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My travels in 2025 began with a six-week trip to Mexico and the US. Almost entirely to places I had visited before, with only Houston and Austin being new.
And while I’m usually able to keep up the work when traveling, it all fell apart these last two months. In part because of the turmoil in the United States, as the government fully embraces fascism, as phones are searched at borders for political opinions, as ICE kidnaps people, as many frequent visitors refuse to return to the United States, as the economy crashes while the billionaires get richer.
I know what to do as a citizen. I donate. I call my reps. I boycott. I amplify. I protest when I can, and support protestors when I can’t. I even make political travel videos on Instagram and TikTok.
But in terms of the work that actually earns me a living, I’ve felt frozen. I’ve been a professional travel blogger for 15 years. You don’t do any job for 15 years without going through tough times. But what we’re dealing with now is horrific and complicated on a level I haven’t experienced.
I’m in the middle of writing a much larger blog post about this issue, because it deserves to be fleshed out properly. You’ll get that soon.
And now that I’ve mustered up the energy to write about travel again, let’s take a look at the past two months. Under this happy-little-monthly-recap, there’s been more than a bit of screaming.
Destinations Visited
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Mérida, Dzibilchaltún, Progreso, Bacalar, Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Hierve el Agua, Mexico
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Webster, Houston, and Austin, Texas, USA
- Beverly, Gloucester, and Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Salem, New Hampshire, USA
- New York, New York, USA
Highlights
Three fabulous weeks in Mexico. If anything, I fell more in love with Mérida, appreciated that Bacalar hadn’t changed one bit, enjoyed Mexico City as much as usual, and fell a bit out of love with Oaxaca.
Has Mexico changed in the last few years? Of course. Restaurants have opened and closed. Mérida now has electric buses. American tourists on tours find ways to subtly throw shade at Trump to weed out the group, then exhale in…
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