Mexico

The Riviera Maya is one of the most popular destinations in Mexico, and it’s easy to see why: crystal clear Caribbean waters, pristine beaches, beautiful beach towns and Maya ruins …

We have been on the road for 800 days – and the last one hundred have been all over the map. We’re taking the time to reflect on our travels through Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, the U.S. and now Mexico…

On our way to the canals of Xochimilco where we took a ride in one of the beautiful trajineras (wooden boats), we strolled through the main square where these three Mexicans were sitting on a bench watching the world go by.

On our recent visit to Coyoacán, we got off the Metro at Viveros (actually one stop past Coyoacán), to enjoy a morning walk through one of the city’s rare green …

Following our reflections on 200 days of travel, here are the tops and flops of our last 100 days on the road:

The best way to get an overview of a city, especially one that sprawls like Mexico City, is to see it from above. So we headed to the top of …

We GlobetrotterGirls are celebrating a major milestone this weekend – our first 100 days on the road!

While we were staying at the beach house, we had many little geckos that were hanging out there with us – including this one, our personal favorite!

Since we’ve started traveling full-time in 2010, we ran into a hurricane every year – first Matthew in Belize, then Irene in Washington last year, and this year Ernesto in Mexico…

I finally visited the Riviera Nayarit to see how it compared to my favorite region in Mexico, the Riviera Maya. I beach hopped from San Pancho to Sayulita to Puerto Vallarta…