Leaving Mexico

a post mortem blog on my Mexican experience

Hola todos, just leaving Mexico as I wrote this one. This blog post is to give a bit of an overall post mortem on my little over a month long stay in Mexico.

Mexico firstly is a big country and while I have seen a good chunk of it here I haven’t even seen a quarter of it’s 32 states. As for what there is to see here there is some amazing history and nature to see here all across it. What I have seen of it is only scratching the surface. There’s definitely more than enough I haven’t seen here to come back for another month some time.

Overall I have enjoyed Mexico and from what I have seen of it, it has been a very nice place though I get that the route I have traveled is one going through the safer parts of Mexico. Plenty of regions here are still dangerous for travellers but at least this time no real danger was found apart from some individual encounters with people that made me feel uncomfortable.

I have at no point felt unsafe walking about at night here. I have also found that the Mexican people are pretty warm and approachable and it’s easy to strike up a conversation if you have at least a little bit of Spanish though the younger ones often want to talk to you in English is what I’ve seen.

To summarize each place:

So, of what I have seen of this country how to some it up? In order of where we went:

Mexico City (CDMX) – CDMX is a capital city and very much like other capitals it is a world of it’s own. I liked it here but same time it’s not the authentic Mexico you see when you get outside. That said if I ever come back here there’s lots to see I didn’t get to.

Puebla – This was Simon’s recommended stop and it was worth the extended stay. It isn’t overly touristy and there is enough to do but you do have to go out of your way to go and see the sights. Being a large university city it has some good nightlife and people are pretty approachable. I could happily come back here.

Oaxaca city – Oaxaca I did not enjoy too much outside of doing the guided tours. This was not so much because of anything bad about the city but rather that it was dull as I didn’t meet anyone too interesting until the last day more or less. That said if I come back to Mexico the place deserves a rerun.

Salina Cruz – As a tourist is recommend skipping this one as while the beach is quite nice there isn’t much to do here in the day or night, if your looking for beach action go to Puerto Escondido instead. Otherwise probably move on. Definitely a one and done place.

Tuxtla Gutiérrez – A strange place and I didn’t like it, Read the road to Chiapas part 2 and the hotel review video but the TLDR version here is it was nasty accomodations combined with it being hard to get a beer and some food in the night made me bail on this place.

San Cristobal – Probably the favourite place I’ve been so far on this trip. The city itself is small but there is plenty to do here. The people here have been very nice as well both locals and travellers I have met. There’s more to go out and see around it too but I only managed to do cañón Sumidero. I do slightly regret not getting out of town a bit more but it was really fun staying here and definitely will come back here if I come back to Mexico.

If you want to ask me anything about any of these places leave a comment or dm me on Instagram.

big picture dump coming up: