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Tehuantepec
October 15, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
In Tehuantepec we had very different and interesting couchsurfing experience. We stay with Guillermo and were hosted at his work place where we could also meet his colegues and have a great meal. We also did some exercise together and he told us a lot about his job. He works as a doctor in one clinic. We even got a chiropractic session.
We also met his family and cooked together some delicious meal.Read more
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Boca del Cielo
October 14, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
This day we went to a one day trip to the beautiful beach where we got by boat and spend nice chilled day. We had a great meal and nice afternoon.
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Tonalá
October 13, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Hitchhiking to Tonalá was bit harder, because of the situation with refugees, there are many people trying to get to USA from all South America, especially Venezuela. We saw a big groups of people walking by the road also trying to hitchhike sometimes.
Few times even happend to us that some people stopped wanting to give us some money.
In the end we got safely to Tonalá where we had a great host Dzoara. We had really nice conversations even though we had to comunicate in Spanish.Read more
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Catarata de la igualdad
October 12, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
This day we went for a day trip to this beautiful waterfall and hot spring. It was just a few people there and we could enjoy relax day.
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Malacatán
October 10, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
Even through we woke up into rainy morning, we decided to try our luck hitchhiking. Luck was on our side and as a 2nd car big truck took us for 3 hours drive.
In Malacatán we had a really nice couchsurfing with Candy, so because of the rain we most chilled in her house and went just for a small walk. We also try some lokal liquor and we made chipilin soup.Read more
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San Marco, San Pablo & Santiago Atitlán
October 9, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
San Marco is village known for its hippie vibes. There are many yoga hostels, shops with natural cosmetic, vegan restaurants and many hippies.
San Pablo is more touristic villages with many restaurants, souvenirs shops and cacao and coffee places where they're also making tours about it.
In Santiago Atitlán, where we also had our couchsurfing, is more authentic village, showing how people really live. For example you can see women washing their clothes in the lake as they we doing that since very long time.Read more
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San Juan La Laguna
October 8, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
This day we hitchhiked to Lago de Atitlán, which is the deepest lake in Middle Amerika, in the deepest part has 350m. Around the lake are many villages and each of them is very unique. The easiest way how to travel around the lake is by boat.
This night we stayed in nice hostel by the lake.Read more
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Santiago Zamora
October 7, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
After the hike we needed long time rest.
Staying with Jacqueline and her family was really nice experience. We could get to know her family and how is the life in the village of Guatemala. Her mum was also making lot of diferent handcraft and they also had a small restaurant.Read more
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Acatenango
October 6, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Hiking on the volcano Acatenango was so far one of the best experiences we had here. We woke up in the morning and hitchhiked to the village Soledad, we waited for Tiffany and Erwan who had some troubles on the way. Around 11:30 we started walking up. Most of the other people was walking with a guide. It was definitely manageable without as the way was very clear.
Around 16 we got to the basecamp where we build our tent. Most of the time it was quite foggy there but as we got up, we got a beautiful view and the Volcan fuego and Aqua and all the villages around.
In the evening we made a "small" hike to the volcan fuego, which was much harder then expected, but we got a beautiful view on the volcano flushing lava every 20 minutes.
In the morning we woke up around 4a.m. to hike up to Acatenango to see the sunrise. Unfortunately we got little bit lost on the way.
When we got up, the view was really amazing.Read more
TravelerWow, der Vulkan ist wirklich beeindruckend!! 🙊😍
10/15/22Reply
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Antigua Guatemala
October 5, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
We met again with our backpacker friends from France at their couchsurfing host. We went together for a trip to Antigua, where we explore local huge secondhand, small streets and caffee places. In the evening we went back to their host and cooked delicious dinner together.Read more
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Hitchhiking through blockades
October 4, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
In the morning we decided to hitchhike to small village close to Antigua, where we had a couchsurfing.
Unfortunately we realized there are some blockades on many roads in Guatemala. The blocked where from ex-soldier, who wanted some money from the government. Luckily it was possible to walk around the blockade and then hitchhike another car. First time in Guatemala we went with a big truck.
And the evening Jacqueline our couchsurfer welcomed us in the house of her family in Santiago Zamora.Read more
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Quetzaltenango
October 3, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
When we arrived to Quetzaltenango there was a big celebration in the city. The central park was completely full of people. It was some kind of christian celebration.
We had a great couchsurfing in the art studio, where are also sometimes happening some events.
