This is the third in a series about the HE Travel Mayan Wonders Cultural Tour. Click if you missed Part 1 or Part 2 By Sara Moses Today we had a free morning to explore the Hacienda grounds and tour the abandoned works and airy main home. Wouldn’t it be relaxing to sleep in that hammock? And just […]
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Mayan Ruins and Contemporary Mexico (Part 2)
This is the second in a series about the HE Travel Mayan Wonders Cultural Tour. Click to read Part 1 By Sara Moses We left our hotel in Valladolid after an early breakfast in order to be first visitors at the Mayan ruins of Ek Balam. This place was so unexpectedly satisfying. The ornate decorations here […]
Mayan Ruins and Contemporary Mexico (Part 1)
By Sara Moses Over New Years’ week at the start of 2016, I hosted a wonderful group of gentlemen on a fascinating and colorful tour in Mexico. We visited Quintana Roo and Yucatan, the country’s eastern-most states, to see some of the best-known ruins of Mayan civilization. But first, we relaxed at an all-inclusive resort on the […]
Hiking the Salkantay Inca Trail (Part 4)
By Zachary Moses This is the fourth in a series. Click to read Part 1 , Part 2, or Part 3 I was awake ALL night. Seriously, the whole night. I had A LOT of coffee. A LOT. I’m not complaining. I had a blast! I ended up partying with the porters and cooks into the wee […]
Hiking the Salkantay Inca Trail (Part 2)
By Zachary Moses This is the second in a series. Click HERE to read Part 1! Day 3: Continues… After checking into our Cusco hotel, we enjoyed a little free time. Outside of the hotel I saw a little girl stacking oranges in a café window across the street. She turned out to be the […]
Hiking the Salkantay Inca Trail (Part 1)
By Zachary Moses Last September I visited Machu Picchu in Peru for the first time. Before I left, I was told that I needed to stop eating gluten. What? Seriously? What am I supposed to eat? Practically everything has wheat gluten (a binding agent) in it. Since food restrictions are a common concern among our […]