"As a travel journalist, I have spent significant chunks of my life over the past two decades in Mexico. I have lived for several weeks or months in different places - inside and around Merida, Oaxaca, Pueblo, Laguna Bacalar, Campeche, Tepotzlan, Chiapas, Juventino Rosas, San Miguel de Allende, Chihuahua, and more. I found each area of the country to be culturally deep, historically rich, culinarily happy-making, architecturally pleasing, and filled with people I genuinely liked and connected to."
"When a trip is unplanned, you have to listen carefully to locals, interact with them, look for signs, check out local media, and trust your own instincts. You'll likely see all the top tourist sites, but you will do it in your own way. And you will encounter sites, sounds, aromas, facts, people that you never expected, and on your own, personal path to joy."
Significant time was spent across Mexico over two decades, with weeks or months lived in Merida, Oaxaca, Puebla, Laguna Bacalar, Campeche, Tepotzlan, Chiapas, Juventino Rosas, San Miguel de Allende, Chihuahua, and more. Each region offered cultural depth, rich history, joyful cuisine, pleasing architecture, and warmly connected people. A month in Mexico City felt different and healing. Anxiety and helplessness provoked by events abroad prompted a need for change and restoration. An unplanned approach to travel encouraged listening to locals, following instincts, and immersing in present sensory experiences. Limiting news consumption and embracing serendipity fostered calm and renewed perspective.
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