{"id":935,"date":"2025-02-02T06:30:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/?p=935"},"modified":"2025-02-02T06:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T06:31:28","slug":"zimapan-xajha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/02\/zimapan-xajha\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimapan &amp; Xajha"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"935\" class=\"elementor elementor-935\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff7a06b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff7a06b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cb163f\" data-id=\"8cb163f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce9a090 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce9a090\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Teotihuacan, we continued our road trip, departing from the state of Mexico, we headed north into the state of Hidalgo. 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data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"views\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTQ4LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvc2l0ZXNhbmRiaXRlcy5uZXRcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzAyXC92aWV3cy1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzEwZWExOCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/views-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce7b055 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce7b055\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the beautiful views, the ride was quite bumpy and by the time we arrived at camp, my stomach was unfortunately in no state to have breakfast \u2013 a great shame as I watched Mathieu fall in love with the classic Mexican breakfast, chilaquiles con huevos.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soon after, we learned that the hike would involve wading through water to reach our destination, a cave and natural hot springs! Since we were obviously close to thermal sources, all the rivers we had to wade through were nice and warm. We had all our electronics (camera, cell phones, batteries) on our person so I was a bit worried about getting them wet but the water never even reached hip-level and there was very little current so everything was fine.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e28761 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e28761\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d99d06\" data-id=\"3d99d06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4decc92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4decc92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/everyone-in-the-water-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-952\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/everyone-in-the-water-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/everyone-in-the-water-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/everyone-in-the-water-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/everyone-in-the-water-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/everyone-in-the-water-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/everyone-in-the-water-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Everyone wading through the water<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64202f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64202f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bruh-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-951\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bruh-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bruh-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bruh-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bruh-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bruh-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Bruh more water<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-584515a\" data-id=\"584515a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c4ba42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c4ba42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/my-brand-new-shoes-completely-soaked-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-954\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/my-brand-new-shoes-completely-soaked-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/my-brand-new-shoes-completely-soaked-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/my-brand-new-shoes-completely-soaked-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/my-brand-new-shoes-completely-soaked-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/my-brand-new-shoes-completely-soaked-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/my-brand-new-shoes-completely-soaked-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">My brand new shoes completely soaked lol<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0370534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0370534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/me-smiling-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-953\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/me-smiling-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/me-smiling-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/me-smiling-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/me-smiling-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/me-smiling-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Smiling through the wet legs &amp; wet feet<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105dff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"105dff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scenery itself was amazing. We were particularly impressed by the huge blocks of white stone rising out of the water, as well as the sight of the surrounding mountains, reminding us that we were walking through a canyon.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f07ccda elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"f07ccda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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for one was struck by how hot and humid it was as soon as we got inside. I suppose this was to be expected but the temperature difference was still surprising! We had to climb up a small ladder at one point to reach the exit and Mathieu had to literally shimmy to get out!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a36530 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a36530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cave-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-958\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cave-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cave-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cave-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cave-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cave-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e1ede elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10e1ede\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We then arrived at the thermal springs, a natural spa we got to take full advantage of during a short break! The area smelled really strongly of sulfur so we knew the water would be full of rejuvenative minerals. After changing into our bathing suits and swimming around for a bit, our guide showed us some pure mineral-rich clay in the corner of an alcove which we used as face masks.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e8d461 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e8d461\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-532f4f2\" data-id=\"532f4f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666b18b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"666b18b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hot-springs-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-959\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hot-springs-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hot-springs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hot-springs-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hot-springs-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hot-springs-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ac50ed\" data-id=\"4ac50ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762f2ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"762f2ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/last-river-crossing-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-960\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/last-river-crossing-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/last-river-crossing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/last-river-crossing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/last-river-crossing-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/last-river-crossing-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f080a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f080a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, since we didn\u2019t know we would wade through water, I wore my long pants which obviously got wet and I hadn\u2019t thought to pack an extra change of clothes. Once the sun started to go down, it got chilly very fast and it took us a while to get back to our hotel. My advice to anyone planning a similar expedition is to bring an extra pair of pants and an extra pair of socks \u2013 always feels nice to change into some comfy dry clothes after a similar adventure anyway!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Teotihuacan, we continued our road trip, departing from the state of Mexico, we headed north into the state of Hidalgo. The road offered beautiful sights of mountains and canyons basking in sun rays. The highlight of this stop was a hike throughout the Xajha canyon. Our guide usually starts the tour before the crack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,25],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":"","aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesandbites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}