by Richard Quinn | May 21, 2025 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 26: From: SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE To: MONCLOVA Day 26! It was a hard thing to believe, and a sad thing to contemplate, but we were about to come to the end of our epic adventure in Mexico. We spent the last three days celebrating the Dia de los Muertos in San...
by Richard Quinn | Apr 20, 2025 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 23: from TEQUISQUIAPAN to SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE! We started Day #23 of our road trip at the Hotel Casablanca in Tequisquiapan, a colonial era town an hour or so east of the city of Queretaro. It’s said to be quite charming, but, sadly, we didn’t get...
by Richard Quinn | Apr 18, 2025 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
The Dia de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, is a national holiday in Mexico that is observed in every part of the country, but there are a few spots that are justifiably famous for having the best, the gaudiest, and the most enthusiastic celebrations of all, attracting...
by Richard Quinn | Apr 6, 2025 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 22: from OAXACA to TEQUISQUIAPAN! We were down to the last week of our month-long Mexican Road Trip, and each of the few remaining days was locked in. This day, #22, was a driving day: starting from Oaxaca, it was a 400 mile, nine hour slog to Queretaro, where we...
by Richard Quinn | Oct 29, 2024 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 21: From: SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS To: OAXACA Day 21! We’d been on the road in Mexico for three very full weeks, and for most of that time, we had no fixed itinerary, and no set schedule. We never planned more than a day or two ahead, so the route that...
by Richard Quinn | Aug 30, 2024 | Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 20: A World Class Drive! From: PALENQUE To: SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS I’m probably dating myself when I say this, but when I think of the Sierra Madre, the mountain range in Mexico, the image that pops into my mind is all black and white and shades of gray,...
by Richard Quinn | Jul 4, 2024 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 17: FROM CAMPECHE BACK TO PALENQUE The 17th day of our road trip started out exactly the same as our 16th day: we had breakfast at our hotel, the Hotel del Paseo (near the historic center of old Campeche); then we hit the road. Over the course of the previous...
by Richard Quinn | May 31, 2024 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 16: Here a Puuc, there a Puuc, everywhere you look, a Puuc! On the 16th day of our road trip, we had breakfast at our hotel, the Hotel del Paseo near the historic center of old Campeche; then we gassed up the Jeep and hit the road. We had a lot of miles to cover,...
by Richard Quinn | May 12, 2024 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 15: Escárcega to Edzná, First House of the Itzás Escárcega is a small city of about 30,000, located at the junction of two Federal highways and a railroad. Very few tourists pass through the place, and those that do are mostly in a hurry, on their way to somewhere...
by Richard Quinn | Apr 16, 2024 | Maya, Mexico, Road Trips, Travel
DAY 13: All Roads Lead to COBÁ! On the 13th day of our road trip, we spent the morning making a follow-up visit to the Mayan ruins at Tulum. (See my previous post: Mexican Road Trip: Cancun, Tulum, and the Riviera Maya). As for the afternoon, our plan called for a...
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