The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky
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Why riding El Chepe through Copper Canyon is amazing El Chepe is one of the world’s great train trips, spanning 673 km (418 miles) from Chihuahua (northern Mexico) to Los Mochis on the Pacific Coast. …
A Guide on What to See and Do in Montreal. I’m always blogging about exotic foreign places and it hit me that I’ve never posted photos or written anything about the city where I lived for 25 years. …
BBQboy’s Walking tour of Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal Updated August 2024. Every guide to Montreal recommends a visit to the Plateau Mont-Royal. But I’ve yet to see anything …
The Pueblo Magico town of San Cristobal de las Casas When planning my trip to Mexico my mother had suggested that we visit San Cristobal de las Casas in the Chiapas region. Besides being a beautiful …
Why you should go to Guadalajara I was about 36 hours in Guadalajara, a short stop between the week I spent exploring the Copper Canyon and meeting my mom in San Miguel de Allende. I’ll admit I didn’t …
Divisadero – the highlight of the Copper Canyon “Why are you staying over at Divisadero? It’s a train stop, it’s not even a real town”. The question was posed by the owner of one of those companies …
Visiting the Pueblo Magico town of Creel Creel is for many people the base when visiting Mexico’s Copper Canyon. It’s the tourism hub in the region. The thing however is that it is not …
Chihuahua – a place not to avoid How’s that for a compliment? I really had no idea what to expect on Chihuahua, the internet being surprisingly void of information on this city in Northern Mexico. But …
A year of Airbnb apartments Note: This is an older post dating back to 2015. ————— We had never used Airbnb before last summer. Move the clock forward and we’ve …
