If you are into food, I think you will like Guadalajara. As a big city it offers a huge variety, from best Mexican cuisine to all kinds of international dishes! And no matter if it´s a simple taco stand or an upper-class restaurant, in Guadalajara you´ll get an unbeaten value for money. I would even say the city would be worth a visit JUST for the food! During my time there I aimed to try every recommendation I got and, as an outcome, here are - only and exclusively - my absolute favorites.
Guadalajara is an amazing place if you really want to experience modern Mexico, a little less touristy, a bit more authentic. Here are some events taking place in Guadalajara weekly, where you´ll barely find any tourists.
The city of Guadalajara has its own unique charm and loads of places to discover while tourism is pretty low. Because it´s one of the destinations not everyone visits, you won´t have a hard time avoiding the masses to discover a very authentic modern Mexico.
Chiapas is one of the greenest areas in Mexico. It comes with amazing turquoise waterfalls, pre-hispanic ruins and the very authentic city of San Cristobal. In my opinion it's one of the completely underestimated locations in Mexico, already a famous travel destination among mexicans but still not really discovered by international tourists. Therefore it's probably one of the cheapest places you'll visit in Mexico and I think as well one of the most beautiful.
Meanwhile known all over the world, the mexican "day of the dead" is actually not a day but rather a week of celebration. In Mexico it's the most important festivity of the year and while the tradition comes from the indigineous, the day was set by the Spaniards equal to the catholic "All Saints' Day". Being in Mexico for this day was one of the most touching experiences I had during my stay and so different from what I expexted!
It´s the perfect TRAVEL location! Mexico is huge, it unites several different climates and its mix of cultures is ineffable. Among my favorite locations were the Cenotes on the Yucatan peninsula, the pre-hispanic ruins (not only Mayas inhabited Mexico before the Spaniards arrived!) all over the country and the lonely white beaches. The best thing: … Continue reading 3 reasons why Mexico is the best destination for an exchange
Five months in Mexico passed and I'd like to share a personal flashback to my first two days in the country, my expectations and the reality.
I honestly think if you follow these six simple rules you won´t have any severe problems, even if you´re visiting a country like Mexico!
In my post "Security in Mexico" I explained that I'm convinced if you follow some simple rules, nothing severe will happen to you. Still, there are some things that are unfortunately not really unusual to happen EVEN IF you follow those rules. And although none of them happened to me (lucky duck), some of my friends were a little less blessed and those are actually all misfortunes that happened around me. I got more sensible for certain situations when those things happened to my friends, so I hope this short post might help you to prepare better for your visit!
After all the Mexico-praising posts I wrote, I want you to know I'm not denying the issue of safety that exists in the country. Mexico´s homicide rate is skyrocketing. More than 30.000 people were killed in 2018, numbers that weren´t reached since 1997. Rates are rising as well in before inviolated, touristic areas like Quintana Roo. Mexico as a bridge between South America and the United States is the scene of bloody fights between the cartels over drug trafficking routes. Although nobody can or should deny those facts, I'll try to explain you why I still felt way safer than I expected.
