A Year in Mexico: In numbers

In the last year we have:

1. Stayed in over 50 Airbnbs/hotels

2. Travelled roughly about 12,000km round Mexico, through 16 states (of 32 states)

3. Had to get our car towed twice & fixed in 15 different garages

4. Visited around 20 archaeological sites

5. Swum in 10 cenotes

6. Completed 1 month of language school in Guatemala

7. Hosted 4 sets of guests

8. Learned to dance Salsa after just 4 lessons

9. Kinda learned to surf after 5 lessons each

10. Kinda learned to speak Spanish

11. Went paddle boarding for the first time

12. Read around 52 books each

13. Drunk way too many Margaritas (Kathryn) [Ben edit: "Too many" = 4]

14. Drunk Tequila in Tequila

15. Tried Micheladas (lager with lime and spicy salt)

16. Tried cactus, locusts (Ben), Shark (Ben), Marlin pate (Ben), “Mad” corn on the cob (Kathryn)

17. Managed not to start drinking till the evening (usually)

18. Met lots of lovely people

19. Swum with rays, turtles, sea lions and all kinds of colourful fish

20. Got up close & personal to grey whales in Magdalena Bay

21. Only visited a hospital once (for my nephew, nothing serious)

22. Seen millions of butterflies at the Monarch butterfly colonies in Michoacan

23. Seen crocodiles, raccoons, flocks of parrots, horses and a rattle snake in the wild

24. Encountered 1 tarantula in the house without screeming (Kathryn), released said tarantula into the wild (Ben)

25. Captured & released 3 scorpions (Ben)

26. Rescued around 100 tadpoles from the swimming pool and released them in a local pond (our nephews with our help)

27. Released a baby turtle into the sea

28. Generally had one totally awesome first year of travelling!