Goats On The Road Posts
San Cristobal de las Casas: Mexico’s Cool Colonial City
Our bodies slid from left to right, from one side of our seat to the other, as our bus driver took the seemingly endless hair-pin turns at full speed. Trying to fight off the inevitable nausea and motion sickness was the ultimate goal of this 5 hour journey from Palenque to San Cristobal de las Casas ...
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The Ancient Jungle Ruins of Palenque, Mexico
We left behind the colourful, colonial buildings and the flat terrain of the Yucatan area and ventured to the mountainous, rugged, southernmost state in all of Mexico, Chiapas. Although we were still backpacking Mexico, it felt like we were in a different country. With 12 federally recognized ethnicities, Chiapas State has one of the largest group of ...
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Merida, Mexico: The Perfect Base for Day Trips Around the Yucatan (With Video)
When our trip through Central Asia was coming to an end, we started thinking about the 2.5 month gap we had between being in Canada for Christmas and our pet-sitting job in Grenada. We both agreed that our recent trip through one of the least touristy regions in the world was not only adventurous and exciting, but ...
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Teaching English in China: It’s Exhausting!
We spent a year Teaching English in China and although our friends and family back home claimed to work more hours in a week than we worked in a month, we still maintain that our teaching jobs in China were hard work! I’ve had plenty of labour intensive jobs, from working on the oil rigs ...
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5 Must-See Wineries in Beautiful British Columbia
“Wineries in Canada, who knew?” This was a recent comment on our post Top 5 Wineries of the World. Who knew? Well, we knew, and so did thousands of other lucky Canadians! The wineries in our home province of British Columbia are world-renowned and the fertile soils produce some award winning grapes. Stretching from Vancouver Island, ...
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Submerging Into Cenotes: A Cave Dive In Mexico
After finishing up our amazing 5 day press trip with Riviera Maya Tourism in Playa del Carmen, we headed over to Tulum. We had floated down rivers, climbed ruins and watched performances, but I was ready to get under the water. Here I had a truly amazing adventure planned, a dip in Dos Ojos, Mexico’s ...
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