Teotihuacán is located 50 km outside Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, and the site is all laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. It … More Los Pyramides
Our flight to Mexico was another small plane, so we had the pleasure of just 2 seats to a row again. In contrast to Oaxaca airport Mexico City’s is massive, which is no surprise given it is the busiest airport in Latin America. We’ve never walked so far to reach the baggage belt. But even … More Mexico City – metros and street food
Oaxaca turned out to be a lovely place and super easy. Our Airbnb host spoke no English but was super welcoming, we had a little apartment (basically a bedroom plus kitchenette with a sofa bed in it) and we had a covered roof terrace, which is where we spent most of our time hanging out. … More Oaxaca – an old friend, a parade and rubbish ruins
Is Mexico part of Central America or North America? The (non-official) UN geoscheme for the Americas defines Central America as south of the US, but historically Mexico is considered North America and according to Google from a geographic point of view Mexico is clearly in North America. It is however definitely part of Latin America, … More Hot in Houston, to Mexico we go
We slept well and given we were close to the border didn’t get up super early, a decision we regretted when we got there to find it quite busy. It is though the main Kenya-Tanzania crossing given it’s proximity to Nairobi and Arusha. Because of that we thought it would be an easy crossing but … More The last border, the last camp and unexpected wildlife
Our guide arrived early just before 7am. We bumped down the rough track to the park gates. There was no shortage of vehicles entering, though with it being the 2nd most visited park in Kenya we’d expected this. A cloudy day there was no view of the mountain, and we quickly realised our guide while … More Amboseli – the last National Park (for now)
Up just before sunrise we were packed up and ready to hit the road as soon as it was light enough. Our first stop was for fuel on the way out of town, we didn’t expect to see another fuel station for a couple of days so we wanted to ensure both tanks were full. … More To the West – Tsavo West
Tsavo is made up of 2 national parks, East and West, having being split by the railway. At nearly 22,000km, combined they are the largest national park in Kenya. They form one of the greatest wildlife conservancies on earth. Tsavo is known for its red elephants (dust from the red earth) and is historically famous … More East Tsavo National Park
We wanted to spend our time in Kenya in the national parks in the South East corner of the country, so our plan was to do a couple of big driving days and get there. It wasn’t a straight drive though as we wanted to avoid Nairobi’s notorious traffic jams, so we’d chosen a route … More Kenya – Cross Country
After a quiet night the only thing around as we packed down camp not long after sunrise was a troop of mischievous blue balled monkeys (we don’t know their name so that is a literal description). We kept an eye on them to make sure there was no snatch and grab of any of our … More Entering Kenya
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