Blog Posts for Mexico

Sometimes when visiting a destination, it's the friendliness of the people that strikes you first. Other times it's the smells of food wafting through the air. And then it can also be something as brilliant and wonderful as the colours that will stay with you forever.

We've listed five of the world's most vibrant cities, and a bit of history about how they came to look this way. Sure, there's still friendly people and great food, but it's the architecture that's going to leave you breathless.

Jodhpur, India

Some recent research has uncovered four very different pockets of the globe known as "happiness hotspots". The people lucky enough to live here have reported higher levels of happiness, enjoyment, interest, and respect. 

These happiness hotspots have been identified as Denmark, Singapore, Mexico, and San Luis Obispo, California. 

Anyone who has been lucky enough to visit Mexico knows it is a colourful, fresh, vibrant and incredible place. And the beauty of Mexican cuisine is that it embodies all these things, and more!

This is a two-part blog offering handy tips about money management while travelling. Come back tomorrow for Part 2.

Kristina Wegscheider is co-founder of Do It While You’re Young, a website for young women interested in travelling, studying, working, or volunteering abroad. Follow her on Twitter and be sure to check out the DIWYY Facebook page.

We rode our bikes along a newly paved path about 7km from our new home. I was bursting with anticipation as to what lay ahead. Rounding our final corner, my legs were aching from using the rusty bicycles our landlord had given us, but the taste of the salty air from the Caribbean waters pushed me on. And finally we arrived.

An empty beach. Turquoise waters lapping at the white sand. I was home!

A remote town in Central America’s least-touristed country – Suchitoto is pretty much synonymous with the phrase ‘seldom-visited’. It’s the kind of place we love – off the tourist radar and full of local life and colour.