I had to check out of my room at Hotel Maria de la Luz at 1 PM, but my bus isn’t until 3 something. But this turned out to be a perfect time to go out to the park in the square one more time, sit and feel its shady niceness, and take some videos [...]
I’ll be leaving Valladolid in a couple of hours, so wanted to post some more of my thoughts on it, after a whole 24 hours here, and humbly aware that I know very little about the place and am here very much as a gringa tourist. Please see my two posts of yesterday (January 17, [...]
A few hours in Valladolid, and I’m not sure what to make of it. Most of the streets around the zocalo (central plaza) are under serious construction and are pretty much impassable, and many of the businesses in this downtown area are shuttered and closed. There are very few restaurants, and not many street-food vendors. [...]
I decided to get out of Tulum for the weekend. Now I realize that for some of you reading this, the idea of “wanting to get out of Tulum” might sound strange, but keep in mind, as lovely as Tulum is, any little town can seem small after a couple of months. So, this morning [...]