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San Miguel de Allende is an expat haven and a popular destination for people in our various nomad groups. Since we were in Mexico City we decided to take the bus for 4.5 hours to come and see for ourselves what all the fuss is about. Read more
Outside the historic city center there is so much to visit that this post ended up being way longer than I thought so I had to leave a few things out. Hopefully what’s left are the interesting bits 😂 Our first excursion was to the district of Coyoacan to visit the Frida Kahlo museum. Neither of us knew much about Frida Kahlo Read more
And we’re off our on South American adventures! The first stop on our way was Mexico City. Neither of us has been here before and it was the best non-stop flight we could find from Calgary that did not take us into the US. Read more
During our Mexico City stay we joined a tour to visit the Teotihuacan Pyramids. We chose an early morning tour (ie picked up at 6:30am) with Mexican Tales to try and beat the crowds, the tour did not include shopping stops or lunch which was perfect. We really wanted to focus on seeing the historic site and not get caught up in a bunch of touristy add ons. Read more
When I began writing this post I started to say we have been rather lazy these past couple of months, but between golfing, going to the gym and time with family and friends we kept pretty busy. Just not doing things worth writing about if you’re looking for travel inspiration for Calgary 😂 Read more
Our most recent 3 months in Australia were spent exploring the east coast, returning to a few favorite spots but mainly exploring the northern Queensland coastline, an area we have not been to before. Once we started heading north from Brisbane the journey was all about being in nature and finding the best beach walks. Read more
When we left Palm Cove we drove to our penultimate destination in Far North Queensland, Cape Tribulation in the Daintree Rainforest, which unsurprisingly gets a lot of rain. The average annual rainfall here is 137 inches (11.5 ft) with some areas receiving up to 228 inches (19 ft) of precipitation a year!! 70% of this rain falls during the wet season Read more
As we continued northward our next stop was just 25 minutes past Cairns to the beachside suburb of Palm Cove, so named after the palm trees that line the beach. Due to the small size of Palm Cove and its tourism focus, the provision of tourist services is the main business around here. There are lots of cafes, bars and restaurants, hotels, watersports operators and shops lining the waterfront. Read more