Posts Tagged ‘Mexico’

Mayan ruins of Coba

Location and History of Mayan ruins of Coba Just 44 km from Tulum ruins (the only Mexican ruins on the beach), another Mayan settlement used to stand. Coba in English and Cobá in Spanish means ruffled waters in Maya because of a couple of lakes very close. Due to the found pottery, we suppose that […]

Posted on 15 Aug 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Mexico, nature, pyramids

Fucking Europeans, always complaining – or what we should learn from the Mexicans

Once I wrote about people I met in Mexico separately, who really gave me a lot, changed my point of view about some things and made me a better and happier person.Yes, the Mexicans opened my eyes to a better understanding of the world, of what is important and what not.I think already after like […]

Posted on 03 Aug 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in changes, habits, Mexico

17 interesting habits in Mexico

I spent 3 months traveling around Mexico back in 2011 during my first time in Mexico – from the centre, West, South, East and back to the centre. And being a European visiting a Latin American country for the first time, some things, situations, habits and places I saw there, I found kind of weird, […]

Posted on 22 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in habits, Mexico, tips

Ghost Town Mineral de Pozos

Mineral de Pozos, situated 28 km from San José Iturbide, is now considered Pueblo Fantasma – a Ghost Town. It used to be a very rich place because of its mines of gold, silver and copper; and the first in the state of Guanajuato to have electricity. It was in the 18th ct when the […]

Posted on 10 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Mexico, photo, tips

Be careful where you buy meat in Mexico

We, Europeans, have quite strict rules when it comes to food, I think. If someone wants to sell any food at the street, in many countries it is not easy unless he has a permission to do so.Even in the shops, the food hygiene is pretty strict, trust me, my parents used to have a […]

Posted on 08 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in food, Mexico, photo, tips

Photo of the week – the cheapest place to sleep in Mexico City

You can see anything in Mexico. And that makes every day special and interesting so you will never get bored in this beautiful country. One day in Mexico City, on the way from Coyoacán to Xochimilco, I saw a man sleeping on the road and people just walking around him to get to the bus […]

Posted on 06 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in budget travel, Mexico, photo, tips

Xel-há the biggest natural aquarium in the world

I love swimming. It is one of the few sports I do not have to force myself to. So when I got the chance to visit the biggest natural aquarium in the world, Xel-há, I did not hesitate a second. Xel-há (or Xel-ha, Xelha) is situated in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, between Cancún and […]

Posted on 04 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in adventures, Mexico, nature, photo, tips

A crazy ass walking through Tulum ruins

When I still lived in the Southern Italy, my flatmate kept on talking about Tulum. He visited Mexico before and spent a day visiting Tulum ruins and the beach and loved it (and he is not a beach person at all.) So I was actually really looking forward to visiting Tulum when I came to […]

Posted on 30 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in beach, beauty, Mexico, photo, pyramids

My first time in Mexico

Pacific Ocean, San Blas beach, Nayarit, Mexico

When I quit my job of stewardess on the 5th March 2011 and came to Mexico on my own on 5 days after this year, it was my first time ever I visited this country full of history, historical sites, contrasts, extremes, mixed people, spicy food, wild animals and amazing turquoise beaches.But Mexico for me […]

Posted on 28 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in achievement, adventures, changes, flights, Mexico

Pottery of shining black mud in San Bartolo Coyotepec

COYOTEPEC comes from the náhuatl and it means cerro de Coyotes (Coyote hill). It is one of the villages in Oaxaca state in Mexico famous for its barro negro – black mud. The inhabitants of the whole village dedicate their lives to make the statues, figures but mostly jars and others containers. I visited two […]

Posted on 26 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in habits, Mexico, photo

Photo of the week: artwork of Huichol Indians

In Mexico, one of the states of Pacific coast called Nayarit (and in Jalisco, Zacatecas and Durango as well), there are still living some native Indians. The tribe is named HUICHOL and they are descendents of the Aztecs.The tribe speaks Huichol language in which the word Wixáritari means ”the people” and for them it is […]

Posted on 24 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in habits, Mexico, photo

With iguanas in Xelha

Since March to June 2011 in Mexico, I saw uncountable number of the iguanas all over the place. Mostly in Yucatán Peninsula. They do not do anything to you, actually they are scared when you come closer and just run away or hide.But I managed to take these pictures one day in Xelha. I had […]

Posted on 20 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Mexico, nature, photo