Places - Mexico | Uphill Zen

Me encanta Mexico! 😀

This wonderful country is huge, with SO many beautiful beaches, friendly people, amazing ruins, picturesque peaks, and culinary delights. I love it, and Zennie and I are lucky we can spend serious time here, rolling slowly around the country and exploring many of its cool places. Yay! 😎

Map of Zennie's travels in Mexico — Mexico – Map of our travels so far, through 26 states in Mexico

Some Mexico pix

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Steps leading down into a #cenote. I love this one because to me it captures the mystery. 😊💚 What lies below? A beautiful blue pool? 💧 A cavern with intricate formations? Until you descend those stairs yourself, you can never know. 🙈 And those steps into the unknown, leading to a sense of discovery and a new experience... that's what makes it an #adventure! 😎
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This is the last of my Yucatán pix before switching gears (literally!) 🌴➡️⚙️ But that's a story for another day! 😊
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In most cenotes, the pool is the star of the show, beckoning you in for a swim. 👈🏊‍♀️ But sometimes the #cave itself steals the spotlight! 🌟
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I camped by this #cenote for days. 🚐🗓 On weekdays, it was my own little #magical place for a swim. 😊💙 The pool was wonderfully refreshing, but if you walk (and crawl) all the way to the back of the cave, this is what you find. 😱😀 #surprise
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#Zennie on the road to another little beach camp. 🚐👍 The Caribbean is just over that little hill on the left, and a big sandy beach! ☀️🌊 ... ... We drove on plenty of tiny roads around the Yucatán - that's how you get to the places the crowds don't go! 🙄 Of course sandy roads leave Zennie needing a bath 🚐🚿🧼 (a frequent state of affairs)... But it's totally worth it! 😎 #dirtywindows #finewithme
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This is it! 😱 The book I've been working on for so long is finally just... about... here! 📕👍 The Adventurer's Guide to Mexico's Yucatán will be out on Amazon next week, bringing you 15 adventures to discover lost cities, deserted beaches and the soul of the Yucatán. ... ...
The best places I found in all my wanderings are in here, with lots of inspirational photos and all the info you need to make these experiences your own. It's really been a labor of love, and even looking at them again now makes me long to be back. 😎💚🌴
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The official launch (and launch party!) is next Monday. After many months of work, the big day is nearly here! I'm so excited, it barely feels real! 😂 #booklaunch #partytime
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I'll never get tired of the color of the water here. 💙💚😎
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People talk about Playa del Carmen being a sleepy fishing town, but those days are long gone. Tulum, too, has been discovered and changed forever. If you want to escape the crowds, keep going. 🚐 At the very end of the road, as far as you can drive, you'll find this tiny village. A few dirt streets, a deserted pier, and this gorgeous water... 💙💚😎
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#mexico #quintanaroo #roo

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Another marvelous #cenote! ⭐️👍 This one is like a giant sinkhole, open to the sky. The walls are a hanging garden 🌿 with long roots & vines stretching down to the water, and far below the surface lies the cool, clear beautiful pool. 💧💙 #enticing
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I camped here with Zennie, which meant I could be last in in the evening and first in the morning. Having this luscious cenote to yourself? #Priceless! 😎
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I ❤️ pyramids! I went to 27 different #Mayan archaeological sites in the Yucatán - big, small, famous, unknown. I'd have to say this one tops my list. ⭐️ It has not one, but three massive #pyramids, and unlike Chichén Itzá or Tulum, you can climb them all! 👍😀 From the top of one, you can gaze over the #rainforest canopy and see the others sticking up over the trees. Spectacular! 😱
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It's a huge site, and about a thousand years ago was the power center of a vast empire. Archaeologists have identified thousands of structures here -most are still unexcavated and mysterious. This is the *perfect* ancient city lost in the jungle! 😎
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Nothing like having your own little #beach! 🌴😎
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I camped here for a week 🚐📆 and it was wonderful! There were guys who came through once in awhile picking coconuts 🥥, and on the weekend a few other people showed up. But most of the time, this was my secret place to walk the beach 🏖, stare at the waves 🌊read a mystery 📖, practice yoga on the sand 🧘‍♀️, and watch the sunset🌅. Getting away from it all = This. 😊 #muytranquilo
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Just dodge the palm fronds 🌴 and follow this track to the end to reach a lovely little sandy beach 🌊⛱, another of my Yucatán greatest hits. ⭐️ ... ...
I camped here for a week in Zennie 🚐📆, and most of the time I had it all to myself. 👣 It's a pretty luxurious feeling! 😎 Just make sure not to park under any falling coconuts! 🥥😉 #wannagoback
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Switching gears... It's been hot this summer 🔥, and I'm really missing the #cool beautiful cenotes of the Yucatan! 💦 Oh, to be able to swim in one of these luscious underground #pools again! 😊💭🏊‍♀️
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This spot is one of my favorites. ⭐️ There are 32 cenotes at this little town, all shapes & sizes, each one unique. I camped 🚐 by one #cenote for a couple of weeks while checking out the others, but I didn't make it to all 32, so I need to go back! 😎 #gottadoit
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It's part of a big project that I've been working on just about forever. Or at least it feels that way 🙇‍♀️, but it's nearly done! Just a couple of weeks left... 📆🎉 #almostthere .............
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This #anchorage is small in size but big in drama, with mountains plunging to the sea and a tiny private beach. Because of the way the rocks come in here, there's really only room for one boat to swing comfortably. Sadly, this other #sailboat was here before us and already had the spot. But someday... 💭⛵️ ... I'll be back! 😎 #perfectspot .............
#mexico #bajasur #bcs

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This picture's enough - no need for a thousand words! ⛵️😎💚
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Baja #sailing is about getting away from the crowds. ⛵️😎 The anchorage at Los Gatos is a pretty spot with cool red rock formations, and you can see how crowded it was here. 😊 We did find other boats anchored everywhere we went in Baja, but it's a far cry from the more popular #cruising areas. ⛵️🚤🛥⛵️🛶🚤⛵️ As much as I love the BVI, there's something really special about cruising over here - the nature, the quiet, the beauty, and the fact that you don't need to race to get a mooring ball at the next bay! 😂 #farfromthecrowds .............
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Nayarit – The Riviera is calling

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Sinaloa – Mazatlán and magic towns

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Veracruz – Gulf shores and tropical forests

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Puebla – In the shadow of the volcano

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Tlaxcala – History, mountains and bulls

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