As we all know, things can change in the blink of an eye. This is especially true for travel plans!
A week ago, I revealed to you through many exclamation marks and happy tears that I finally had plans to visit a long-anticipated destination, Mexico.
The plan was to travel with a new company, Cantimplora Travel, for 8 days and explore a few cities independently after the fact.
Well, as it turns out, there is still a lot of trepidation and hesitation surrounding travel to Mexico, possibly due to fears over the rapidly spreading Zika virus. Perhaps people are apprehensive to travel to Mexico for other reasons as well–one can only speculate.
As a result, however, the upcoming April tour with Cantimplora didn’t fill up in time and the owners were forced to cancel the trip.
While I’m disappointed by the missed opportunity to travel with Cantimplora, I know that these circumstances are completely outside of their control; in fact, on their end, they were doing everything they could to make the trip happen. It just wasn’t in the cards for this month.
They’ve invited me to travel with them on any other tour at a later date, either this year or in 2017, so it is still very much within the realm of possibility. And of course, I would still be ecstatic to have the opportunity–everything I said in my previous post stands! Unfortunately, I’m unable to commit to a trip in either November or December when they next have availability, so until the dates are closer and my future travel plans more concrete, I can’t say it will happen for sure.
In the meantime, I still have every intention of traveling to Mexico. I already have a flight booked from New York to Mexico City, so over the next few weeks, I will be scheming and strategizing to make the most of this solo excursion. I’ve known Mexico City to be a growing foodie destination, so I’d love to spend a good number of days eating my way through the capital. Oaxaca is another destination that I am greatly intrigued by, and a city a number of other bloggers and nomads have been calling home in recent months. Perhaps I will split my time evenly between the two before heading back to Washington. But who knows?
All that being said, with my travel plans now wide open, I am looking to you for recommendations.
Where have you visited in Mexico that you think I shouldn’t miss? What should I see in Mexico City and Oaxaca? What should I eat?
The trip is sure to be worthwhile and memorable no matter how it pans out. This is the beautiful thing about travel! Whether it goes how you think it will or not, the experience is always valuable.
So, I’m going to Mexico–solo! Leave me your best tips, tricks, and recommendations in the comments. Gracias!
Featured image courtesy of Cantimplora Travel
