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Mexico City, Mexico
La Condesa
3-4 day
To do:
- walking tour
- day trip to Teotihuacan - hot air balloon over pyramids and surrounding landscapes
- Bosque de Chapultepec & Chapultepec castle
- museums
Day 1:
- casa azul (Frida Kahlo museum in Coyoacà n)
- after walk to Mercado de Que Acon (Coyoacan Market) for food, art etc - El Hitachi for coffee
- Vasconcelos library
- mezcal tasting
- shops in Polanco
- walk through Parque México
- visit Palacio de Bella’s Artes
- go to a lucha libre fight
Tips:
- safe places are Roma Norte and Condesa
- use the metros (cheap & easy)
Where to eat:
- Mandalina Restaurant for brunch
- Taqueria Orinoco for tacos
- Canton Mexicali for Mexican/chinese food
- niddo cafe for coffee
- el Moro for churros
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Oaxaca, Mexico
To do:
- mezcal tasting
- Hierve el agua
- walking tour
- monte alban (pyramids)
- Cuajimolayas day trip for hikes
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San José del Pacifico, Mexico
To do:
- zip line, bridge/ swing
- mirador
- hiking
- eat at local restaurants- La Montana
Tips:
- travel sickness tablets for dodgy journey
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Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Fly or 18 hour bus
To Do:
- explore beaches
- surf
- food in Juarez cheaper than La Punta
- dolphin and whale boat tours
- bioluminescent algae
- hire mopeds and drive to waterfalls (cascada la reforma)
- lots of clubs, organised raves
Tips:
- stay for a couple of nights in Chacahua
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Mazunte, Mexico
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San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico
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Palenque, Mexico
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Merida, Mexico
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Valladolid, Mexico
Base for Cenotes, Chichen Itza and Ek Balam ruins
Free walking tours leave at 10am, 5pm and 7pm everyday from the main square - look out for the red umbrella!. Recommend 10am one as the food market is only open until 3pm every day
Day 1:
Rent bikes for 6 hours (160 pesos) and ride to Cenote Oxman (150 peso to enter)
Cycle to Cenote Xkeken and Dzitnup (220 pesos for both) - underground cave
Day 2:
Chichen Itza and Ek Balam ruins
Chichen Itza - $614 pesos pp
Ek Balam - $506 pesos pp
Cheaper going to both destinations by collectivo (local) bus Get to Chichen Itza for when it opens at 8am and get a guide
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Bacalar, Mexico
To Do:
✨ Find a cool swimming spot (there isnt any beaches as such, you have to pay most of the time. Our favourite swim spot was Sac-Ha)
✨ Go on a sailing trip on the lake - cost about £30 pp, great way to see the lake and find good swimming spots. Price included 2x drinks per person but you could bring your own on too!
✨ Rent Kayak's or Paddleboards
✨ Go to The Yak Lake House hostel's wednesday night party! Every Wednesday for 150 pesos entry (includes one free drink)
✨ Los Rapidos - slow moving rapids in the lake
Lake shut on wednesday
Food:
- Mr Taco
Shuttle into Belize city then can ferry to caye caulker
Or go down to Xul-Ha for a few days (small village ~15m minutes down from Bacalar, stay a Pepo's little huts on the lake, mostly couples or groups - not solo, great to chill and relax, kayaks and paddle boards free
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Caye Caulker, Belize
To Do:
- Snorkelling tour
- the Split for swim, food and drinks
- Stingrays outside iguana Reef Inn @ 4pm
- Reggae Bar
- Watch sunset at iguana reef inn
Top tips:
- groceries are expensive
Food:
- Ester Crusted Crab
- Kareems Grill
- Erolynns House of Fry (breakfast)
- Caye Caulker Bakery
- Frans beachside Grill
- Wish Willy's
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San Ignacio, Belize
To do:
- ATM Caves
- Rent car - moutiain pine ridge national park, big rock falls, rio frio nature trail, rio on pool
- Market in San Ignacio
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Flores, Guatemala
Flores —> Laquin (Semuc Champey)
- shuttle 175 quetzales 8-10 hour drive
To do:
- Isla de Flores - Mayan Ruins at Tikal (~£230Q)
- thrifting - megapacas
- Jorge's rope swing
Food/drink:
- Sky bar
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San AgustÃn LanquÃn, Guatemala
To do:
- go caving and tubing
- visit Semuc Champey (~200Q)
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Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
San Marcos and San Pedro, Xela
Xela (3days)
✨ Hike to the viewpoint (although beware of the dogs!)
