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Travelling to Tulum: We’ve Gone Full Circle!
In 2007, we went on our first vacation together to escape the freezing cold winters in Calgary. We packed our suitcases, put on our summer clothes and said goodbye to our jobs…for a week! We were off to Tulum on an all-inclusive vacation and we couldn’t have been more excited. During that week together enjoying ...
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Travelling to Valladolid: A Two Week Roundup
Normally we do roundups for countries, not cities. For example, we spent 30 days in Mongolia and had so many adventures that it was well deserving of its own wrap up. So why are we doing a city roundup? Well, in the case of Valladolid, we had such a jam-packed 2 weeks there that we ...
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Rio Lagartos & Ek Balam: Searching for Wildlife and Ancient Ruins
Even though it was 6:00am and we were comfortable in our bed at Hotel Boutique Casa Quetzal, we awoke with excitement for the day we had planned! We had already done a cycle trip around Valladolid with MexiGo Tours, but since we had such a great time, we decided to book another adventure with this ...
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1 Tequila, 2 Tequila, 3 Tequila, Floor!
When we think about Mexico, there’s one thing that definitely comes to mind…tequila! Although we’re not too keen on doing shots of the stuff, we do love having margaritas. Since we’re currently travelling through the land of tequila, we figured we should check out where it comes from, how it’s made and of course, do ...
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Cycling Around the City of Valladolid
Our first few days in Valladolid were jam packed. We visited art galleries, churches and watched the outdoor theatre performance of Momentos Sagrados Mayas, but we still hadn’t seen any cenotes! So, we popped into MexiGo Tours to see what they had to offer. The owner, Toon, was super friendly and showed us all of the ...
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Hot Tamales! Learning to Cook in the Ground…The Maya Way
During our stay at Casa Hamaca, the owner Denis kept mentioning the use of the pibil (pib) and we immediately signed up for a day of learning all about this ancient Maya earth oven. The plan was to go with Denis to the market and pick up all of the ingredients for Tamales, a classic Maya ...
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