Happiness Is Just Around The Bend

During my recent trip to Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico, I was fascinated by the cenotes.  I am sure you have heard about them before.  Just in case, let me clarify what they are. A cenote is a deep natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath. Although a lot of them follow this description, some of them also exist at the bottom of caves.  They are characteristic of the Yucatan Peninsula.  However, they occur in other part of Mexico and Central America.  Sinkholes in other parts of the world are sometimes called cenotes (even though they are not technically cenotes). Today, I want to present you photos of four of the cenotes I visited while touring Mexico.  Hopefully, you will understand why I am so attracted to this magical holes or spots.   S acred Cenote at Chichen Itza This is probably one of the most famous and visited cenotes. It is a huge hole with white walls and greenish water.  You feel really small ...

My Craziest Travel Story Somewhere In Mexico… This is the story of how I accidentally wandered into an extremely remote Mexican village that was openly controlled by a ruthless drug cartel — and what happened next. The other week I was taking an Uber from the airport, chatting with the driver about traveling and working around the world as a nomad. After asking the standard question everyone asks “what’s your favorite country” , he wanted to know if I’ve ever felt in any danger while traveling. Sure, I’ve been scared before. When I crossed the border into Afghanistan by myself on foot. Balancing on rusty beams 300 feet over a canyon in Spain. Attempting to wade across a crocodile-infested river in Costa Rica. Scuba diving without a cage in Fiji face-to-face with bull sharks. Spending the night on an erupting volcano in Guatemala. Illegally hopping a freight train while hitchhiking across America. Yes, looking back, I’ve done some stupid ...