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Drinking Around the Yucatan

February 2, 2014 By John Widmer 1 Comment

We had our fair share of drinks during our half-month in the Yucatan as we visited Valladolid, Merida, Campeche, Celestun, Tulum, and a few other smaller villages in between. Here, we document our highlights and discoveries, drinking around the Yucatan. Drinks Around the Yucatan Margaritas in the Yucatan Being that […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Eating & Drinking Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Mexico

5 Best Things to Do in Campeche Mexico

January 26, 2014 By John Widmer 9 Comments

Campeche can be a nice day trip from Merida Mexico

The walled city of Campeche is a colorful and beautiful place to explore on the western edge of the Yucatan peninsula. Whether stopping in for a day or a week, there’s plenty of things to do in Campeche, Mexico. The historic center of Campeche is even listed as one of […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Destination Guides Tagged With: Central America, Mexico, Top 5

In Search of Flamingos in Celestún

January 23, 2014 By John Widmer 12 Comments

Flamingos in Celestun, Yucatan, Mexico (near Merida)

After spending a few days in the beautiful walled city of Campeche, it was onward to the sleepy beach town of Celestún. Soon after arriving we scored a very nice, yet inexpensive, ocean-view room. Which was surprising because our January visit supposedly high season. Yet the small beach town of […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Mexico, North America

Roaming Around Santa Elena and Uxmal

January 21, 2014 By John Widmer 7 Comments

We chose to stay in the small Mayan village of Santa Elena due to its close proximately to Uxmal, which we wanted to see in the morning before the tourist busses arrived. Upon arriving in the village we came across the same dusty roads and frenzied scene we had seen […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Mexico

Road-tripping Across the Mayan Backcountry

January 21, 2014 By John Widmer 6 Comments

After exploring the cenotes of Cuzuma on a horse-pulled mining cart, we were off to the small Mayan village of Santa Elena approximately a two-hour drive away. We wanted to visit the Mayan ruins of Uxmal the following day and Santa Elena was a short 15-minute drive from there. On a map, […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Misadventures Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Mexico

The Three Cuzama Cenotes

January 21, 2014 By John Widmer 14 Comments

Visiting the Cuzama cenotes is one of our favorite day trips from Merida, Mexico. The cenotes themselves are absolutely stunning. But what makes the cenotes around Cuzama really unique is the form of transportation to get to each cenote: by horse cart! On A Random Recommendation: Three Cenotes of Cuzama During our […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Mexico

Roaming Around Valladolid and its Cenotes

January 20, 2014 By John Widmer 10 Comments

Cenote Zaci in Valladolid often cited as one of the best cenotes in the Yucatan

So this is our very first stop on our trip around the world: Valladolid, Mexico! After landing in the Cancun airport, we immediately left the tourist resort town destination to get more of a feel for a ‘real’ Yucatan rather than the Senor Frogs & Fat Tuesday’s version of Mexico offered […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Destination Guides Tagged With: Central America, Mexico

The Decision to Travel the World

December 18, 2013 By John Widmer 1 Comment

This way that way sign

I really cannot recall exactly when we decided to commit to this idea of quitting our jobs for full time travel. Its really always something I’ve dreamed of for as long as I can remember, but I can’t pinpoint a single thought or conversation where we said – “Ahah – […]

Filed Under: Preparing

Getting Rid of it All to Become Mobile and Travel the World

December 10, 2013 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

We decided to get rid of (almost) everything we own so that we can become location independent and travel the world. Of course we’ve kept some essentials in addition to sentimental items such as photo albums that we’re driving down to Florida to store a few boxes with family. But […]

Filed Under: Preparing, Travel Tips Around the World

Preparing for Long Term Round the World Travel

November 3, 2013 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

We’ve been planning for this grand trip for nearly five years now, so you’d think we’ve had plenty of time to prepare and get everything together, right? Wrong. As I sit here writing this, it is exactly 42 days before we’ll be moving out of our home. Coming to the […]

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