Mexico
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (9 days ago)
The Gadling crew is one of the most diverse groups of travelers on the web. But different as we are, we're united in our thirst for adventure and our hunger for the open road. You read about our adventures here. Now, we'd like to invite you to travel with us in ...
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
We're categorizing all things romantic over the next few weeks here on Gadling, focusing on "over-the-top" travel packages that allow you to declare your love in true high style.
Today's package comes from one of Mexico's most luxurious resorts, Capella Pedregal, located ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (24 days ago)
No dogs, no children, no lepers please. It's hard not to feel like an undesirable when a hotel you want to bring your family to says, "Sorry, we don't allow children." In America, and many other countries, it's illegal for hotels and other public establishments to deny ...
by Anna Brones (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
There is a certain beauty to street food: it's simple and with one bite you have a true taste of the local culture. Some people even pick their destination based on how much street food they can get. But exotic street food doesn't have to be restricted to the alleyways ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Exactly one year ago, I was embroiled in final edits on my first book, "Cheese for Dummies." It's a 408-page, comprehensive primer on all things cheese, including an extensive geography section.
I was reviewing the "America's" chapter, when I saw that my editor had taken ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
The nearest beach to Merida, Mexico, is Progreso. The ancient Maya frequented Progreso to collect sea salt from lagoons near the coast. Salt was a valuable product for trade for the ancient Maya – so valuable that many Maya made the trek frequently, despite its ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
A marching band, or what sounded just like one, woke me up on Sunday morning. I'd celebrated my husband's birthday with him in downtown Merida the night before and although the brassy wake up call was early, I was happy. We'd been serenaded by a beautiful Spanish-style ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
The Yucatan peninsula lies on limestone bedrock. Water erodes passageways through limestone in a sporadic sort of way in this area. Andrew Kinkella, a Maya archaeologist, describes what happens as a "Swiss-cheese effect underground." Some of these eroded passageways have ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
"Dog!" I exclaimed to my husband, who was driving our small rental car along a toll-free road that meanders slowly through the towns of the Yucatan, slowly meandering much like the many stray dogs along these roads. Sometimes the dogs would sleepily walk into the road ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Travelers can know more about biology and photography by sourcing knowledge in a variety of ways. Online research leads to entire websites devoted to teaching us both. Locally, area colleges and universities will have lab-grade biology experiences as well as hands-on ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Mexico, apparently immune to the scary headlines that might as well have been "Dying In Mexico A Sure Thing For Tourists," is enjoying a robust return to business-as-usual. In fact, the Mexican Tourist Board predicts record numbers of visitors to the country in 2013.
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by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
The world didn't end and we knew it wouldn't. Here we all are on this planet and it's still spinning the way it should spin and we're all still online with working Internet connections, just as we should be. Cue Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place."
Now that ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Every other billboard seemed to mention 2012 as I drove along that famously flat stretch of road from Cancun to Playa del Carmen. I was on my way to spend a couple of days relaxing at Grand Velas Riviera Maya, but the easiest way to reach Riviera Maya is via Carretera ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
I visited the Yucatan recently and stopped into Cenote Suytun when I was passing through Valladolid, Mexico. Photographer Ben Britz was with me and, without my knowing, he snapped this photo of me in the cenote. The natural reverb in the cavern was majestic. The sound of ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
The holidays are stressful for many reasons, one of which is gift pressure. Host(ess), Christmas and Hanukkah gifts, gifts for neighbors, obligatory "thank you for the great mail delivery/haircuts/massages gifts."
You know what makes for a thoughtful gift that reduces ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
If you want to meet Maya people, go to the Yucatan. More specifically, go to the city of Merida. Merida's population is nearly at a million and 60% of all inhabitants are of Maya ethnicity. Roughly a third of the population of Merida speak Mayan - the Yucatec Maya ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
A charismatic and talkative man of Maya descent approached me one lively Friday evening just outside of La Plaza Grande in Merida, Mexico. With infectious enthusiasm, he discussed the history of the Maya in the Yucatan and Merida with me; his face gained color and ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
There are certain images we see in our social network feeds over and over, especially at certain times of year: the Thanksgiving turkey, the decorated Christmas tree, and the vacation favorite: the bare feet on a beach chair (recently called "the loneliest pic in the ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Tim Leffel's mission is to help skinflints like me find travel destinations they can afford. He traveled around the world on a shoestring with his wife three times and decided to write a book about the world's cheapest countries after realizing that there was no single ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
With the help of filmmaker Roman Coppola, son of director Francis Ford Coppola, W Hotels and Intel recently held a travel-inspired screenplay competition. Out of more than 1,000 online entries, four scripts were chosen by Coppola, who then used his production ...
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