Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 13

Ian gets up early and takes the scooter for a run around the Island, then stops in at a little hole in the wall restaurant for breakfast while I write our blog and do a little cleaning around the condo. Then we run out to pick up a few groceries. My arms are pretty sore from all the golfing yesterday since I'm not used to swinging the clubs so many times. After a nice shrimp and avacado salad for lunch here at the condo, we head back out to Paradise Beach on our scooter. Paradise is still my favorite beach for a number of reasons. The grounds and amenities are plentiful and immaculate. There's a restaurant, two bars, a few shops, two rest room areas complete with showers and change rooms, locker rentals, large heated swimming ... read more

Llevamos relativamente poco organizando los últimos detalles para empezar este gran viaje. Han sido días muy emocionantes y para nada normales. Hemos hecho desde lo básico como hacer To Do Lists o leer acerca de los lugares que queremos visitar, comprar los pasajes, obligarnos a tener conversaciones un poco estresantes sobre lo que hay que comprar antes de irnos y lo que no, volvernos expertos en trámites de visas en donde ya con solo ir a las embajadas puedes hacerte una pequeña idea de lo que vas a ver en los países, ponernos vacunas, comprar tennis especiales, maletas, organizar el apartamento para ver quién se queda con qué... es todo un proyecto para el que se necesita mucha paciencia, diálogo y muchas ganas de vivir una experiencia así. Definitivamente ha sido toda una aventura desde el ... read more

Cozumel Golf and Country Club: Warning: Do not try to retrieve your ball from any water on the course as there may be aligators present. Aligators are known to lunge twice their body length. When we see the warning posted in our golf cart and the starter tells us to look around the tee boxes before we tee off for aligators, I think about little two or three foot aligators. We had been to the aligator sanctuary out at Punta Sur and had not even seen a single gator. This was not even close, in total, we see four or five aligators in various places throughout the course ranging in size from a baby swimming around to the largest about 10 feet long! No kidding, these guys are just right there on the course, sunning themselves ... read more

“Home is the nicest word there is.” ~ Hello all, how are things? I think I last left off on our anniversary dinner on Friday. Overall we had a really nice weekend, lots of touring around, picking up some gifts & souvenirs, and taking the time to relax by the ocean, eating some great food & enjoying some frothy drinks. Just how we wanted to spend our last few days here. All in all I will say it's been a great trip despite the flu, and somehow the time seemed to stop for a while and one relaxing day turned into another lazy day. Not having to worry about a clock is a wonderful way to escape everyday life. Well it was all tranquil till one has to start packing, sorting laundry and remembering a special ... read more

So been in Oaxaca for a week now. The weather has been so much better than closer to Mexico City though its still a bit cold at night. So got here last Monday after a 4.5 hour bus ride from Puebla. Was a nice scenic trip through lots of valleys as we made our way 1000m closer to sea level...still 1500m above sea level though! In some of the valleys there were heaps of cacti taking up literally every part of earth, was a strange scene but pretty none the less. So got to the bus station and met my host mother, Sylvia, and drove back to where I would be staying. Turns out theirs another Australian staying there as well for two of the weeks I'm here which has been good, not so boring going ... read more

Hi all, getting a minute to post a few short videos. Here's the video of Al's flambeed Filet Mignon steak flambeed in a Brandy/Cabernet Merlot sauce, cooked at our table at AJUA Maya restaurant. It takes a few seconds to load then click play To watch password is: Ajua https://vimeo.com/57728716 Then there's two videos of both Greg & Lara jumping off a clip in the lagoon of Xel-Ha Park. From the water it may not look high, but it is a rather steep jump! Password for of these videos is: cliff https://vimeo.com/57876296 https://vimeo.com/57879924 Let me know if there's any problems watching them!... read more

Hi all, well we finally got back to AJUA Maya where we hosted our wedding here in Playa. AJUA MAYA has moved locations and we weren't sure what to expect, and despite it not being the same feel, we had a great night there, mostly in part to the wonderful staff, who are the same as we had the night of our wedding. What a great night, great food, lots of laughs, and overall probably one of the best restaurants in Playa. The staff are SO much fun, carrying drinks to the table on their heads, playing jokes on us... YES I said drinkS; more than one at a time. Don't try this at home folks! They make your Caesar salad at your table and it was fantastic. Their specialty is "flambee", and they do an ... read more