Travels with Hayley

Today we were off for an early morning visit to an archeological site again (which I was not really looking forward to – more old stones…) so we hit the Mega Mart next door for provisions to sustain us through the outing. Musings today included the fact that Mexico has a mad amount of different…

So, the next couple of days diaries will be a bit light as there’s only so many ways you can say ‘I sat on a bus for hours’. But I will endeavour to give you the additional highlights! Some of the pictures are a bit ropey as they were taken through the bus windows at…

Day 14, 2 weeks done! It’s absolutely flown by and I’ve packed so much in already. So glad it’s not time to go home yet though, loving life Meh-ico style. After an early start to do some writing and enjoy the peace and quiet, the girls and I headed to breakfast at the very nice…

I am shocked but happy to report that I had both an excellent night’s sleep on on the bus and the toilet was very clean. The seats were nice and wide, reclined really quite a long way and had both leg and foot rests. Between all of that, noise cancelling headphones and my trusty travel…

Rudely awoken this morning by a cacophony of blaring car horns outside the window – Oaxaca is a lovely town but it’s narrow streets just cannot cope with the volume of traffic now it’s so popular and therefore it’s constantly gridlocked with grumpy drivers. Fortunately I was due to get up anyway so after a…

Up and out at 7.30 today for our tour to ‘The Big Tree’ (I know it has a proper name, I cannot currently remember the proper name ok..) and the petrified cascades. Only 6 of us plus JJ were going so it was a nice small number to keep together and everyone observed the unwritten…