A practical and personal Mexico travel guide for first-time visitors, based on my route from Mexico City to Teotihuacan, back to Mexico City, then to Cancun, Chichen Itza, and back to Cancun, with Tulum included as a separate Mexico experience.

My final days in Mexico took me from Cancun’s local streets to the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza and the peaceful blue shoreline of Playa Delfines before flying onward to Havana.