- costs £110 incl. transporting luggage to Lake Atitlan
- company is quetzaltrekkers
- must carry - sleeping bag, sleeping mat, clothes, toiletries, food and water (10kg)
- get a temescal on night 1 so you can wash in local mayan welcome sauna
✨Spanish school
✨ visit the market
✨ go vintage shopping in the megapaca
✨ Eat dinner at La Stampa
San Pedro
- Jade Negro tattoo - flash Fridays 250Qs (£24)
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Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
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El Paredon, Guatemala
Release baby sea turtles
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Santa Ana, El Salvador
Walking tour - Papusa making
Santa Ana Volcano
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Juayua, El Salvador
Seven waterfalls hike
Rita de les flores
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El Tunco, El Salvador
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La unión, El Salvador
Camp at the top of Conchagua volcano
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León, Nicaragua
To enter Nicaragua from El Salvador will be by boat or plane
- UK nationals need to pay $10 entry fee
- Accept US Dollars and Nicaraguan Cordoba
- Most places accept cash only
- if leaving the country by land being small money e.g. 1-5$ as won’t have change at border
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Granada, Nicaragua
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Ometepe, Nicaragua
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Popoyo, Nicaragua
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La Fortuna, Costa Rica
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San José Province, Costa Rica
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Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica
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Bocas del Toro, Panama
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Boquete, Panama
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Valle de Anton, Panama
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Panama City, Panama
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San Blas Islands, Panama
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Cartagena, Colombia
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MedellÃn, Colombia
- Football game
- Communa 13 tour or visit on own
- catch metro to alpujarra station and walk through the centro area - visit plaza Botero, national palace mall and street vendors
- day trip to guatape via bus, complete el peñol rock for a amazing view, catch tuk tuk 10 minutes to guatape town to enjoy colorful town
- free walking tour of centro area
- use cable car to visit parque arvi - catch metro to Acevedo station then swap to cable car
****Check out the Urban Coffee Tour in Barrio La Sierra with Trolley and Cable Car ride****
- walk to La Provenza at night, have dinner and a drink, great place for night out
Speakeasy bars:
- La Casa del Ruby in Poblado - hidden behind ice cream store, 20s theme, Wednesdays and Fridays, live band play salsa music
- Konbini in Poblado - little convenience store (next to la casa), disco vibe, better than la casa
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JardÃn, Colombia
Waterfalls
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Salento, Colombia
Cócora valley
Coffee tour and horse riding
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Cali, Colombia
Salsa lessons
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Minca, Colombia
Hiking and waterfalls
Hostel - Casa Loma Minca or Mundo Nuevo
Los pinos hike - get moto taxis there, fairly long hike, not marked clearly and overgrown in areas, 5 and a half hours with hitch hike from halfway down. Being food
Marinka waterfalls
Coffe farms
Biodiversity tours
Cascada oÃdo del mundo - natural pools 30 min hike from Minca, £1.78 entry, accessible by bike
Food:
Dunk cafe for good sandwiches
La miga panaderia
Lazy cat - nice view, happy hour with cheap burgers
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Palomino, Colombia
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El Rio, Colombia
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Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, Colombia
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Santa Marta, Colombia
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San Gil, Colombia
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Barichara, Colombia
Columbias most beautiful town
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Chicamocha Canyon, Colombia
2 day hike
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Bogotá, Colombia
~3 weeks in Colombia
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Leticia, Colombia
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Iquitos, Peru
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Lima, Peru
2 days
Explore old historic district, minaflores and barranco
Cooking class
Surfing
Surqillo mercardo N1/N2
China town
Walk from barranco to miraflores - sunset drink
Street food
Kennedy park and parque amor
4-5 hour bus to paracas
Inca markets
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Huaraz, Peru
Santa cruz trek
Laguna 69
Laguna churup
Laguna Paron
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Paracas, Peru
1 day
Midday boat trip to Ballestes islands to see penguins and sealions, spend afternoon in national reserve
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Huacachina, Peru
1 hour from Paracas
Desert oasis surrounded by sand dunes
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Arequipa, Peru
Colca Canyon
Yanahura lookout
Oso cafe
Mundo alpaca
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Cusco, Peru
Rainbow mountain
7 lakes Ausungate hike
San Blas markets
San Pedro markets
Sacred valley
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Salkantay, Peru
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Cusco, Peru
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Lima, Peru
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil