist?bal de las Casas
Just about everyone in the group was travelling to the Cay?n del Sumidero this morning, the Rio Grijalva running through a canyon where the cliff walls reach up to nearly a kilometre in height. We were driven down from the heights of San Crist?bal down a road that followed the rim of the mountains giving […]
Day 7 : San Crist?bal de las Casas
From the bus station via taxi we travelled to the Hotel San Martin, a mere half block from the San Crist?bal Z?calo. Juan Pablo took us to the travel agency across the road from the hotel shortly after we arrived so we could book any tours for the next couple of days. Most people booked […]
Night 6 : The Night Bus
As usual we were on a nice bus with air-conditioning and reclining seats. Keryn and I were one set of seats back from the front and this turned out to be a good thing as we could see the road ahead of us. The driver of the bus obviously wanted to cut his driving time […]
Day 6 : Oaxaca
Tonight there would be a late departure, an overnight journey to San Crist?bal de las Casas. As such we had to pack our bags and place them in a single room with everyone elses so our rooms could be made ready for the next occupants. This meant I had to carry around the extra weight […]
Day 5 : Oaxaca
The tour organised for today started at 10am so we had a bit of a sleep in. Breakfast was the usual rolls with jam and a banana. We had a packed lunch for the tour as well, all this food having been purchased the day before or, in the case of the jam, in Mexico […]
Day 4 : Oaxaca
We left Puebla today for Oaxaca, thankfully by the 10:45am bus so we had a bit of a sleep-in. Again it was an air-conditioned bus but the journey was longer, nearly five hours. I was able to type up the days so far, a novelty compared to past trips on more cramped or bumpier means […]
Day 3 : Puebla
There was only to be one night in Puebla so Juan-Pablo had suggested that we leave early to ensure a full days visit. This meant leaving the hotel at 5am so the early morning found the group piling into three taxis for the short trip to the bus station. We weren’t expecting much from the […]
Day 2 : Mexico City
There were various options for our first day of the GAP adventure proper and we had chosen to visit the pyramids outside of Mexico City at Teotihuac?n. This was organised through the hotel and we were met in reception at 9am by our guide for the day, Noah. There were nine of us from the […]
Day 1 : Mexico City cont.
We went downstairs for the group meeting and were a little confused when no-one had arrived by just past 6pm. Turned out we had our clocks set an hour early, that’ll explain the peaceful morning walk. At the real 6pm we joined with the rest of the group and Juan-Pablo (our tour leader) in the […]
Day 1 : Mexico City
We spent today walking and I think the Rough Guide is correct in saying that the altitude of Mexico City makes a person easily tired when they’re not used to the slightly thinner atmosphere. The trip saw us leaving around 9am, via the supermarket for a packed lunch, and then south past the Sullivan Park […]