We have discovered that it is not easy to keep moving. The hardest days we have are moving days and they come along every three to four days (sometimes one or two days). Moving days are stressful and tiring. First we have to pack everything we have back into our backpacks. It is always a struggle to get everything in and organized.  And of course Michael always has to complain that we have too much stuff!

Then once we are packed and loaded we have to get to the bus station. That involves different modes of transportation including walking, bus, taxi or subway. Taxi is the easy way out and the most expensive so we have only taken a taxi when we arrived in the evening or we didn’t know where we were going. Usually we can figure out which city bus to take to our accommodation but sometimes we end up walking several blocks. When we arrived in Mexico City (think big and crowded) we caught a city bus outside the bus station and the driver was very helpful in telling us where to get off. What we didn’t know was we had to walk eleven blocks carrying our backpacks. When we are leaving a city we know how to get back to the bus station so that is a little easier. In Mexico City we took the subway, that was an adventure in itself.

Mexico City Terminal

It is always a relief once we get to the bus station because they are usually comfortable and air conditioned. Once we get on the bus we can finally relax. Buses in Mexico are much more luxurious than buses in the United States. They are super clean with nice restrooms, wide seats that recline, foot rests and a movie (in Spanish) or music. Michael always looks forward to getting on the bus because we are headed somewhere new but about four hours into the ride he starts to get fidgety and can’t wait to get off. Our longest ride so far was eleven hours. That is a long time! We have been trying to plan so that we ride four to six hours.

But the name of the game is to keep moving so tomorrow we will pack up and be on the move again and loving it!