We also went for a small hike to some hill not so far from the centre.Read more
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Hitchhiking to Guatemala
October 2, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
We started in the morning hitchhiking from Comitán. The way was pretty easy and smooth. Crossing the boarder with Guatemala was surprisingly easy and if someone would not tell us, we would even miss the immigration control. The border was full of tiny shops selling souvenirs. From the first car in Guatemala we for even a nice icecream. In the afternoon we managed to get to Quetzaltenango.Read more
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Day full of chocolate
October 1, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Sometimes plans are changing and we have to except that. From trip to Lagos de Montebello we decided to just stay in Comitan. We went to centre to search for a cacao beans. First we went to chocolateria Yoyo, where we had a really nice conversation with Juan Daniel, which was doing all different types of chocolates, which we all could try. The second place was caffe/bier/cacao place where we found the cacao nibs, very yummi hot chocolate and we also had a nice cultural experience from the balcony of that place.Read more
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Workaway in Efrain
September 30, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
As we started to be tired from moving from place to place, we wanted to stay at one place for longer time and for that workaway is the best option. Our workaway experience was little bit different then we expected. The work was pretty chilled - cleaning forest, garage, some basic electrical work. In the afternoons we had time to explore the surrounding village, caves and nice forests around. In the end we stayed just a week, which helped us to get new energy again.Read more
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Hike in the forest
September 25, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Next day we went in the morning to the market and afterwards to the church. The church was very charismatic and quite different from what we are used to. We took nice picnic in the forest and we ate some quesadillas. After we went for a hiking trip to the forest where we could explore some plants, animals and hidden ruins.Read more
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Comitán and Cenote de Chukumaltik
September 24, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
Because we arrived to our workaway place (about it later) on the weekend, we directly had day of and we decided to go for a trip to Comitán. Way there was very easy with taxi. We explore the market and then we randomly met our couchsurfer Paco in the town. He showed us bit around and we tryed some yummi food in the centre. Then he took us for a trip to Chucumaltik, beautiful open cenote. In most of the cenotes it's possible to swim. In the evening we went to the bar with life music.Read more
Traveler wunderschön blau das Wasser!
10/2/22Reply
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Don Lauro
September 22, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
From our couchsurfer we get a tip for this nice hike. After taking wrong colectivo and getting little bit lost, we found our way. We also had a nice guide - dog, which went with us all the way up the mountain. She was very friendly and nice. Unfortunately we could not take her with us, so saying goodbye was bit emocional for us. Don Lauro is a magical place, and there is also community doing lot of different events.Read more
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San Cristóbal de las Casas
September 21, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Magical city San Cristóbal welcomed us with it's special vibes. It's full of colorful streets, cozy caffes, hills to hike around and mainly great people. We also had two really nice couchsurfing experiences. One bit more in the nature and one closer to the centre. We cooked some nice meals together.Read more
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9/23/22Reply
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Zona Arqueologica Palenque
September 18, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Trip to ruins in Palenque is sth what would be really pitty to skip. Ruins are 10km from Palenque so we decided to walk there in the morning. Ruins are surrounded by the jungle and waterfalls. On many of them you can climb and enjoy the nice view. After visiting the ruins we also explore little piece of jungle and took a swim in mayan bath.Read more
Traveler I can see some profesional pictures! good job
9/25/22Reply
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Palenque
September 17, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 31 °C
In the morning we took a bus heading to Palenque. In the bus we met really nice French couple and we told them about the hostel where we are going and they decided to join us. We had really nice meal and then we walked to our host. His name was Manu and he was doing his hostel project with his wife and daughter. They welcomed us with warm heart and let us stay at their place. In the afternoon we explore the town, full of nice tiny shops and in the evening we cooked delicious dinner together.Read more
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Escárcega
September 16, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
From Campeche we took a colectivo to Escárcega. It was just a small stop to split the long way to Palenque in two days. We book the cheapest hostal in the town, which was also interesting experience. We very really lucky that we are tiny as the stealing exactly our size. The hostal was very old and dirty, but cheap.Read more
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Edzna
September 15, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
From our couchsurfer we get a recommendation on the Edzna ruins, which are located just 50 min drive from Campeche. It was definitely worth it to make this trip. There were just a few people, a loot of mosquites and also lot of leguanos.Read more
Traveler omg!! they are huge
9/25/22Reply
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Independent day of Mexico
September 15, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
In the evening there was a big celebration of independence day. There were some concerts, lot of food, army exhibition, dancing and in the end even firework.
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Exploring tiny villages
September 14, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Today we spend whole day by hitchhiking from one tiny village to another. In Mexico a lot of peole drive on the trucks which we could also try. Sometimes we get stuck for longer time as we get to the tiny village roads, where were passing just 2 cars in hour. The last part of the way we took a bus.Read more
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