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Tag Archives: Mexico

Beyond Beach Resorts and Tourist Towns – finding the real Mexico

April 21, 2017

An article I wrote for Retirement and Good Living has just been published. Head on over and have a look: …

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Not Much Merriment in Merida

January 2, 2017

15-22 Dec 2016. We travel by bus from Playa del Carmen to Merida, the capital of the state of Yucatan. …

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Playa del Carmen Overexposed

November 28, 2016

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 …

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The Streets of San Miguel

October 16, 2016

7 Jan– 4 Apr 2016. In San Miguel de Allende (SMA) we lived in the colonia, or neighbourhood, of Infonavit …

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The ‘Painted’ Flowers of La Manzanilla

April 30, 2016

Those of you who follow the blog regularly know that the stories of our travels are told chronologically. Thus, I …

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Life is a performance: Aztec and modern creativity in Mexico City

October 6, 2013

6-13 August 2013. Our first day in Mexico City and we went wandering to the Zócolo which was full of …

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Oaxaca and the Guelaguetza Festival: dance ’til you drop

September 18, 2013

20 July-6 Aug 2013. This is the fourth and final post about the Guelaguetza Festival. We were in Oaxaca for …

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The Espectáculo Guelaguetza Festival

September 11, 2013

20 July-6 Aug 2013. A continuation of the story of Oaxaca’s Guelaguetza Festival: ESPECTÁCULO MASIVO! That’s what the program said. …

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Europe in Mexico: San Miguel and Guanajuato

August 12, 2013

22-29 June 2013. The first thing I have to report is that we bought our grandsons Mexican wrestlers’ masks. Of …

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Scorpions, Storms, and Ordinary Life – La Manzanilla, Mexico

August 1, 2013

24 July 2018. I normally receive about ten scam comments per week scattered throughout different posts. A few months ago, and …

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La Manzanilla by the Sea: a place to rest

July 27, 2013

27 March-20 July 2013. In the previous post Don spoke of his relief to be leaving Myanmar, and that he …

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Fear at the beginning. Unusual for me. Perhaps prescient. I don’t know. Something could go wrong! After one of the flights we’d booked was cancelled and as we continued trying to book flights Don suddenly thought of a reading from the I Ching: Difficulty at the Beginning. At the beginning. It was still difficult in the middle, and all the way to the end. Latest blog post: Wow! What a Ride! An overview of seven weeks in Croatia and Greece. Link in bio.
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Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: Dinner on the balcony of our Airbnb on Vis island, and the incomparable Plitvice Lakes National park. Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another! Three Weeks In Croatia. Link in bio
Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another! Three Weeks In Croatia. Link in bio
Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: The main square in the town of Hvar on the island of Hvar, and the harbour in Dubrovnik. Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another!
Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: The harbour in Dubrovnik, and the town of Supetar on Brac island. Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another! Three Weeks In Croatia. Link in bio

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