Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 652

After spending a beautiful day at the beach, it finally happened ~ after more than 12 years of international travel and 20 countries ~ a theft occurred. Carlos and I enjoyed a day trip from his home town to Acapulco, but the day did not end as we had hoped. We enjoyed the entire day at the beach and it wasn't until around 5:00 p.m. that we turned our back from our cabana for minutes. In an instance both of our bags, containing everything we had come to the beach with, including many other important items for an international trip with were taken. I am not going to bore you with the items though. We suspect it was our waiter because he was the only one that had access. We quickly scavenged the beach, but ... read more

So besides visiting with my family in Mexico, I did do a few other things... Ivonne, a girl who works for my host dad took me downtown to the "Zocalo" of Puebla one day to walk around, visit a museum and have some lunch while everyone in the family was either at work or school. She was a sweetheart and I got to practice quite a bit of Spanish with her. The week before I left was filled with so much running around that I was exhausted that night and didn't go out. But Memo's (my family's eldest son) girlfriend Ileana and her friend Claudia took me for sushi (there are a lot more japonese restaurants in Puebla than I remember when I was there a few years ago), to the church of the mummy, ... read more

As I mentioned in a previous Blog, I've been doing my research and for those of you interested in my findings thus far, or if you are considering a trip to the Central Highlands of Ecuador, read on... First off, based on my research on the net in conjunction with my new Lonley Planet guide book, the best place to start off with is Secret Garden Hostel in the Old City. I'll be writing more about it once we get there but it's an award winning little spot with a rooftop terrace and plenty of character. By the way, a really useful site for checking out hostels is www.hostelz.com They have great pictures and info about a plethora of places all over the world. I did a lot of research using them! Another place I recommend ... read more

Hello all ! Just a weekly update. No pics developed yet. Soon I promise. Have had some very busy times at work getting things together for audit this week. Audit progressing nicely too. Last week I went to Progreso again with my friend. I introduced him to my friends there, relaxed on beach, ate and drank for hours. Last Saturday evening I went with some co-workers to see the presentation of 'Descubriends Irlanda', an Irish dance performance (in Mexico!) in which another co-worker and her sister were part of. The theater at the Instittute of Yucatan was beautiful and old! 6 chairs to a booth, 3 in each of 2 rows. We were 4 stories up and you had to lean over the railing and look almost straight down to see the stage. I had charge ... read more

Playa Del Carmen & Cozumel, Mexico. Another day long journey on Monday, we left Caye Caulker (queue weeping incoherently) on the 8:30am speed boat to to Belize City on the coastline, caught a nice aircon bus from there to the Mexican-Belize border town called Chetumal (4hrs), crossed the border to Playa Del Carmen on the Mexican coast (4 hrs), then a taxi to the hotel which made it around 8pm. The hotel was kinda funky, the entrance was built into a tree, the whole place was quite jungle-esque. Playa Del Carmen is....well....America really! It is a Mexican town on steroids due to the American cruise ships docking here, dumping off waddling, fat Americans weighed down with all their dollars. All the shops are super swanky: diamonds, designer and the lazy Americans just pay USD wherever ... read more