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I visited Quetzaltenango, Guatemala’s second-largest city, commonly known as Xela, back in 2021.
From San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico, I took a night bus to Tapachula, crossed the Ciudad Hidalgo/Tecun Uman border, and then took a minivan to Coatepeque and finally a chicken bus to Quetzaltenango.
This is my own personal list of 16 things to see and do in Xela.
Travelling between Glasgow City Centre and Glasgow Airport (GLA) by bus is simple, fast, and now, even more affordable than ever.
Under the Scottish Bus Fare Cap, single fares on both the Glasgow Airport Express 500 and Bus 77, along with all single adult fares across Glasgow are now capped at just £2.00.
Updated and rewritten: October 2026
The Tarjeta de Movilidad Integrada (MI) commonly referred to as the Metro Card, is Mexico City’s unified public transit card. It is required for most city transit networks because the old paper tickets are no longer issued.
Post updated: October 2026
Visiting the traditional houses ‘Hakka Tulou’ in Yongding, Fujian Province, China, over the New Year period, 2014/2015.
Tren Felipe Ángeles: You can now travel in comfort from Mexico City to the Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Ángeles (AIFA) by train. I took the train just to bring you this blog post.
Updated to include the fare increase (from October 10, 2026).
This is the first in a series of blog posts on cafés in different colonias in Mexico City, with the emphasis on being suitable for digital nomads/travel bloggers, to come with their laptop and get some work done.
Antigua, Guatemala, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Not to be confused with the island of Antigua in the Caribbean which together with Barbuda makes up Antigua and Barbuda.
Full name, La Antigua Guatemala, 45km from Guatemala City at an altitude of 1530m.
The Danxia Landform at the Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park in Gansu Province, travel backstory from 2015.
The Yuanyang Rice Terraces are one of the most visited scenic destinations in China. I was there in 2014.
My visit to the Longji Rice Terraces, also known as the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces. This is one of many in a back catalogue of travel stories from my earlier travels.