Category: Travel

March 15, 2020 At around 4:30 in the morning we were woken up to the sounds of a marching band and fireworks going past the RV park.  Seriously, who has a parade at 4:30 in the morning?  I was a little temped to go out and see what was going on but it was still…

March 14, 2020 Our time in Mexico City was up.  Before we came to Mexico City we had a view that it was dirty, polluted, crime ridden place with 20 million people stuffed into 1980’s brick buildings.  This view was bolstered by many Mexicans we had met, some of whom had previously lived in Mexico…

March 13, 2020 We have the Holiday Inn Premier credit card which for US$89 a year provides a free night at most IHG brand hotels.  This includes the high end InterContinental chain of hotels.  We have to use up the night every year and it was expiring in a couple weeks so I had booked…

March 12, 2020 Many tourists to Mexico City would go explore the city’s many murals, art museums, or perhaps enjoy a coffee in one the City’s many cute sidewalk café’s.   We went to the Chocolate Museum.  The museum was small and a bit disappointing in that the only samples they offered were of plain roasted…

March 11, 2020 After another delicious free breakfast at the hotel we planned on going to the Zocalo, the center of Mexico City. I had initially wanted to try to take public buses but couldn’t figure out the bus routes so we just took a 57 peso Uber. Frankly when the Uber only costs less…

March 9, 2020 After lunch we got up, cleaned, packed and closed up Rover in preparation to going to Mexico City.  Although we have stayed at hotels several times since we left Sacramento this is the first time we have left Rover behind and it was a bit strange.  We packed a large suitcase, Holly’s…

March 8, 2020 Our lazy days continued and our big quest for the day was to try Barbacoa.  Barbacoa is a regional food prepared by digging a hole in the ground with hot charcoal, lining it with agave leaves, putting an entire goat inside, covering it all up and then letting it cook overnight.  It…

March 7, 2020 When we were walking around town a couple days ago we found a billboard for an all you can eat Brazilian BBQ for 185 pesos.  Well, we could not pass up an all you can eat Brazilian BBQ for US$10.  We decided we would do a Mexican lunch and go there around…

March 6, 2020 We woke up to a cool and cloudy morning, perfect for visiting the Pyramids.  After a couple of days of rest we had regained enough energy to do some sight seeing.  We took an Uber 15 minutes to the Pyramids of Teotihuacan.  We paid the 80 peso entrance fee and in front…