A FLAMINGO AND AN ITALIAN WALK INTO A BAR…
A sexy blend of eco-hotels, dreadlocked Italians, and a laid back vibe, Holbox soon gets under your skin - it's only a matter of time before you start plotting ways to go native.
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE – A PYRAMID OF REMEMBRANCE
Gaudy yet cultured, somber yet playfully poking grief in the eye, all the while enveloping life's rich pattern
DORIS AND THE BLACK STUFF
For over 70 years, until her passing last year, Doris Olive Netting put back a glass of Guinness every day. Since the Second World War, Doris slugged back a pint of the black stuff, until the ripe age of 100 years of age! During my impoverished college years in England, a pint of guinness and a packet of crisps often stepped in for 'lunch'
IT’S ALL GOOD CRAIC!
There's no substituting some things in life, and, there's no faking a proper pub. If the ceilings not sporting a yellow nicotine tinge from a bygone age, and the bar not knotted and nicked, sticky with spills
THE TIME I PISSED OFF A MAYAN ABUELA.
The thing about hanging around in a country where the currency is weaker than your own, is that you feel flushed. A sensation heightened by the margaritas I'd had in the cenote bar. Sitting in a perfect little spot, outside the bar near the parking lot, sat an abuela and her nieta
DON’T GET OUT OF YOUR SEA HAMMOCK
I felt a bit bad, I'd nagged him off his hammock, whinged until he struggled out of it
A SKELETON WALKS INTO A BAR “GIMME A SHOT…AND A MOP!”
Dia De Los Muertos pokes a wet-willy in deaths' ear, explodes with an appreciation for the sweetness of life while bowing down with the utmost respect to the occasion. Held within range of Halloween, and featuring macabre imagery and costumes, it's often referred to as “Mexican Halloween”. In reality, however, the difference is similar to the cool, well-dressed, proverbial 'aunt' that comes to family occasions. While there's no relation to this
OH, BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE…
So warm up with some of this yummy deliciousness!! Mexican hot chocolate is so simple to make…it should be a crime to drink the packet stuff instead of this! What you’ll find below is more of a direction on what to do with those ‘odd, dark shapes of compressed chocolate’. What you’ll need for you and a friend: -1 ‘disc’, or ‘square’ of
MORE GIRLY GUIDES FOR SOLO TRAVELLERS
Single women traveling in Mexico
PINKIES UP? ABSOLUTLEY NOT! ALL ABOUT AFTERNOON TEA.
Afternoon Tea is served with tea and a tower of delectables. Savories on the bottom, a layer of scones, followed by sweet pastries. Though a tad disorientating, and loaded with a minefield of class conscious rituals (the likelihood of committing a social faux pas is unavoidable), it's enormous fun! Read on and you'll fit right in! Downton Abbey anyone? But what about the