As promised I had the film developed and they were great photos given an old camera I had ordered and not noticed the expiration date. I really appreciate the friend of George's that took all the photos for us but apologize that I didn't retain his name for the credit. If I get other pictures of the parties from participants I will, of course, share those too. George will let his friends know that they are on Travelblog with Elvis! I hope all of you are having as much fun as I am. [View Full Entry]

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Well, I wasn't a teenager during the fifties or the next decade (preteen during the last portion), but I did watch American Bandstand and the reruns for those events. I grew up with a mother that made the oldies music and dance a great favorite of mine. Friend George was again in the US from his work in EG. His 'parents' were out of town and the party was on! What fun we all had traveling to his house, dressing up and chowing down hamburgers, fries and cherry pie!! A friend of George's provided the music (not all true fifties), the [View Full Entry]

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In going through some photo CDs that I have, I discovered pictures that I'd never placed on my computer or shared with you. Turner and I had traveled to Belize in 2005 to visit friend Rodger Christopher. We briefly experienced Belize City before traveling and being chauffeured by Rodger to his base of Sittee River Village. The towns of Dangriga and Hopkins Village were part of our experience as well. Unfortunately I didn't take pictures at Mama Noots where we had a blast while at the Mayflower Bocawina National Park. Rodger has the Sittee River Lodge and invites visitors. T [View Full Entry]

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I have indeed kept busy this summer from my southeast Texas home base. Since returning from the Yucatan of Mexico mid July I have been having a lovely time with friends in many different locations. I've visited and engaged in lively conversations, lain by pools enjoying the weather, hidden from thunderstorms, given a friend a tour of our local out of the way sites, dined with many friends, enjoyed friends in their environments of Pearland, Houston, Friendswood and, most recently, gone dove hunting in Uvalde strictly as an observer on my part with friends. Taking pictures hasn't b [View Full Entry]

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I spent 10 days this month in Merida again and had a glorious time! I didn't get to see all my friends because of time restrictions but managed to see quite a few. Tourist traffic in the Yucatan of what I saw was almost nonexistent. I'm sure almost everywhere in our states are experiencing the same lack of enthusiasm in spending money on a vacation. I got sick with heat in Progreso before I even got to the beach. I went walking a little too far away. Because of that I didn't stay long (no beach time) and had to miss [View Full Entry]

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These are the last of George's wonderful pictures of our experiences in Merida that I will post on here. The first set is of a Home and Garden Walking Tour in the downtown Merida area that George and Nancy went with. The second set is of various ruins that Nancy, George, Shelley and Ed experienced. They had immense fun on all their ventures. These two ventures were not my cup of tea. I've picked these photos from all the ones that George had taken. Enjoy. [View Full Entry]

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I can almost hear everyone groaning 'another batch'? Well, I promise that I've almost worked my way through all of the pictures that George had taken during our stay. I appreciate your patience and hope I'm not boring you to death. I promise when I leave for Merida again next week, I won't be taking a lot of pictures. I have so many other things I want to do! The three of us had taken a taxi to the north end of town for our St. Patrick's Day party and George took pictures along the way of beautiful Paseo de Montejo. [View Full Entry]

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When friends Nancy and George traveled with me in March to Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, one of the sites we planned to visit was Dzibilchaltun, located about midway between Merida and the coastal city of Progreso. Dzibilchaltun is pronounced something similar to diz-bill-chal-toon and said as one word of course, but it sounds much more natural from a native of the area. We were especially excited about the fact that we would be there for a twice-yearly event from the heavens, possibly thought of in more than one way by many. I'm referring to the Spring Equinox, mistakenly called by some (me [View Full Entry]

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Friend George is once again working in Equatorial Guinea. I guess he played too hard when he returned to the states for a little bit! Since I cannot convince him to begin his own blog, he shares with me so that we can share with all of you. The following are his words and pictures: "Hi to all, Well I'm working back in Africa at the same place Equatorial Guinea. I arrived on 9 June and found things pretty much the same. Some personnel changes but the work still the same. We hiked to the Cascades my first Sunday back. Kind [View Full Entry]

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First let me wish everyone a Happy Father's Day and I hope that all of you had a safe and enjoyable day. These next pictures are more of the ones that George took during our great adventure and there will be yet more to come. He snapped a lot of shots! Ed and Shelley, some of your pictures shared may be in this group and if not, they'll get on here. We miss you two! I'm so glad we met and are friends now. So these are from Pancho's Restaurant in downtown Merida, the beach (playa) city of Progress and the [View Full Entry]

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