Mexico

Mexico: San Miguel de Allende

“Poncho and Lefty”– Mexico Edition (11/01/24)

A lot of these more “edge-of-your-seat” adventures I handle on my own. After the trip, I was reflecting on how this one was different. It is challenging to organize an adventure that fits your tolerances and then flex those expectations in a group environment. You want to live the trip that you envisioned, but you begin to realize that the dynamics of friendship and the benefits it brings are just as important, and worth the effort they require. Continue Reading

Mexico: Cabo San Lucas

“Cabo Wabo(08/05/19)

Back to the story at hand. about a month out of surgery I was going crazy. I booked a cheap ticket to Mexico and planned on just sitting on the beach for a week in Cabo San Lucas. I booked a boutique hotel near the beach and was off. Since it was the middle of the summer it was pretty quiet. Continue Reading

Mexico: Oaxaca

“The Power and the Glory(02/05/13)

I was not planning on going anywhere until my trip to Asia the second week of March but I had to burn some miles.I have spoken before about my love/hate relationship with Spirit Airlines, but I had reached maximum frustration. I cancelled my Spirit credit card after learning that they are now charging $100 each way for carry-on bags. It wasn’t that big a deal as I have pretty much travelled to all the places they fly in Latin America. Continue Reading

Mexico: Cancun

“Let’s Bungle in the Jungle(02/24/09)

I had been planning this trip for a few weeks and looking forward to it for a few months. I was going to Cancun for a wedding, but was going to spend every free moment venturing out into the great unknown, meeting the locals, bonding with them and corrupting them with my western culture. I was to land on a Thursday at 8am, rent a car, and take a visit to La Isla Mujeres for the day before checking into hotel near Cancun.Continue Reading

Mexico: Baja

“Down Mexico Way(04/04/06)

This trip starts in San Diego (I will resist the urge to tell you what Will Farrell thinks that name means in the movie Anchorman). Everyone flew in on a Friday afternoon, checked in the St. James in GasLamp and did a little tour of Old Town.Continue Reading

Darren Hitz

Darren Hitz

Explorer, Storyteller, and Blogger

I have been writing this blog for almost 20 years. After owning and operating a travel company, reconnecting with the outdoors, I now spend a majority of my time exploring both off the beaten path and well worn tourist adventures.

“I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. I saw this look and heard this yearning everywhere in every states I visited. Nearly every American hungers to move.”
― John Steinbeck

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