Quick lesson of Mexican Spanish or 7 words (maybe) enough to get a girl to bed

I speak perfect Spanish. Having an M.A. in Spanish philology, I should. But the perfect Spanish from Spain. So after my first encounter with Mexico at the airport, I was shocked. I knew all the words people were saying, they were all Spanish, but the accent was so strange and so many words different. But […]

Posted on 26 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in language, Mexico, tips

17 interesting habits in Mexico

I spent 3 months traveling around Mexico back in 2011 during my first time in Mexico – from the centre, West, South, East and back to the centre. And being a European visiting a Latin American country for the first time, some things, situations, habits and places I saw there, I found kind of weird, […]

Posted on 22 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in habits, Mexico, tips

Visiting the Elbow – Loket in Czech Republic

I have to admit I had never heard of a village called Loket ever before I met the girl who was my best friend in 2009 – 2011. She used to live in Loket for 7 years and when in July 2011 I went to the 46th Karlovy Vary Film Festival with her, we paid a […]

Posted on 16 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in castles, Czech Republic, Europe, tips

Ghost Town Mineral de Pozos

Mineral de Pozos, situated 28 km from San José Iturbide, is now considered Pueblo Fantasma – a Ghost Town. It used to be a very rich place because of its mines of gold, silver and copper; and the first in the state of Guanajuato to have electricity. It was in the 18th ct when the […]

Posted on 10 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Mexico, photo, tips

Be careful where you buy meat in Mexico

We, Europeans, have quite strict rules when it comes to food, I think. If someone wants to sell any food at the street, in many countries it is not easy unless he has a permission to do so.Even in the shops, the food hygiene is pretty strict, trust me, my parents used to have a […]

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

Photo of the week – the cheapest place to sleep in Mexico City

You can see anything in Mexico. And that makes every day special and interesting so you will never get bored in this beautiful country. One day in Mexico City, on the way from Coyoacán to Xochimilco, I saw a man sleeping on the road and people just walking around him to get to the bus […]

Posted on 06 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in budget travel, Mexico, photo, tips

Xel-há the biggest natural aquarium in the world

I love swimming. It is one of the few sports I do not have to force myself to. So when I got the chance to visit the biggest natural aquarium in the world, Xel-há, I did not hesitate a second. Xel-há (or Xel-ha, Xelha) is situated in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, between Cancún and […]

Posted on 04 Jul 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in adventures, Mexico, nature, photo, tips

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

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

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

Cancún – love it or hate it. Or be confused like me?

After 2 amazing days in the Island of Holbox where you can walk it through bare-foot in an hour, I went to the absolutely opposite place – Cancún. For the last years, together with Acapulco, Cancún has been the most famous beach destination in Mexico. Many people come here for honeymoon, spring break, 2 week […]

Posted on 21 May 2011 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in beach, Mexico, photo, tips