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 …
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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 …
Playing Around Near Playa – Parasailing, Akumal Turtles, Rio Secreto, and Snorkelling Cozumel
29 November 2016. Arriba! Arriba! He shouts at us with urgency as the boat heaves up and down and the …
I never ever ever want to be in another relationship again. Ever!
That’s what we said to each other. And we meant it. Don was 52 when we met. I was 44. …
Playa del Carmen Overexposed
Okay, let’s not be pretending here. Play del Carmen is a hyper-developed, over-glitzed tourist resort town. It’s a twenty-something kid …
Five Months In Vancouver: a long rambling story
31 May-31 Oct 2016. We haven’t had a home for over five years now. People ask us if we ever …
#freshfish #icecream #sunsets #pelicans #paradise
4 April – 31 May 2016. On Mexico’s Pacific coast, eighty kilometres (50mi) north of Manzanillo is Tenacatita Bay. Where …
An Oriole in a Hibiscus Tree – the beauty of La Manzanilla
4 April – 31 May, 2016. I’m snoozing on and off in the big luxurious padded seat. I’ve been writing …
SMA – WTF?
From Don: Late March 2016. This has been a long time coming: bubbling along in the back of my mind …
Exploding Trump, Flying Feathers, and Holy Week: San Miguel de Allende celebrates!
7 Jan – 4 Apr 2016. I’m in the Jardin, San Miguel’s town square, sitting on the low stone wall …
The Streets of San Miguel
7 Jan– 4 Apr 2016. In San Miguel de Allende (SMA) we lived in the colonia, or neighbourhood, of Infonavit …
