Apr 25, 2020 | America, Mexico, Travel Itineraries, Yucatan
The Yucatan peninsula is one of the most impressive places I have ever visited! I lived in its capital, Mérida, for a semester, and this city is a great starting point to visit several other places of this beautiful state, since it is in a very central position in...
Apr 14, 2020 | America, Mexico, Travel Itineraries, Yucatan
For those who don’t know, I lived in the city of Mérida, Yucatán, between January and May 2015, an exchange financed by Santander, Ibero-American program, still when I was in university. There were two main reasons for choosing this city, the first is because it...
Aug 20, 2018 | America, Mexico, Yucatan
Imagine a place with paradisal beaches, an island without cars, in which the few hotels that exist are not skyscrapers that destroy the landscape. Imagine beautiful birds you’ve never seen in your life, imagine eating lobster pizza or swimming with whale sharks! I...
Aug 12, 2017 | America, Mexico, Travel Itineraries, Yucatan
Every time I talk about the city where I lived in Mexico, Mérida, as it isn’t “famous” in Portugal, I always tell it is near Cancún. Actually there’s a five hour way separating both cities, but for Mexico that’s close. Though there are...
May 17, 2017 | America, Mexico, Travel Tips, Yucatan
I spent five months in Mérida, Yucatán with a scholarship from Santander Ibero American Programs. The scholarship was of 2300€ for the whole semester and it is the same to every destination, independently of the costs of the city or how far away it is (for example,...
Sep 21, 2015 | America, Mexico, Travel Tips, Yucatan
I was in Florence, doing my Erasmus, loving my second year abroad. It was April, which meant the experience was almost over and, though I love Portugal, I really didn’t want to go back for two more years of university. One day I arrive home after school and I...
