Beyond Beach Resorts and Tourist Towns – finding the real Mexico
An article I wrote for Retirement and Good Living has just been published. Head on over and have a look: …
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Chuntas and the Canyon – the Fiesta Grande De Enero in Chiapa de Corzo
Every year in January the small Mexican town of Chiapa de Corzo holds a gigantic festival and party. There is …
Why The Best Travels Of My Life Started After Fifty
An article I wrote for Intrepid has just been published in The Journal, by Intrepid Travel. Head on over and …
Chasing Chuntas – the Fiesta Grande de Enero in Chiapa de Corzo
I’ve lost it completely! Alto! Alto! I scream. Alto! Alto! Todo la pueblo boom boom boom! My hands fly out …
The Dazzling Rhythms of Tradition – the Fiesta Grande de Enero in Chiapa de Corzo
16-23 January 2017. So we’re sitting in the open-air breakfast area at Nomadis Hostel in Merida on the fourth of …
Time For a Time Out
It’s snowing. In Vancouver. In March. It has apparently been one of the worst winters in Vancouver in decades. Worst …
Up Against The Wall – in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico
Those of you who follow the blog regularly know that the stories of our travels are told chronologically. Thus, I …
Campeche: You Had Me At Hello. Villahermosa: Not So Much.
5-15 Jan 2017. Pirate: a person who attacks and robs ships at sea. Synonyms: freebooter, marauder, raider. Historical: privateer. Archaic: …
Ancient Cities of the Maya: Ek’ Balam, Chichén Itzá, Edzna, Palenque
24 Dec 2016-13 Jan 2017. From Don: I have to admit that I’m generally lazy when it comes to researching …
Created By Hand, Created By Nature – Mexican Folk Art, and the Yucatan’s Cenotes
22 Dec 2016 – 3 Jan 2017. We’re waiting on the sidewalk. We can see the doorbell but don’t ring …
Beguiled by Valladolid
22 Jan – 3 Feb 2017. It is not an auspicious beginning in Valladolid. We’d looked repeatedly online for accommodation …
The Birds of the Yucatan Wetlands – Celestún and Rio Lagartos
20 Dec 2016. We’ve just pulled away from shore and are heading under a low bridge when I see this …
Not Much Merriment in Merida
15-22 Dec 2016. We travel by bus from Playa del Carmen to Merida, the capital of the state of Yucatan. …
Playa del Carmen – the quiet end of the beach. And Cenote del Eden
1 Nov-15 Dec 2016. After a month in an upmarket apartment in the central part of town we move to …
