What Christmas looks like in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala: Christmas trees on the beach, an ice rink without ice, Christmas Eve with a Guatemalan family and Christmas Day in Antigua…
Our last days in Mexico: five days in a tent on the beach in Mahahual, kayaking across the Bacalar lagoon to the Canal de los Piratas and getting ready for…
Cobá near Tulum: Maya ruins hidden in the jungle, the Nohoch Mul pyramid (42 m), a ball court and stelae – a visit right from opening time, with transport and…
Tulum in a few days: Mayan ruins on a cliff above the Caribbean Sea, Santa Fe and Paraíso beaches, free cenotes in Chemuyil and our doubts about Akumal beach and…
Three days on Cozumel: snorkelling on the coral reef with rays, starfish and a turtle, colourful San Miguel and a scooter ride along the wild east coast – with prices…
Two days on Mexico’s Caribbean coast: Playa Tortugas in Cancún, turquoise Playa Norte on Isla Mujeres, hitchhiking on golf carts and the Punta Sur cliffs – with the ferry crossing…
Chichén Itzá, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World: the Pyramid of Kukulcán, the Temple of the Warriors and the Group of a Thousand Columns, the Great Ball…
Five cenotes near Valladolid in Yucatán: crowded Suytun and peaceful Káapeh, the cave cenotes X’kekén and Samula, and open-air X’canché with rope-swing jumps – prices, transport and water temperature.
A few days in a tent at the Palula Beach campsite in San Crisanto on the Gulf of Mexico: an empty beach in the off-season, flamingos in the reserve, snakes…
Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, in one day: the Cathedral of San Ildefonso, the main square, churches, colonial mansions and colourful streets – and an honest take on whether it’s…
Palenque in Chiapas: the ruins of a Maya city hidden in the jungle, the wild Sendero Motiepá trail with cascades and an overgrown temple, and Aluxes Ecopark with jaguars and…
The blue cascades of Agua Azul and the 35-metre Misol-Ha waterfall you can walk behind – how to see both in one day from Palenque without a car, how much…