Somebody once told me the world is gonna love meI run the best Big Things site you’ve readOne day I was having fun eating tacos in the sunWhen I saw a Big Starfish up ahead Well, the tears start coming and they don’t stop comingDodging the traffic, I hit the ground runningDidn’t make sense not to run, run, runTowards Fuente del Ceviche, yum, yum, yum! … Continue reading Fuente del Ceviche, Cancún, México
Hey, hey, he’s a monkey!And people say he monkeys aroundBut he’s too busy singingIn the middle of México Town! With his outlandish dance moves and carnal passion for raucous bluegrass music, Chango Con Banjo is chimply irresistible! Famous for boogying up a storm on the renowned Avenida Juárez, this funky monkey has been a real ba-boon to the tourism industry since arriving in 2017. Beloved … Continue reading Chango Con Banjo, Ciudad de México
Sizzling, popping, beckoning. Cecina grilling over hot coals awakens something primitive and passionate within even the hardest heart. The smoky aroma, simultaneously sweet and sultry, fills the manic market and tantalises with promises of clandestine desires realised. A swarthy man, his moustache dripping with perspiration, roughly tosses the fragrant meat upon a plastic plate and then delicately drowns it in mole, the legendary, intoxicating local … Continue reading El Trio de Jaguares Alebrije, Oaxaca
A tropical island full of women sounds like Hell on Earth to a man of my tastes, so it would take something special to lure me towards México’s Isla Mujeres. That something special arrived in the shape of an enormous iguana – named, creatively, Iguana – and so off I popped to the sultry Island of Women. Isla Mujeres rests a few kilometres off the … Continue reading Iguana, Isla Mujeres, México
