Tag: MEXICO

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJun 22, 20216:04 pm

RAGING STORMS AND BIBLICAL DELUGE AND A MAD OLD DOG LADY.

OR, LITERALLY WERE CUT OFF. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED AND I OFFICIALLY WAS ON A DESERT ISLAND

You know it’s been raining here more or less non stop? Well now, the day I was supposed to leave, there is a massive storm. I was woken in the night by explosive bangs and flashes and the sound of torrential rain. I went to my door and the display was awe inspiring. I managed a video but really wasn’t concerned about leaving in the morning, surely this Biblical deluge would be spent by eight when my collectivo would pick me up. As I sit here still in my Punta Allen hotel room, with explosives bangs every five seconds or so, I realised that, as usual, I was overly optimistic.

The wind has also picked up now as well as rumbling. Hurricane coming?

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsMay 5, 20217:02 pm

XPUHIL.

OR A NICE HOTEL AND A BIT OF A CALM DOWN AFTER POXY PALENQUE. Alert: Posting this hurriedly, had a dramatic fall, bash and crash in my studio on Sunday so have been busy with […]

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsApr 29, 20217:07 pm

PALENQUE MAYAN MEXICO.

OR, THE GREAT PALENQUE RIP OFF

ALERT ALERT ALERT: A WORD OF CAUTION. GOOGLE PHOTOS, mysteriously disappeared swathes of photos from all of my trip thus far. Then a few days later more vanished back to September 2020. This is happening to many angry people apparently. They do not respond with this complaint by a crowd of furious clients who have lost precious memories. The fact mine went in swathes was very odd too. Lucky I am an anorak on trips and download to an external hard drive but I don’t have any pre trip photos and videos from September. Warn everyone as it seems to be a huge problem and they don’t respond. I seem to have permanently lost all Christmas pics and am heartbroken.

OR TOUGH ROAD TRIP FINALLY GETS ME THERE!

Journey to Palenque was long, I’d downloaded a crazy series to binge watch for the six hours which just about kept me sane as they pull the screens most of the way down on the ADO buses and have tinted glass and all sorts so no window gazing just navel and Netflix gazing.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsApr 21, 20219:17 pm

AN ESPECIALLY GHASTLY TRIP TO GHASTLY CAMPECHE. MEXICO.

OR DON’T EVEN START ME OFF ABOUT THAT SHITHOLE.

Alert: This is pure moaning and I will cover the museums there and Edzna in my next post so as not to sully the good bits! The jade and historical sites are lovely. It’s just travelling at this time is so silly and hysterical and I forget that when I’m in Tulum, indeed I checked the travel for Other countries in my neck of the woods and was shocked at the new hysteria all over South America etc

leaving Tulum for my road trip.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsMar 30, 20214:04 pm

COBA mexico and name that tree!

OR MY FABULOUS JOURNEY TO COBA JUST AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM TULUM.

Ball court with ring clearly still intact.

Well what a surprise. Just an hour an a half up the road is Coba and a site that takes your breath away. As usual I had a total fiasco going there but I’ll get to that later. Coba is a jewel and as always it’s best to get there relatively early. I saw about fifty people around this very stretched out monumental site until I was leaving and then coach loads were coming in.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsMar 20, 20212:00 pm

Coming home to Tulum.

OR, I MISSED MY LAID BACK HUMAN TULUM!

There’s a lot to be said for a quick foray into other parts, and Merida and Uxmal were a good example. The atmosphere over in Yucks (Yucatan) is more aggressive and smacked slightly of London about the masks, apart from that it was lovely. However once leaving I had no qualms. I wanted to be back home in Tulum. I don’t want to be a baby about it but it’s the closest you can get to our old normal lives in this lovely place.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsMar 17, 20216:38 pm

DESTINATION UXMAL VIa Merida, MEXICO.

OR GETTING TO THIS FAMOUS MAYAN SITE IN PUUL.

I’ve again written in my journal so straight from the horses mouth, on how I finally went from Tulum and to Uxmal via Merida.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsMar 5, 20219:25 am

MEXICO CITY, AND OTHER TOP MEXICAN PLACES FOR MUSEUMS AND ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY.

OR, FABULOUS ART AND HISTORY ACROSS MEXICO.

I wanted to do a speedy summary of Mexico’s art and history thus far. These links will help you locate stuff you’re more interested in

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsFeb 28, 20211:48 pm

ESCAPE TO MEXICO!

OR A RUFFLED AND BEDRAGGLED OLD BIRD MAKES IT!!!

I can’t even tell you how wonderful it is to be here after the trauma of the trials and tribulations of travelling at the moment. Firstly for the people I met en route and you old birds I can be contacted at OLDBIRDTRAVELS@PROTON.ME. I will be adding to this later today.