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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonMexico, Puebla, Taxco
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      Last day in the capital

      16 listopada 2024, Meksyk ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      Started the day with a steep hike up the high mountain cliffs looming over tepotzlan. Took over an hour. And at the top, was a small pyramid and fantastic views of the town and valley. Beautiful and rewwarding.

      On returning to the car, there was a ticket on the windshield for blocking traffic - which is untrue. And our front licence plate was gone. Pretty sure those same cops took it on us. Anyways, no choice but to continue on to mexico city, so off we went.

      Took a nap and then met up again later at my favourite brewery for good beers and amazing food. I'm going to miss all the staff there who always remember me and take such good care of me.

      The next morning, when i returned the rental car, they noticed the missing license plate and charged me $355 for it. I've been talking with my credit card insurance and it seems like i will be reimbursed. Fingers crossed.

      Awesome trip. Shorter but lots of new beautiful locations.       Czytaj więcej

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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonMexico, Puebla, Taxco

      Tepotzlan

      15 listopada 2024, Meksyk ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Got a very late start because Kris was extremely ill from something he ate and he needed extra recovery time. Originally planned to visit a cave in the morning, but stayed at the hotel until noon and then back on the road to tepotzlan.

      Took an hour to find our hotel because google sent us to the wrong street and while driving around trying to find it, a cop pulled me over and gave me an infraction for using my phone. I said fine, how much? He said he was going to remove my license plate until monday until i paid city hall the ticket. Which would mean i would miss my flight home. This was definitely a shakedown and it cost me 2000 pesos for the cop to let me go. Which most certainly went into his pocket.

      After finding the hotel, kris lay down for a while and i wandered around town and found a few really nice places for food and cold beverages overlooking the huge cliff wall looming over tepotzlan. Spent the evening with some Mexicans and off to bed at a reasonable hour because i am hoping to hike to the top of that cliff wall in the morning       Czytaj więcej

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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonMexico, Puebla, Taxco

      Taxco

      14 listopada 2024, Meksyk ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Drove west 3 hours to reach the beautiful town of Taxco, built vertically down the side of a mountain. Navigating to the hotel required driving up and down quaint narrow maze like streets, trying to avoid pedestrians on both sides of the car. All the buildings are built with similar styles and similar wood accents, and everything is white. Really charming place.

      From the very nice hotel we booked, walked back to the historical center up and up and up :) Reached the main cathedral which was quite striking. Had lunch in the main square across from the cathedral. After our late lunch, we took the gondola to the top of the adjacent mountain and hung out there for quite a while admiring the view.

      Came back down the gondola, and found a great little brewery tucked into the narrow streets. Chatted away with the nice bartender Sarah for a few hours before going to a restaurant that she recommended. I had a fantastic octopus meal there. I've been getting super spoiled with all these amazing meals so far.

      Kris wasn't feeling well, so he taxi'd back to the hotel and i relaxed with a beer before returning a little while later too.       Czytaj więcej

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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonMexico, Puebla, Taxco

      Puebla - Day 2

      13 listopada 2024, Meksyk ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Started the day with a side trip to nearby Cholula, which has the widest pyramid in the world but is mostly covered in dirt and grass now. This pyramid has a very interesting network of tunnels and multiple layers and levels below the surface. And the spanish built a church on top of it to convert the native folks to Christianity.

      Unfortunately the tunnels were closed because one of them collapsed a year ago, so we checked out the museum and walked around all sites and eventually to the church on top. We also walked around the pretty historical center before returning to puebla.

      Mike found a great restaurant where i had the best seafood stew ever. It was so good, i ordered it twice haha. Capped the evening at a very loud mexican bar and then said our farewell to mike because the next morning he was taking a bus south to oaxaca while we were heading west to taxco.       Czytaj więcej

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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonMexico, Puebla, Taxco

      Puebla - Day 1

      12 listopada 2024, Meksyk ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      To retrieve our 5 day rental SUV, we had to uber back to the airport first to get it. Then we set off to the pyramids which was an hour drive. Walked maybe 10km to see all the temples, two major pyramids and tour the amazing murals amazingly still in tact. Unfortunately, most structures are no longer climbable, but still are incredibly impressive.

      After the pyramids, we found a wild nearby place for lunch literally in a cave. My food was great but unfortunately kris and mike couldn't say quite the same.

      From there, we drove another 2 hours to the charming city of puebla. Arrived at sundown, so didn't get to see a lot but still a very beautiful historical downtown area.

      Kris and i rented an insanely huge modern 2 bedroom apartment with en suite bathrooms, kitchen, bar and big living room. We didn't want to leave haha.

