This article may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks!After leaving the comfort of our house sitting assignment in Mexico City we were back on the road. We said goodbye to Zoe, packed the truck, and headed east toward the towering pyramids in Mexico. …
An (Almost) Free Vacation: Three Weeks House Sitting in Mexico City
We pulled up to the apartment building in the heart of the La Condesa neighborhood, an upscale, beautiful area full of restaurants, bars, people walking their dogs, and running the loop through the neighborhood. Sunny and her little dog, Zoe, greeted us on the street, and Zoe was already jumping up happily as if we were old friends. Both Andrea and …
Don’t Drive through Mexico or Central America: You Will Be Kidnapped, Killed, or Worse!
When I told friends or family that we were going to spend months driving through Mexico and Central America, the most common responses were something along the lines of: “Are you crazy? That’s so dangerous!” “Better watch out for the cartel!” “Hope you don’t get kidnapped…” “Hope we see you alive again…” And on and on came the negative reactions, …
The Top 11 Things to Do in Mexico City
When most people think about traveling to Mexico we think about tacos and tequila, mariachi and margaritas, about the beautiful beaches — Cancun, Playa Del Carmen, Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, etc — or the colonial towns of Oaxaca and San Cristobal, or the stunning ruins and pyramids in Mexico, but there are also plenty of awesome things to do in …
How to Overland Central America: What to Know Before You Go
I had the pleasure of chatting with Jason Moore over at the Zero to Travel podcast about how to overland Central America, where we discussed our big road trip through every country in Central America, including touching base on what to know before you go, what to expect when you are on the road and so much more. I must …
What it’s Like Driving into Mexico City
Leaving Morelia that Friday morning we were just a few hours away from driving in Mexico City. We needed to be in the big metropolis by that evening in order to meet up with our house sitting hosts. They were taking off the following day, but because of Mexico City’s “hoy no circula” program which has a complicated set of …
On the Road from Lake Chapala to Morelia, Mexico
Following our stay in Tequila, Mexico we continued making a beeline for Mexico City where we scheduled for three weeks house sitting in Mexico, in the big city! We had two more night before we needed to get there. We left Don Alejandro’s house in Tequila that afternoon and made the short drive to Lake Chapala just south of Guadalajara. …
The Town of Tequila and the La Cofradia Factory Tour
Leaving Puerto Vallarta, and thankfully over our stomach bug, we headed back up the coast and then turned inland toward the town of Tequila. Yes, just like the liquor. The town of Tequila is the capital of tequila production and where you can find the Jose Cuervo factory among a number of other artisan tequila makers. As you approach the …