https://travelblog.strickling.info/tags/blog/Recent content in blog on BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioenCopyright © 2024 Raphael Strickling.Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/tulum/Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/tulum/Although we are already back in Germany, we don’t want to deprive you from our impressions of the last stops of our tour. We were very much looking forward to arrive in Tulum as it was the first place for us to see the Caribbean coast! Some years ago Tulum was still a fishing village but over the last few years more and more visitors have been drawn to its beautiful Caribbean beaches.https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/valladolid/Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/valladolid/Cenote in the city center of Valladolid. After getting our first glance of Yucatán in Mérida, we used our newly gained knowledge about the local bus system and took a simple bus to Valladolid. Similar to our bus ride to Izamal, we were the only tourists using this bus and some of the other passengers seemed to be surprised to see us on this bus. Since this bus does not take the fancy toll roads (hence the price difference) our journey took about twice as long compared to other bus routes.https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/merida/Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/merida/We arrived in Mérida, our first stop at the Peninsula of Yucatán. After checking in to our not-so-nice hostel room, we were excited to explore the capital of Yucatán. After wondering why the complete hostel was empty, we found out that we were the very last guests and the hostel would shut down after we leave. Well, that at least explained why the hostel looked the way it did and made us feel a bit honoured.https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/chiapas/Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/chiapas/From Puerto Escondido we took the night bus to our next destination: San Cristóbal de las Casas. The eagle-eyed among you might have noticed that this place was not on our itinerary from the start. In fact, we decided to swap Tuxtla Gutiérrez for San Cristóbal only a few days before going there. For safety reasons, we wanted to avoid night buses but for the lack of a better option, we bit the bullet and booked the bus over night to San Cristóbal.https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/puerto_escondido/Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/puerto_escondido/After another 12 hours on the bus we reached Puerto Escondido, a place at the pacific coast which belongs to the state of Oaxaca. Puerto Escondido is famous for its beaches and surfing spots, as the water is very wavy, several surfing cups are regularly taking place there. After we jumped off from our exceedingly generous air-condicioned bus we directly recognized one thing: it is REALLY warm there! As our hostel a few kilometers away from the coast, on the next day we explored the city center while walking to the beach.https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/hierve/Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/hierve/On our last day in Oaxaca we wanted to see Hierve el Agua, a place which is famous for its “petrified” waterfall (which is not really petrified, but as the water is oversaturated with minerals, calcification makes it look like that). Natural pools at Hierve el Agua After we found out that it is almost impossible to go to this place by public transport, we decided to join a touristic tour (which we usually avoid) but luckily our group turned out really cool and we met some friendly people from Australia, Columbia, and the US.https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/oaxaca_monte_alban/Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/oaxaca_monte_alban/From Mexico City we continued our journey by taking our first long distance bus to the capital of the state Oaxaca, called Oaxaca de Juárez. The bus ride was very comfortable, on time and well-organized - way better than the cheap European bus companies we are used to. While driving out of Mexico City, we noticed a weird-looking mountain with clouds seemingly coming out of the mountain. “Almost like a volcano” we thought.https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/teotihuacan/Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/teotihuacan/Teotihuacán, Pirámide del Sol On our second day in Mexico City we wanted to see Teotihuacán, an ancient village which is famous for its pyramids. As we were still quite jet lagged and woke up really early in the morning, we again walked through the historical center and watched Mexico City waking up. We found a traditional bakery where we wanted to buy breakfast, but as the pastries were huge and super cheap, we ended up having food for the whole day (good to know for all the backpacking penny-pitchers of us).https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/arrival_cdmx/Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/arrival_cdmx/View over Mexico City. We have safely arrived in Mexico! The flights and the layover in Washington went smoothly - now we just have to fight the jet lag. Our accommodation is very close to the historical city center which is why we started our exploration of the city there. Early in the morning we left the hotel and watched the city wake up. While the countless stands for typical Mexican street food were being assembled, our sleep-deprived and jet lagged selves only had one thing on our mind: coffee!https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/itinerary/Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/itinerary/Flight to Mexico City September 6, 2023 Our journey begins. We take the plane from Frankfurt to Mexico city Bus to Oaxaca September 11, 2023 We take the ADO bus to travel to Oaxaca de Juárez. Bus to Puerto Escondido September 15, 2023 We take either a Collectivo or a bus to the city Puerto Escondido at the coast. Bus to San Cristóbal de las Casas September 20, 2022https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/welcome/Sun, 06 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://travelblog.strickling.info/blog/welcome/Welcome to our travel blog Hello everyone! We are happy you found the way to our travel blog and we can’t wait to have you join us on our backpacking journey through Mexico! There is only one month left until our flight to Mexico City where our adventure begins. We would like to share our experiences with you and are going to post reports and photos of the cities and regions we visited.