Blogs from Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

Hola Los Amigos!! Not much to report this week other than our usual relaxed island life routine. Walking, biking, beaching, swimming, shopping, reading, snorkelling, enjoying margaritas, playing dominoes and cards and practising our spanish with the locals pretty well sums up a typical day on Isla for us! Consequently, this blog will be mostly pictures. On Monday we rented a golf cart and bombed around the island checking out new places and old favourite places. We were very surprised at all the new beautiful casas that have been built on the east and west coasts since we were here two years ago. There must be a lot of Americans and Canadians who live here semi permanently by the looks of these new stunning homes. We made a stop at Garrafon Castilla which is a quaint little ... read more

Just a quick one as don´t have much time as am paying for the internet. Weather is super hot, Mexican food is great (although Rich has had the s***s!) The water is lovely and clear with fish everywhere. The down side is I got attcked by a mosquito on the head and I now look like a cross between Sloth and Quasimodo! Here´s a few piccies. Will write a better blog soon. Linz xx... read more

Pookie und ich verbringen einen gemuetlichen Nachmittag mit einem (!) Handtuch am Strand und als wir zum Hostel zurueckkommen, treffen wir Michael, Sam, Lee und Phillip aus Kanada an der Strandbar. Bereits fleissig am Biertrinken, logisch. Wir gesellen uns nach einer Dusche dazu, auch Heather, eine andere Kanadierin stoesst zu uns. Es wird beschlossen, gemeinsam Essen zu gehen. Phillip hat fuer 3 Monate auf Isla Mujeres gelebt und moechte uns ein Restaurant am Strand zeigen. Das Bier fliesst, irgendwann wollen wir los, Phillip ist verschwunden. Nach einer kurzen Suche taucht er wieder auf und es kann losgehen. Die illustre Runde setzt sich in Bewegung und Stifflers, aehm Phillips Mum begleitet uns ebenfalls. Die ERwartungen und der Hunger sind gross und das Restaurant ist: geschlossen. Hmm. Neueroeffnung in 3 Tagen. Wir haben aber jetzt Hunger, Wartezeit daher ... read more

2/17/10- Left the depressing Hostel Marpez and caught the Puerto Juarez collectivo in front of Chendraui supermarket and decided to stay at the Pocna on Isla Mujeres. The cheapest way to get around Cancun is the collectivo. They're half the size of the regular buses and cost 5.50 pesos!!! I can't help but feel I may have worn the wrong outfit...dressed in a 70's Hawaiian print dress that comes down to my ankles and lugging around a backback and luggage on wheels. The humidity is more than I can bear and I'm sweating like a prize fighter. The citizens of Cancun are on their way to work and I'm on my way to lazy days with tragically hip hippies in lounging around in M.C. Hammer pants sipping cerveza and discussing, in slightly slurred speech, not entirely ... read more

We are slowly approaching our day to take off - next Friday 7/16/10. Leo is off work tomorrow so he will need to get all he can done then since his last day off before leaving will be Sunday. He is primarily in charge of taking care of the electronics portion - me- everything else ! Next week will whirl by quickly - I hope to get most of our packing done this weekend.... read more