Before arriving in Mexico City you will hear a lot of; 'you cannot go alone, especially as a young female' or 'Mexico is extremely dangerous, be careful'. While yes parts of Mexico are dangerous other parts are completely safe. On getting here I have been very cautious, wearing my bag on my front (which many... Continue Reading →
Churches, tequila and pyramids
I signed up for a day tour, which picked my friend and myself up from our hostel nice and early. We joined a tour bus with people from Mexico, Colombia, France and Korea. Firstly, the bus stopped off at some Aztec ruins. Next to these was a church built by San Francisco citizens when they... Continue Reading →
Boat trip, markets and salsa dancing
My host took me to Oxochimilco for a beautiful cruise down the canals there. Mexico used to be a lake but citizens built a city over it. Oxochimilco has historical Aztec floating islands covering the remaining lake . It was beautiful, peaceful and quiet in comparison to the crazy city centre packed full of people,... Continue Reading →
Exploring Mexico City
I began the day by getting the autobus to Hedalgo station. This time I was much more confident. When I arrived at Hedalgo, I walked through the busy street market. It was full of vendors selling their goods, people sitting at tables eating meaty breakfasts and individuals sitting on the floor luring you over to... Continue Reading →
Hola Mexico City
I got into Mexico City airport on Thursday and caught a cab to the hotel with no issues. I used my limited Spanish in doing so. The taxi driver spoke some English and taught me a few new phrases to help me out and advised me on where to go. I slept very well in... Continue Reading →
Biking around San Diego
I fueled up on the scrumptious, complimentary hostel chocolate chip pancakes and was raring to go. My shinny, red, rental bike was delivered to the hostel in the morning and I had the entire day to explore. I began by biking to Ocean beach. From there I rode south along the coast line. It was... Continue Reading →
San Diego
The first night here in the hostel I had to share a room with a rather unsavoury character. She is about 40 years old and smelt horrendous. I thought I could hack it, opened a window, locked up my valuables and fell asleep. However, in the morning I woke up to an awful smell, looked... Continue Reading →
Joshua tree national park
Drawing back the casino hotel curtains this morning a beautiful lake with a backdrop of sunlit mountains was revealed. We arrived last night in the dark and saw the water outside our room but did not realise how beautiful the scenery was. Walking out through the casino at 9am people were obediently sat playing the... Continue Reading →
Arizona to San Diego road trip
I was fortunate enough to meet someone driving from the hostel in Flagstaff to San Diego (where I will catch my flight to Mexico city). So we have been Road tripping today. There is a full car of us (one from Australia, one American and another from North London!) We started the journey off by... Continue Reading →
Team snow canyon
As I pulled back the hostel curtains a covering of white, glistening, fresh snow covered the garden patio. It was minus four degree outside. While munching on my oatmeal breakfast, I met some new friends and after asking around I found a group going to the Grand Canyon. We were a fun international group: two... Continue Reading →
We are going on a bear hunt 