This post is part of a series called Yosemite & Death Valley 2020 After a very nice time in Yosemite, we started heading towards Death Valley National Park, by crossing the continental divide at Tioga Pass and then to Mono Lake; the Tioga Road actually went through Yosemite National Park at its northern boundary. Some…
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This post is part of a series called Yosemite & Death Valley 2020 Yosemite, June 2020 After Bacalar Lake in Quintana Roo trip in January 2020, Covid hit and we were all travel curbed and were itching to get out again. In June 2020, after some relaxation of the isolation rules, some flights had re-started,…
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After New Years eve in Mexico City, we decided to spend a few days checking our Bacalar Lake in Quintana Roo, Mexico, with our friends from Dallas. We flew into Cancun, rented a car, and drove south via Playa Del Carmen; past Tulum and Akumal, and drove south close to the Belize border. The drive…
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Mexico City, Mexico, Dec 2019 After our long trip through Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbeksitan) in Sept-Oct 2019, we decided to spend 2019-2020 New Year’s eve timeframe to explore Mexico City. We stayed initially at the Intercontinental Hotel in the Polanco area; which was a nice, upscale, area. Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico, as…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road Uzbekistan Oct 2019 Tashkent, Oct 2019 Oct 26, 2019 The flight from Urgench (Khiva) to Tashkent was a short flight of 1hr and 10mins; we arrived at the domestic terminal, which was empty & collected our suitcases from the roller belt. We had booked at…
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