Teens: How To Get Ready And What NOT To Wear On Your Mexican Jungle Tour – Looking Totally Fashionable!
Teens (and adults too) ~ zip lining, hiking and snorkeling in jungle caves are no excuses to look drab.
Any day trip you take in Yucatan, Mexico, home of the ancient Maya, whether it’s touring Chichén Itzá, hiking through the jungle of Tulum, or driving ATVs through ancient Mayan sacbes, it’s great to be hip and not crowded. the kitchen sink.
Being a local to the jungles and beaches of the ancient Mayan world all my life and knowing many adventure guides, I have written the “What to Prepare and What NOT to Wear” guidelines which are shared in two parts.
My name is Landis Grace and welcome to the jungles and adventures of the ancient Maya.
1) NOT he has a huge backpack that is ugly and makes you look like Marco Polo. In a style that matches your swimsuit, bring a small stylish backpack or even a beach bag with long handles that you can wear as a backpack. I like the small backpack better because it has pockets, but the beach bag will also work. As long as it matches your swimsuit.
2) NOT bring your wallet. Wallets are heavy – put the cash you think you’ll need for the day (pesos preferred, but US dollars are mostly accepted everywhere), some identification like your health card, social security card, and a credit card in a sandwich sized ziploc bag to keep it dry from the water bottle, wet towel or even in the unlikely event of rain. Leave your important identification such as your passport and the rest of your cash in the hotel safe. Don’t bring another smaller bag to put in the big bag – it adds unnecessary weight and if you have two bags, your “bag instinct” might allow you to leave one of them somewhere.
3) NO wear hiking boots – they’re ugly, heavy, take too long to dry, and you won’t need them. DO wear some nice sandals, of course comfortable without high heels so you can walk in them without socks, yuck, and best would be sandals that can get wet and dry quickly…leather is ok, but leather doesn’t dry fast. Even though the weather is perfect here in Mexico, there are weird puddles~ and you want to be able to happily step in them without worrying about the state of your shoes afterwards! The jungle is the place to get back in touch with your inner child, without spending the day in wet leather hiking boots!
4) NOT Get caught with dead batteries or a full chip in your camera or phone! Be sure to upload everything overnight before you go, and download any photos you don’t need. You don’t want to be fumbling with your battery or deleting photos to make room while that spider monkey walks past you on your jungle trek. ! And – ziploc bag the things you don’t want to get wet!
5) NOT go without food! We have precious sugar levels to keep us up! There is no reason why we have to starve ourselves waiting for the lunch stop. When you book your trip, ask if lunch “comida/komeeeedah is/is included/inclueeeedoh”. Even if it is, it will probably mean a designated stop at a designated time, so until then you may still be hungry. Try to bring small snacks from your hotel the morning of your trip so that they suffice on the bus, or in between opportunities to find a snack or lunch stand. Grab some hard snacks like apples, cookies, or oranges from your hotel, and have everything pre-washed with bottled water if you haven’t already. You can do like the Mayans and pre-peel the oranges so that all you do is eat from the bag. Throw some paper towels in the ziploc bag as well. Don’t bother with foods like plantains and grapes as they get soft and fluffy in minutes in the Mexican heat! Once inside the ruins, there may not be time or availability to eat.
6) NOT dehydrated! Grab a lemon or two from your hotel and drop some into your water bottles ~ it tastes better. Maybe even add a little sugar. And here’s another suggestion: Many people like to freeze their water bottles the night before, but I don’t recommend this: First of all, it will go from frozen to warm very quickly and in the meantime, unless it’s in a ziploc bag it will do a mess in your beach bag or backpack with condensation. Leave it at room temperature, that’s best for your stomach anyway. (the plastic bag is still a good idea anyway)
7) NOT have a streaky makeup ~ no no no ~ girls that’s why waterproof mascara was invented – in another small plastic bag bring a small mirror in a compact shockproof waterproof mascara to touch-ups, lipstick (match your bathing suit and backpack), and a couple of paper napkins to sneeze, wipe, or clean up. If you are a fashion queen you could bring a hairbrush, but a small one. Bring some extra hair elastics.
8) NOT bring a huge container of sunscreen! Transfer a small amount of sunscreen to a small plastic bag or small bottle. Start the morning with something on, and you won’t have to reapply until halfway through your trip, and probably only once.
9) NOT eat food from vendors that you can’t clean. Some of the local people will sell food like bags of peeled oranges, pineapple, or peanuts outside the entrances of most ruins. Personally, I have eaten them, but I wash the fruit down with my bottled water first. Shelled peanuts are better or of course. However, unless you’re hungry, it’s best not to risk anything. It’s not necessarily a cleanliness issue, because I’m fine with all the foods I eat here in Mexico, but when I go back to Canada every summer my stomach gets queasy for a while, so I guess that’s just what we got used to. so don’t risk it if it’s not necessary.
So now you know what your backpack is full of for your trip. – camera, phone, plastic bag as a wallet, plastic bag with a small amount of sunscreen, water bottle, compact, tissues, lipstick, mascara, maybe a hairbrush, elastics, and anyway , for the first half of the trip, apples, oranges and cookies. . Nothing bad. You’re probably thinking about towels, bathing suits, changes of clothes and whatnot. Well, I’ve got some really cool jungle fashion ideas on that too, which I’ll share with you on DRESS FASHIONABLE IN THE JUNGLE! ~ How to prepare and what to wear on your tour of the Mexican jungle PART 2.
