Adventure of a Mapchick map!
Kimery in her Tulum cabana, plotting an adventure!

Kimery in her Tulum cabana, plotting an adventure!

La Bruja Restaurant-Isla Mujeres La Bruja restaurant Isla Mujeres is located in Colonia La Gloria, on our Isla Mujeres map. Map 2, side A #42 La Bruja, which means “the witch” in Spanish is one of those “must eat” places for me, even if I don’t have to! You can’t imagine how hungry…
Why we love Holbox What is it about Isla Holbox that makes us yearn to go back? As soon as we stepped off the ferry on to Holbox island, we felt it. It’s that feeling that we knew we would love it here. The first thing you notice is the streets are sand, no…
How to read your restaurant bill in Mexico How to read your check and what to watch for…. A recent discussion about restaurant checks has prompted me to write a blog post, mainly because something came to my attention that I was not aware of, (I’ll get to that below) Let me first say, you may never encounter…
What is Remilty? A great way to get pesos for your trip Get the Remitly app and send yourself money right from your bank account and pick up your converted to pesos vacation cash in Mexico! It’s the same as Xoom if you’ve ever used Xoom. I recently tried Remitly which was giving me a…
Many years ago, I recall standing in long lines at the bank waiting to exchange our hard-earned, limited supply of U.S. dollars for pesos on our Cancun vacation. You had to get there early, if you showed up too late, you may hit “siesta” everything, including the banks closed down for a time each afternoon…
Big “gracias” to Craig in Wisconsin for sending me the new toll road prices today! The first toll coming from Cancun is 225 pesos, the toll going on to Merida is now 130 pesos. He was not certain but believes the toll at the Chichen Itza exit is now 80 pesos.