Reading Time: 11 minutes LA in One Weekend: The Breakdown The last time I went to LA was in 2007. Pre-smart phones, pre-Uber, pre-apps. Somehow I looked up all the buses to take me to all the tourist attractions. I had seen the Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood star walk, Rodeo Drive, Santa Monica Pier. This … More A Weekend in LA
Today started the same as the other mornings in Valladolid: awake before the sun comes up, sitting in front of my computer with the giant wooden door wide open, breeze coming in, the church bells ringing, and the street dogs waiting for my sister to give them attention. The only difference with today is that … More Valladolid & Tulum | Time to Relax
Day 3- Ek Balam and Cenote X-Canche Day 3 started early, but thankfully not as early as day 2. The power and electricity were back on track, so no midnight, burning hot, wake-ups this morning! Just an early work shift. A lot people would hate waking up at 4:45 to work, but I really don’t … More EK BALAM | Better Than Chichen Itza
Day 2 started at exactly midnight. I woke up sweating. I reached for the AC remote and pressed the button. And pressed. And pressed. Nothing. I rotated the switch on the lamp. Nothing. My hand reached around the nightstand in the dark until I found my phone. The numbers “1” and “2” on the small … More Chichen Itza & Tsukan Santuario: Hot Tips to Enjoy Your Trip
This was not my first time to travel with my sister, Lindsay. She has actually come to visit me in several places I have lived. This is also not the first time we have taken road trips together. We drove around Cairns in Australia, stopping in the Daintree National Forest, and to scuba dive at … More Tulum Ruins: Get the Most Out of it
On October 1, at 4 am, I stared out the window of a Denver light rail into the darkness as I made my way to the Denver International Airport. Then a ding brought my attention to my phone. My good friend Art from Gringo Nation sent me a message. He had met a couple in … More A day trip to Puerto Morelos
Some tips for Playa del Carmen … More Tips for Playa del Carmen
My sister flew down to Playa del Carmen for one week. A week where my work schedule had changed, and I was working off-hours. Not optimal for a quality hang. So we made some compromises. The first full day my sister was in Mexico, we drove down to Akumal for the day. My sister, Lindsay, … More Akumal, Quintana Roo, Yukatan
I drove with my friend Kellie from Huntsville to Birmingham, Alabama. Any time I mentioned I was coming to Alabama, the response I got was “why?” Kellie is why. Kellie was my roommate our freshman year at UNC Greeley, in Colorado. Kellie and I weren’t meant to be roommates actually. We both got assigned to … More Road Trip to Birmingham, AL
I went to Niagara Falls for the first time in my life and could never have expected to feel the level of giddiness that hit me the second I saw them. I’ve seen waterfalls before. I’ve even seen Iguazu Falls at the intersection of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. They were stunning. But something hit differently … More Niagara Falls, Canadian Side