      Made our way into town and had beverages at a local brewery, followed by food and drinks at a place called Kingstons before calling it a night.       Czytaj więcej

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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonMexico, Puebla, Taxco

      Mexico City - Day 2

      11 listopada 2024, Meksyk ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Mike and i met at a traditional yucatan restaurant near the zocalo for lunch. I unwittingly ordered a massive turkey leg that was smothered in awesome mole sauce. Yummy but kinda weird on its own. No way could i dream of finishing this massive plate!

      Then met up with kris in front of the cathedral for the walking tour we signed up for. I had already seen most of the locations but our tour guide warryor was quite a character with lots of fun anecdotes tying everything together.

      After the tour, i promised the guys i would show them a few of my favorite beer spots. Unfortunately i misremembered and brought them to the wrong first spot. Still, we had some decent beers.

      Then i took them to yeccan which is my home away from canada. The staff and owner always recognize me and treat me like long lost family. And the craft beers are always great. A little out of stock this time but a good time :)       Czytaj więcej

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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonMexico, Puebla, Taxco

      Mexico City - Day 1

      10 listopada 2024, Meksyk ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Arrived late Saturday night and had a couple of quick beers before getting to bed.

      The next day, i slept in and in the afternoon found a sportsbar about 10 minutes walk from the hotel. Reunited with Kris from Ottawa, and Mike from belgium. Mike is traveling mexico for a month and kris and i are tagging along for a week.

      Spent the evening at a nearby jazz club which also served tasty food and then got to bed at a respectable hour.       Czytaj więcej

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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonCentral Asia and Caucasus
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      Edinburgh

      30 lipca 2024, Szkocja ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Arrived about 15 minutes before the canada v Australia olympic basketball game. Tried a few sports pubs close to my haymarket area hotel but neither had the game. So decided i would hike 30+ minutes with my backpack to the cowgate area to the Oz bar. Figured they must have the Australia game on. And i was right, phew. I was surprisingly the only one watching it but was an impressive canada victory nonetheless.

      Hiked all the way back to haymarket, checked in and lay down for a few hours. Charlie and i were up late chatting away the night before. Took a lot of effort but convinced myself to get going and took the tram to the Leith port area. Unfortunately the seafood restaurant i wanted was completely booked for the evening but i found a really nice spot on the water instead. The only table i found available on their massive multi level deck was a table for 6. So i wasn't very surprised when a foursome asked if they could join my table 10 minutes after i sat down. 3 from belgium and 1 american. Chatted with them for a few hours and then left early cuz the temperature dropped to 15C. I congratulated them for outlasting the canadian and hopped back on the tram :)

      Had a few beers at a nearby pub to my hotel and chatted with super friendly guy from london sitting next to me for quite a while. One last pint at the sport pub and off to bed. Had to be up at 6am for the flight back to canada.       Czytaj więcej

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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonCentral Asia and Caucasus
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      Bruges

      29 lipca 2024, Belgia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      Train ride from Luxembourg was 4 hours, connecting through brussels but missed my connection. Fortunately there was another connection 20 minutes later to Bruges, arriving at 3pm.

      On arrival, Charlie greeted me at the train station and off we went into the old town of Bruges. What a fantastic place to wander aimlessly with all its beautiful old buildings, quaint streets and canals. "Venice of the north".

      Charlie and i stopped at a small beer place where we met lovely sofie and oliver from denmark. Chatted with them for about an hour and then made our way to the main plaza, which is just spectacular. Had some snacks there until Mike found us and took us to a really nice interior courtyard place for some beers. Followed by another Mike hand picked spot for supper where i ate an awesome fish stew. And one more spot chosen by mike for late evening beverages before he had to train back to Ghent.

      Charlie and i then drove to his house a block from the seaside in blankenberge. Walked the beach enough to dip our toes in the ocean and then found a nice beachside place for a beverage before heading back to Charlie's apartment to cap the night.       Czytaj więcej

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    • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonCentral Asia and Caucasus

      Luxembourg

      28 lipca 2024, Luksemburg ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      Today Alexandra and i took the train to Luxembourg. Unfortunately our train to Brussels got delayed by an hour "because of terrorism" according to the overhead speaker announcement. So arrived a bit later than originally planned, but otherwise all went well.

      Walked around the immaculately clean old town for a bit. Alexandra being the basketball fanatic that she is, really wanted to find a place to watch the usa v serbia match - which sounded great to me as well. Found a sportsbar with a lot of Americans wanting to watch it too. After a while, it became apparent the sportsbar didn't have that channel despite all their frantic efforts. But i remembered i installed a streaming service on my phone before the trip. And with permission from the bar manager, i was able to broadcast the game from my phone to the bar's big screen. Everyone was so happy haha.

      After many thank you's from the manager and all the americans, we left and found a nearby microbrewery and did some beer samplings. Followed by trying some local wine at another establishment and a game of rummy 500. I am slowly teaching the world how to play that game haha.       Czytaj więcej

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