Hola Amigos. We have completed our two weeks of Spanish school and have left the gorgeous lake area, and apparently we have left the nice weather at the lake!? We have some fond memories of our brief home in Panajachel and of our lovely neighbours and friends. We had a few days at the end of our schooling to explore a little more of the area so here are a few more pictures of Atitlan. We will miss Dina´s Chocolates, and I´m sure Dina will miss our regular visits? We will "miss" telling the dodgy dudes that we don´t need a boat ride! And a great big thanks to Fran and Connie, who made is feel like family in our cosy little neighbourhood. Dave and Theresa.... read more

Hola Amigos The night before leaving Punta Gorda, Belize we were watching an episode of ´The Big Bang Theory´. We both love that show! However, the next morning there was a big bang reality when Theresa whacked her head on the springy shelf and catapulted the TV across the room. It was quite the crash! As Dave rushed to the room, he found Theresa curled up holding her head, and a TV faced down on the floor with glass everywhere. Quite the scene! There was no yellow tape for this crime scene, but we prevailed. We had a word with the owner and he wanted us to replace it. So we found a small store that sold goggle boxes, bought one, then hauled it up the street in a great big box. These events all occured ... read more

Hola Amigos. So, we decided to go to Mexico! We got a steal of a deal on a one-way flight from Winnipeg to Cancun. The sunshine and the heat has been very much welcomed as we´ve ventured around the beautiful Yucatan Peninsula. There are many fascinating Mayan Ruins in this area and we have enjoyed wandering through some of these mysterious sites. The Mayan civilizations were amongst the most developed and advanced in the Americas, with huge stone pyramids, temples and stadiums, which were all extremely well built and engineered. We are still trying to wrap our heads around the ritualistic human sacrifices -much like the Incas- but cutting out the heart of the victim was apparently the Mayan thing to do. We had an entire philosophical discussion on what makes us do the rituals we ... read more

Hi Folks. This is just a wee little blurb about a rather beautiful sky - tonight the heavens gave us an extra dazzling light show... At about nine-thirty I took a look out at the sky from the front deck of our house. There was a spiraling band of green directly overhead which transformed and danced at astonishing speed! I decided it was the night to take a drive a couple of miles out of town to get away from the light pollution of Churchill's mighty sprawl of 13 streets so I could get a better view. They were truly amazing tonight (they still are), it's not too often that we get to see the reds as well as the greens, and to get them so bright at this time of the year is also quite ... read more

Hi Folks. York Factory was a trading post located on the shore of Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Hayes River, 227 km southeast of Churchill (according to Dave's GPS). It was headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's Northern Department through much of the 1800's and it continued as a fur trading post until 1957 when the company closed it down. York Factory is now a National Historic Site of Canada and is the oldest wooden building in Canada built on permafrost. The trip down there was great! We got to fly over the spectacular Wapusk National Park and the mighty Nelson River as well as getting to see many polar bears from the air. It had been a place on our bucket list for quite some time and the opportunity to visit was thrown ... read more