Two days after enjoying the sights and wonders of Queretaro we took an hour’s worth drive with our hosts to Tequisquiapan: Queretaro’s gorgeous pueblo magico famous for its artesanías. We made a quick stop at a store and bought a cheap tent and then we were on the road! Our hosts could only drop us off … More Tequisquiapan, San Bernal & Jalpan
After our one-day-stay in Celaya, we were driven by our host and her sister to the city of Santiago de Querétaro. After some hours of deciding what we would do next and how we would contact our next hosts we said our goodbyes and ventured the city. The city itself is a beautiful place to … More Queretaro
The plan was this: our host would drive us to Celaya (where she was meeting her family), then they would drop us off by the main road, then we would stick out our thumbs and hitchhike to Queretaro! This is what we did instead: our host drove us to Celaya where we all met her … More Celaya
From Guanajuato we hitchhiked to San Miguel de Allende, a small pueblo which had been highly recommended by plenty of people, it took two rides from three people to get there and we arrived in the afternoon. Overall a smooth process with little sweat dripped (I even shamelessly slept for most of a ride), and … More San Miguel de Allende
When backpacking on a budget, the choices for refuge tend to range in anywhere between a bench and a really really really cheap hotel. I personally did not want to sleep in benches all throughout my previous trip, but I also did not want to spend a thousand or more pesos for staying in a hotel. As … More 12 Lessons I’ve Gathered from Couchsurfing
During high school, there was an educational field trip my generation of International Baccalaureates took to Guanajuato and Morelia. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the field trip (money money money!), so the experience I had of that was in the shape of the stories and pictures they brought back. But now it was my … More Guanajuato
There is an empty space where all good that goes in is consumed and vanished, never to be found. This space gets deeper in deeper with time, black-holing it’s permanent presence, consuming joys and distractions and trading them for even more empty space. It’s starving, and there appears to be no satiating it’s famine. There is … More The Infinite Sadness
From Aguascalientes we made our way to León, and after about an hour of waiting for a ride and slowly hitching to the edge of Aguascalientes, a man gave us a ride to León itself. The road was long and full of chatter, and through a series of swapped stories we eventually made it. But … More León
After an adventurefull day and and Oscar filled night (yes, we watched the Oscars in our hostel, we were rooting heavily for Alfonso Quarón and tweeting about it!), we woke late in the morning ready to take on the next city. With one last meal in the Zacatecan mercado, we took a bus out of … More Aguascalientes
Zacatecas is famous for having once been a very strong provider of silver, hence it’s nickname “The Silver City”, but it’s also famous for having a lot of buildings built with the same pinkish material: “cantera rosa”. So although the buildings are majestic, big, full of glorious detail and homage to the past, they look … More Zacatecas
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