Planning a Trip to Colombia: 10 Tips

In May 2022, we spent 10 days in Colombia and visited Cartagena, Isla Mucura, Medellin and Bogota. In this post, we share 10 tips to help you plan your trip.

Travel Guide: 15 Tips to Visit Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena was the first stop of four on our trip to Colombia this past May. In this post, we share tips to help you plan your trip to Cartagena (or to help you decide if you want to visit!)

We Leave Someday: Cartagena, Colombia

The second stop on our virtual travel series is Cartagena in Colombia! We did have a trip here planned for April 2020 but had to cancel and hope to do this trip again in the future. Find out why we chose Cartagena and what we were looking forward to here. Why: Based on the itineraryContinue reading “We Leave Someday: Cartagena, Colombia”

Visit Guadalara in Mexico: 10 Tips to Plan Your Trip

Tell people you’re going to Guadalajara and you might get some strange stares and even the standard response of “Guadala…where?!”. And once you explain it’s in Mexico and the 2nd largest city with a tech hub and also known for tequila, mariachi, and a historic center with a UNESCO world heritage site due to painterContinue reading “Visit Guadalara in Mexico: 10 Tips to Plan Your Trip”

24 Hours in Tijuana – Stay: A Review of the K Tower Boutique Hotel

The K Tower Hotel is a Mexican boutique hotel located in Tijuana’s financial district. Located beside its sister property, Hotel Lucerna, the K Tower Hotel is the adults-only contemporary luxury hotel in Tijuana.  With rooms on about 12 floors, it is a high rise hotel also popular for its rooftop bar and sushi restaurant. TheContinue reading “24 Hours in Tijuana – Stay: A Review of the K Tower Boutique Hotel”

24 Hours in Tijuana – Where to Eat

From low-key taco stands to modern and hipster’sih food truck gardens, and high end dining, you will need more than 24 hours to sample all of it in Tijuana. We barely got to visit all the places on our list and ended up trying places that weren’t. If there is one thing we did experienceContinue reading “24 Hours in Tijuana – Where to Eat”

24 Hours in Tijuana – The Craft Beer Scene

Perhaps due to its close proximity to San Diego, a pioneer in the craft beer movement, Tijuana has numerous breweries of its own and the beers can be enjoyed in their tasting room or at one of the craft beer bars in town. We were only here for 24 hours so we didn’t get toContinue reading “24 Hours in Tijuana – The Craft Beer Scene”

Indulge – Where to Eat in Cozumel

Cozumel’s food scene isn’t as developed as Playa Del Carmen’s or Tulum, as a lot is geared to transient cruise passengers just stopping in for the day but there are some gems and good places to visit beyond the cheesy Senor Frog and similar bar/restaurants. Unfortunately, many of them were closed on New Year’s DayContinue reading “Indulge – Where to Eat in Cozumel”

Review: Los Aguachiles in Playa Del Carmen Mexico

Ceviche is one of our favorite things to eat, especially when we’re in Mexico. We usually visit TaconTenedor (link to our review) but decided to go back to Los Aguachiles recently to give them another try. Los Aguachiles is an open-air Mexican seafood restaurant in Playa Del Carmen with a good mix of tourists and localsContinue reading “Review: Los Aguachiles in Playa Del Carmen Mexico”

Review: Chullpi Restaurant in Aguas Calientes, Peru (Machu Picchu)

Our meal at Chullpi is part of the memorable day of our trip to Machu Picchu. We were relieved they were able to seat us outside as they were quite busy for lunch and initially, we were turned away (if you can, make a reservation). From our table, we had a good view of theContinue reading “Review: Chullpi Restaurant in Aguas Calientes, Peru (Machu Picchu)”