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When we last left the story, our fearless heroine was speeding through the streets of Mexico City in an Uber towards the Autobuses de Norte (bus station). I noted the driver buying an energy drink from a street vendor (literally a guy selling stuff through car windows) with the awesome name of Amped. How JasonContinue reading “Day 2 – Part 2 – Climb the Pyramids? You Bet I Teotihua-can”

Intrepid daytrip 2 – Markets, Teotihuacán, and dinner with local family. I have decided to split it into two posts. Otherwise, you will be scrolling all day!!! After another night with my ever present neighbour, the tomale truck making his 10.30 rounds, the sleeping was a big rough and it was an early meet up.Continue reading “Day 2 – Part 1 – Market Down as a Big Day”

No, I was not flashed by a man in a trench coat. The day started with some toast wrapped in a tissue and ended with a salad in a burger joint. Let me fill in the blanks. Hidden Mexico is an Urban Adventure – a day tour run by local Intrepid guides. I was upContinue reading “Day 1 – Hidden Mexico Reveals Itself”

Scrooge would have taken a steamer or a sopwith camel with three Junior Woodchucks. I took three planes, with only one meal provided in over 18 hours flight time. Clearly Qantas is on a quest to emulate Scrooge too. The Mystery of the Chicken Pot Roast was down the hatch and solved very quickly –Continue reading “Let me Ex-Plane”

I can’t think of a better way to prepare for a trip celebrating your inner child than to return to Ma and Pa Hock’s for a sleepover in your old bedroom. FYI – the inside of the cupboard still features miraculously adhesive Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix stickers from an old TV Hits, circa 1990.Continue reading “Transiting Through Time in the 5011”