jbuhler Friends in high places
It seems like we spent the last week meeting old friends and making new ones. One thing about sleeping in your vehicle while traveling is that you end up doing…
Fiesta grande de enero
We drove to Chiapa de Corzo for a couple of days, to see a bit of the January celebrations. As Stephanie said, COLORFUL. We even got to drive the van…
Relaxing in Chetumal
We’ve spent the last several days in the Yax-Ha resort near Chetumal. It’s a very nice place on the water, with lots of grass for Milo and fiberglass cannons. We…
The trip so far
It’s been almost four months. And we’re still in Mexico! We didn’t really know how much we’d like this country, and how comfortable we’d feel traveling here (hint: it’s like…
Happy new b’ak’tun!
The closest we got to the end of the world, it seems, was a cop knocking on the van at 4 in the morning, politely asking us to please move…
Maya 2012
Yesterday we went to the ruins in Palenque. It was surprisingly quiet for a culture whose calendar is about to overflow. It reminded me of San Francisco in December 1999.…
100 Days of Milo
steph Can you believe we’ve only had Milo for 100 days? We can’t believe it–just like we can’t believe anyone could ever give this guy up. Sometimes we joke that we…
An encounter with the law
Like in any other place, there are several levels of law enforcement that you see on the roads here in Mexico. The military. As scary for someone who’s been in…