Photo of the week: artwork of Huichol Indians

In Mexico, one of the states of Pacific coast called Nayarit (and in Jalisco, Zacatecas and Durango as well), there are still living some native Indians. The tribe is named HUICHOL and they are descendents of the Aztecs.The tribe speaks Huichol language in which the word Wixáritari means ”the people” and for them it is […]

Posted on 24 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in habits, Mexico, photo

With iguanas in Xelha

Since March to June 2011 in Mexico, I saw uncountable number of the iguanas all over the place. Mostly in Yucatán Peninsula. They do not do anything to you, actually they are scared when you come closer and just run away or hide.But I managed to take these pictures one day in Xelha. I had […]

Posted on 20 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Mexico, nature, photo

Snorkel in Chankanaab National Park in Cozumel

Me and my friend Alfonso took a day trip to Cozumel Island in Mexico. It was after I finally lost my fear of snorkeling thanks to Alfonso, so I was so looking forward to snorkel in the second largest reef system in the world. We visited Chankanaab National Park, got all the things we needed for […]

Posted on 17 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in achievement, adventures, Mexico, photo, press trip

People I met in Mexico

As I write this, I am sitting on the floor at the Mexico City airport on the 6th June 2011. Like I said in an earlier post, I love meeting new people. Right now I am just thinking about all the amazing people I met in Mexico. Eating chocolate turtles I am thinking about my […]

Posted on 12 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in changes, Mexico

Photo essay – cute vochos in Mexico

All the older Volkswagen Beetles are called VOCHOS in Mexico. I understood this word only once I came to Mexico City, never before heard it. I love these cars, so funny and cute, so I started taking photos of them each time I saw one. I had a collection of almost 100 excellent vocho […]

Posted on 10 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Mexico, photo, transport

Eating jícama lollipop in Cholula

I had never heard of jícama before I came to Mexico. To be specific, during the road trip through Colima, I wanted some fruit as usual, so we stopped at the road at one of those places where the family sells their fruit and a girl made me a fruit salad, including this weird huge […]

Posted on 08 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in food, Mexico, photo

Tips for transport in Mexico

Before my trip to Mexico, I checked online some places I wanted to visit, I had a route more or less. But did not know how to get from A to B. I decided not to use airplanes as the last 2 years of my life of a cabin crew, I spent a lot of […]

Posted on 06 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in habits, Mexico, tips, transport

Photo of the week – Colorful Mexican skulls

Among many weird things you can see in Mexico, this is one of them. Mexican people celebrate death like a good thing, the cemeteries are all colourful and the Day of the Dead is a huge party all over Mexico. In many places there is possible to get these skulls full of colours as souvenirs.

Posted on 05 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in habits, Mexico, photo

Heroic Veracruz

From Quintana Roo I took a bus to Veracruz to visit a friend I knew for years but have never met in person so far. I changed the dates a little bit because of what happened in Playa del Carmen. So in the end, he could not come from Xalapa to Veracruz to have a […]

Posted on 03 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Mexico, tips

Photo of the week – Dominican Monastery in Santiago Apostol Cuilapan in Oaxaca

Cuilapan means River of Coyotes in náhuatl. This little village in Oaxaca has an amazing monastery from the 16th century. Once the Jesuits were expelled from the area to the North, the Dominicans came here and wanted to convert all the Indians to their religion. However, because of the very often earthquakes here, the natives […]

Posted on 01 Jun 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Mexico, photo, press trip, tips, travel

Me at Tulum beach

With a friend we went to Tulum ruins and the beach for a day. I have to say the beaches of Tulum are one of the most beautiful ones I have ever seen. They are proper places to relax, with very few people, great smooth white sand, some palm trees with shade and blue water. […]

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in beach, Mexico, photo

When I was robbed in Mexico

It was Sunday afternoon, the 22nd of May 2011. It was one of those ”bad” days when I was angry and sad and disappointed at the same time. It seemed like the end of the world when I was robbed in Mexico. I still cannot believe it happened to me. I spent 2 and a […]

Posted on 25 May 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in changes, Mexico, photo, tips