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

Today, we are packing and sneaking in some pool time before we head off on the 5:30AM ferry to Cancun for an 8:30 AM flight to Los Angeles, the first leg of our 7 week trip.... read more

Imagine your days spent swinging in a hammock or laying on the beach under the bright blue sunny skies. Or jumping into crystal clear waters so calm and walm to cool off before returning to your shaded spot under a palm tree. Maybe practicing yoga in the morning, attempting a little slack lining in the afternoon and dancing the night away in the evening; making new friends and finding new favourite songs.... This is exactly how we spent our time here. Almost 2 full weeks! Isla mujeres is a place where time stops and you almost forget you have other destinations to visit. This is our 5th time (3rd together) on this island and it's still one of our favs. We first enjoyed Isla mujeres as a couple way back in 2008 and visited it every ... read more

Coming over to Mexico was a bit of a last minute decision. I could have gone back to live and teach in Barcelona but after travelling Spain and Portugal myself in the summer I felt that I wanted to have more of an adventure. So Mexico it was. It didn't really sink in until I was on the flight over that I was going here myself to live on a little island. My family are usually quite chilled and upfor my travelling decisions but this one seemed to shock and worry them all. Mexico seems to have this bad rep of being dangerous and not somewhere to go especially as woman alone. Couldn't disagree more! I landed in Cancun and then had to get a 20 minute ferry across to Isla Mujeres - the island of ... read more

Näköjään nukun joka toisen yön hyvin ja joka toisen huonosti, kuten taas nyt. Kävin katsomassa aamun tähtitaivasta klo 4. Luovuin nukkumisyrityksestä klo 8. En löytänyt aamulla käsidesiä, kävin ostamassa uuden ja löysin taas vanhan myöhemmin. Lättyjä aamiaiseksi. Kävin katsomassa vielä rantaa mutta en uinut kun en halunnut kuljettaa märkiä uikkareita mukana. Kävin ostamassa postimerkkejä. Menin nettikahvilaan. Sain siirrettyä kuvat tikulle kamerasta, mutta en saanut julkaistua niitä täällä. Menin tekemään netissä lähtöselvityksen ja sitten huomasin että silloin ei saisi ruumaan tavaraa. Hermoilin päivän miten rinkan kanssa käy. Kevyt lounas. Laivaan klo 14, toisen matkustajan kanssa taksilla bussiasemalle. Lippu klo 15 lähtevään bussiin. Pysähdyttiin ensin terminaalissa 2, sitte 3 ja lopuksi 1, josta oli lentoni. Olin kentällä klo 16. Lipunmyyjä totesi että lippuni on kunnossa. Pit... read more

Advice from the ocean: Be SHORE of yourself - Come out of your SHELL -Expand your HORIZON - Don't get TIDE down -Take time to COAST -Avoid PIER pressure - Make WAVES and most importantly, SEA the beauty in life... HOLA!! July 2nd & 1 more sleep till we see our girls :) How was your Canada Day? Ours was amazing; was there any doubt? (PS if you're getting my blogs twice, it's because sometimes it shows as "unpublished". Trying to figure out why, so I send it twice to be sure. Sorry for the annoyance.) It's another beautiful day in the neighborhood, sunny, hot, and the humidity is getting revved up. So listen I have a dilemma and wanted to know if you could help me out? I have some big choices to make, here ... read more