Mexico is known for its ancient Mayan ruins. Some of them are already on our itinerary. Cantona was added rather spontaneously.Cantona was originally a 12km² large and important, but little-known pre-Columbian city. Today you can visit the archaeological site, walk...

We spent the night very close to the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá. There we saw the importance of the cenotes at that time and got a first impression of such a water hole. Now we want to go all the way and literally dive into the Cenote Ik Kil.There are hundreds of...

Welcome to a small tour of one of the most famous Mayan archaeological sites in Mexico: Chichén Itzá. Many things are a number bigger at this site than elsewhere: The Kukulcán pyramid is impressively voluminous, the whole archaeological zone stretches with several...

After so much beach and tranquility in El Cuyo, we are drawn back to civilization, especially for the next Mexican cultural event. Soon it will be Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. We don't want to miss out on this spectacle, so we stop the region around Playa...

As our first newsworthy stop on the Yucatán Peninsula, we stop at the Edzná archaeological site. We are able to spend the night right in front of the site's entrance gates, making us the first visitors to arrive at Edzná in the cool of the morning. We are probably the...

During our trip through Mexico, a certain rhythm slowly settles in. One stop is rather urban, a city or at least in a well-developed village, followed by another stop in nature. This is also the case after San Cristobal de las Casas: We discover another waterfall on...

At last, after many attempts and a few minor and bearable setbacks, we have found THE Caribbean beach campsite in El Cuyo. By chance, we decided to go to El Cuyo at short notice to have a few simple days. We drove to the fishing village without any great expectations...

The caves, or grutas, of Cacahuamilpa are enormously impressive. Further down, directly at the main entrance, a river leads past the caves. This river used to flow underground through the caves, which contributed to their enormous size. Gradually the caves were eroded...

In Mexico we travel from highlight to highlight. At least that's how the current part of our journey seems to us. As soon as we leave the impressive prehistoric city of Teotihuacán behind us, we marvel at an inviting water world in the Grutas Tolantongo. This is a...

After San Miguel de Allende, our next destination is one of the silver cities of Mexico: Guanajuato. Already in the 16th century the first silver deposits were discovered and exploited in Guanajuato. Accordingly, the history of the city goes back a long time. With the...

We love the change between nature and the urban jungle. Accordingly, the way to Oaxaca does not lead us far but nevertheless into a completely different scenery to Hierve el agua. It is a petrified waterfall in the middle of green hills. We couldn't really imagine how...

Jalcomulco – a lucky coincidence for us How did we find the way to Jalcomulco although we had entered a completely different place about 20km away from it in our satnav for most of the time? Originally, we wanted to have a look at a small village, but it turned out to...

There are many things for us to see and do in Mérida. So, let's dig in! The city center of Mérida is best known for its large main square with park. Here tourists and local people meet equally and at any time of the day or night. In addition, the city center is...

In Chiapas there is a considerable national park, which protects a part of the original jungle. We don't want to miss that. Moreover, the stop is perfectly located about halfway between San Cristobal and our next destination, Palenque. The direct road in between is...

On our journey through Mexico, we drive to the next Mexican city in which the buildings from the colonial era are still well preserved and numerous. In a very small space the old town of Morelia has a concentrated load of colonial architecture to offer. Today's mix of...

Once again, we are reporting from another colonial city in Mexico. Many of the cities were strongly influenced by the Spanish colonial masters and accordingly their influence is omnipresent until today. Oaxaca illustrates very well how colonial cities were planned and...

We actually come to Palenque because of one attraction. This attraction is the excavation site of Palenque with its Mayan ruins in the foothills of the lowland jungle which we had just visited in the Montes Azules National Park. The exposed parts of the ruins of...

We visit one of the largest cities in Mexico: Puebla. By now we are somewhat used to the high altitude. At first, we were not aware of the fact that most of Mexico is located at an altitude of more than 2000 meters above sea level. Puebla is located at about 2200...

On our onward journey we come to the next state of Mexico: Chiapas. Really cliché is the crossing of the border of the states: While in Oaxaca it was still fairly dry and hot, the landscape changes into dense, green jungle and our road winds its way back up to an...

Due to a recommendation we go to San Miguel de Allende. And how this recommendation paid off for us! We find a wonderful Mexican city with a very well and faithfully preserved historic center. And not only that, thanks to great tourist influence – especially from the...

After Morelia we come to the next historical silver town: Taxco. Here there was already mining in the 16th century to get the valuable metals and minerals in the rock. Mainly silver was mined. There are also deposits of gold, sulfur and other mineral resources. Today...

Near the capital of Mexico, Mexico City, lies one of the most important prehistoric ruin metropolises of the American continents – Teotihuacán. Nothing is known about the original builders, as this civilization probably only knew a spoken but not a written language....

Tulum is a Mayan site that is particularly famous for its location. It is located directly by the sea and some ruins still overlook the Caribbean Sea off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula. We arrive early at the archaeological zone so that we can avoid the crowds of...

Finally, we have our Ben back! Now we can start into our continuation of the adventure overlanding in Central and South America. We honestly had to earn the receipt of our camper Ben. After a short stopover in Cancún, supposedly to shorten the waiting time in...