Mexico is both enormous and endlessly captivating to visit: a 2 weeks in Mexico itinerary has almost limitless cities, towns, mountains, deserts, and–of course–beaches to choose from… so how do you narrow it down? After spending 6 weeks carving a Mexico backpacking route through some of the country’s most beautiful spots, ranging from wildly popular places to those almost totally devoid of tourists, we put together this itinerary for first-time…
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Recently, I’ve taken to adapting the old Japanese proverb “fall down seven times, stand up eight” to our own wanderlust-fueled ways–with Jeremy and me, it’s all about “cross off seven destinations, add eight”. Our “to visit” list is longer now than it ever has been,…
When we made our Mexico travel budget, we hoped to spend about $80 total per day, or $40/person. After 43 full days of travel (not including one half day), we ended up spending almost exactly that! Not only are we happy about sticking to our…
This is a post targeted at my fellow Americans. While readers from all over the world regularly visit this site (yay!), when it comes to backpacking Mexico, I need to have a talk with my fellow countrymen. A few weeks ago, I was reading a…
Isla Holbox is a place that demands that you relax: it has a slow pace, exclusively dirt roads, a very small town center, and no high rises. The sprawling all-inclusive resorts of Cancun and Playa del Carmen feel a world away here on Isla Holbox…
My obsession with all things pink dates back longer than I can remember: as far as I’m concerned, bright pink is the world’s most cheerful color. So, when I discovered that there were not only pink lakes in Mexico but that they were located just a…
There were a lot of things that we were expecting from the southern Mexican state of Chiapas: low prices, a colorful city in San Cristobal, and mountain views. What we weren’t expecting was to discover a destination that appears to be designed for outdoor lovers…
There is a lie that I told myself as a child: “I am not an athletic person.” The truth is, I am not very flexible, not a very fast runner, and have the hand-eye coordination of a drunk Tyrannosaurus Rex. It’s not surprising, then, that…
When traveling, it’s the individual moments that truly make a mark: the few minutes of taking in a view, the snippets of memorable dialogue with someone that we just met. It would be impossible to list out every second that has touched me this year–I…