Our last stop in Mexico was to the Baja Peninsula, in particular the towns of La Paz and San Jose del Cabo. This was an incredibly beautiful place but also very expensive compared to the rest of Mexico.  It is unsurprising that people flock here because this place is an absolute gem.  We flew into…

Utilising overnight buses in Mexico is a great way to go between places cheaply and to save on accommodation costs, so we jumped on another one and headed to Guadalajara. We arrived in the wee hours of the morning and headed straight to Casa Vilisanta, they very kindly allowed us to sleep in another room…

Instead of a 24 hour bus ride to Mexico City from San Christobal de las Casas, we decided to fly. There are a lot of cheap airlines in Mexico and finding cheap flights at the last minute is pretty easy.  We arrived pretty late at night and caught a taxi to our hostel, Mundo Joven…

Another long, but pretty comfortable, overnight bus trip brought us to the mountain town of San Cristobal de las Casas in the state of Chiapas. It is a beautiful and picturesque town with an abundance of incredible food.  And believe me we took full advantage of all the food places at our finger tips,  I…

We jumped on a pretty comfortable ADO overnight bus from Merida to Palenque that took about 10 hours. We were warned that there were often thieves on this bus and to make sure we kept our valuables in the main luggage hold or on our person. Fortunately we did not have any problems, but a friend who…