To maximize our time in Mexico and because we didn't rent a car there, like we normally do when traveling, we booked a tour with Edventure Tours. We did their snorkel tour (cenotes and lagoon) and added on the Tulum ruins and sea turtles. We went to the ruins first...
When I found out that whale sharks congregate in possibly the largest numbers in the world near Cancun, I knew we had to try to see them. We booked a trip with EcoColors and were like giddy little kids just thinking about it. {Photo via: Ecocolors via Discovery...
We just got back from an amazing trip to Playa del Carmen, Mexico for our 15th anniversary! I picked the location based on the cheapest short flights to somewhere that we had never been to before. When I booked the trip, I didn't know what kind of condition I would be...
We stopped by Córdoba on our last day in Spain on our way back to Madrid. It was 108 degrees that day and humid. I thought I was going to pass out. Mezquita The main reason we came, of course, was to visit the Mezquita, which means mosque in Spanish. It's also...
On our way from Ronda to Granada, we stopped off on the coast. We went to a beach near Marbella called Estepona. We were planning to go to a beach club called Puro Beach, but once we got there we just couldn't justify the costs since there was another restaurant...
We loved Granada. It had more of a relaxed, gypsy-ish vibe to it than some of the other Spanish cities we visited. The old town area, called the Albayzin is heavily influenced by North Africa and many of it's mudejar roots are evident in the shops, tea houses, etc....