Thompson Beach House Hotel

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The Thompson Beach House had me at the word “beach”. Going to the city of Playa del Carmen, you expect to spend a lot of “toes-in-the-sand” time. Why not make it easy on yourself by booking a hotel that sits directly on the shore? Welcome to the Thompson Beach House in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Why… Read more

The Solo Travel Splurge

Posted in Japan| Mexico| Solo Travel
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Does the thought of solo travel leave you feeling a bit anxious? What if, instead of focusing on feelings of loneliness and awkward conversations with strangers, you focused on the idea of the Solo Travel Splurge? In other words looking at all the ways, both big and small, that you can enjoy being on your own… Read more

Mexico City: 48 Hours in Photos, Part 2

Posted in Mexico| Photography

I was going through my photos over the weekend and came across more pictures from my recent Mexico City trip. I feel they deserve their own post…I hope you do as well. So here we are with Mexico City: 48 Hours in Photos, Part 2.I have never actually gotten my shoes shined, but this looks like a… Read more

A Table for One?

Posted in Mexico| Solo Travel
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I don’t know when I began answering the question “Table for One?” with a slightly hostile-toned “Yes” through slightly gritted teeth, but I did notice that happening more than once on my latest trip to Mexico City. Maybe it is because at home “table for one?” just sounds like a question, but in other countries, it… Read more

Mexico City's Ballet Foclorico

Posted in Culture| Dance| Mexico

In Mexico City and looking for something to do after the sun sets? Not that you’d ever run out of restaurants, bars and music venues to check out, but I can also highly recommend an buying tickets to the city’s Ballet Foclorico.  They have performances on Wednesday and Sunday nights in the beautiful theater in the… Read more

Feeling Safe in Mexico City

Posted in Mexico| Planning| Safety
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Mexico City is one big city, (a HUGE city, actually) and like any big city there is bound to be some level of crime that you need to be aware of. But is that level of crime so much higher than any other major world city? I had often been told yes and had even been… Read more

Finding Frida

Posted in Mexico

Although I admittedly did not have too many plans going into to this Mexico City trip, I did tell myself that if I did nothing else in the D.F., come hell or high water, I was going to visit the Frida Kahlo museum. Now I did not grow up loving Ms. Kahlo’s art – there was… Read more

Mexico City: 48 Hours in Photos

Posted in Mexico

A three-day weekend says to me “where shall we go, Nailah”.  My answer this time was “How about Mexico City?”.  I don’t know when my interest in going to Mexico City started.  I feel like it was before I watched the movie Frida and I fell in love with all of the vibrant colors of the D.F.  I… Read more