Blogs from Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 3

"Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth."~ Buenos dias, (Spanish) good morning (English), bonjour, (French) guten morgen (German), zǎoān (Chinese), Kaliméra (Greek), Buongiorno (Italian). Dzień dobry (Polish). See if you hang around with me you will learn things such as how to say good morning in other languages! (PS I apologize if you got this twice. Apparently some of you tried to read it and page was missing so I had to re-publish. :( Thanks for telling me Linda! SABATO (SATURDAY) JAN. 27TH I'm sitting in bed typing with the sliding doors to the balcony open listening to the waves say good morning to me. Good morning little waves. It was a humid night, but windy, and then it started to rain heavy around 5 am, with the rain tap-dancing across the windows. I ... read more

"I'm not afraid of flying. I'm afraid of NOT flying". ~ For those of you that were sick of hearing about our tropical getaway & that we were enjoying the good life too much ;>, this blog's for you. (Sorry if you received this more than once.) So we gave United Airlines another chance after the mishaps last month with our flights home to say my final good-bye to my Dad who fell ill. They did their best to help us, and upgraded us, so it was worth a chance. (Dear lord...) Flying back to Cancun we got upgraded again & everything went fine except for the head stewardess aka 'Nurse Ratched' (the infamous cold-hearted tyrant nurse from the movie, The One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) who was something else. When I say she ... read more

"One father is worth more than a hundred schoolmasters". The above quote pretty well sums up my Dad to a T. He was worth more than a hundred schoolmasters to his family and friends. Unfortunately Dad died three days after we rushed home from Mexico. He was surrounded by love those few days he was in the hospital. When my time comes, I'd be honored to be surrounded by my family - the perfect ending of a book. 'The End'. And I hope I leave this world before my kids too. I love the The Winnie the Pooh quote. "If you live to be 100, I want to live to be 100 minus one day, so I never have to live without you." Dad was given a beautiful send-off - folks were lined out the door ... read more

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot". And now, a word from our sponsor. (OK I'm the sponsor, and here's the word!) MONDAY/TUESDAY Hope this blog finds you all well and enjoying the summer weather. We've settled into a routine here even though I was a bit homesick and my mind is on things back home as my Dad has not been feeling the best but he's in darn good hands. (Drop me a line Bar when you can.) The first few days we put our nose to the grindstone taking photos of the condos for the company. Al's new camera equipment has made the photos pop. Monday co-operated & was a bright sunny day & the Caribbean exuded that jaw-dropping myriad of colors that made for perfect travel magazine ... read more

28.4. Unsere Zeit im Mahekal ist abgelaufen. Es war zwar alles wunderbar hier, aber irgendwie fühlten wir uns in der luxuriösen Umgebung nicht recht wohl, und so sind wir ganz froh, dass wir nun ins kleine aber feine Acuario wechseln können. Die Gebäude sind in fröhlich leuchtenden Gelb- und Orangetönen bemalt und um einen Innenhof gruppiert, in dem ein türkisfarbener Pool, Hängematten-behangene Palmen und niedliche Schildkröten Ferienstimmung verbreiten. Noch haben wir keine Zeit uns hier aufzuhalten, wir ziehen sogleich los um ein Auto zu mieten und stürzen uns tapfer in das Einbahn-Gewimmel von Playa del Carmen. Ohne grosse Umwege finden wir die Strasse Richtung Süden und nach rund stündiger Fahrt unser erstes Tagesziel, die Cenoten Dos Ojos. Cenoten sind die in dieser Gegend weit verbreiteten wassergefüllten Kalksteinhöhlen und -löcher, eine der grossen Attraktionen hier. Wir miet ... read more