It's Monday and we had a nice day despite Lara feeling ill since Weds. The locals say that Mexico is blamed for bacteria, food poisoning, Montezuma's revenge etc, but sometimes we Canadians/Americans fly on stuffy planes in close contact & bring viruses with us. Who knows what Lara has but we've had excellent care since Saturday. (Revised a few years later that Lara was diagnosed with Celiac Disease which had nothing to do with food/bacteria etc.) The Doctor that is used by our condo is Dr. Carlos and he came to see Lara & prescribed antibiotics & pain relief for her symptoms. Since then he's checked on her a few times & decided to run some blood work to make sure he knew exactly what he was dealing with. He even came and drove us to ... read more

It was a MAJOR day of fun highs and a few lows... At the restaurant where we had fresh fish the day before, we were introduced to Felipe to set up a snorkeling tour for $35 p/p. He insisted I leave a deposit but I indicated I couldn't do that as I didn't know how Rory would be feeling. (If you recall I had to leave shortly after to take Rory to the Doctor). I just didn't want to commit to a specific time the next morning till I knew her diagnosis, whether it was an ear or throat infection. The beach is littered with boat tours so we didn't need to book anything in my opinion; it would be waiting for us when we were ready. When I was gone, Felipe talked Marth into booking ... read more

The day was hot, no wait, it was humid, well it was hot and humid, hot, humid & sultry...OK, sorry, that was the first line out of the movie "Throw Momma from the Train" with Billy Crystal as a frustrated writer (PS click on the pics to enlarge, really you need to do this to see the "mask" pics!) We woke again Weds. to a beautiful warm breeze off the Caribbean & before long it was quite humid. At 8:30 am we took a stroll on the outskirts of 5th avenue to see the local wares & as we strolled, we passed many beautiful sculptures & artwork that is spread throughout the town. Afterward, Marth & I went to get another one of those "yabba dabba doo" massages. It was fantastic to say the least. At ... read more

Hola hola!! I've added in a few pics of the last few days that went astray. (Ava & Rory doing the "straw" pick up game with the adults whom Ava beat!) Today (Mon) we started off by touring 5th Ave to get money exchanged as we all seemed to have gone through our pesos & US money. We got a glass of freshly squeesed orange juice from a cart that was THE best I've ever tasted. Around 10:30 am we headed to the beach as the kids wanted to get an early morning wave rush! We got some prime lounging chairs & it wasn't long before we were baking. Funny how we longed for the sun and when it showed up it was hot hot hot!! Mom & grandma had a morning stroll and elected to ... read more

Hola all, today is Domingo, the day of rest & family time for many of the hardworking locals. We woke around 7:30 am with the sun peeking into our room. We are praying for a full day of sun here as every day there's been cloud or very windy. (After hearing Ottawa & Crossfield got a nasty dumping of snow, all of a sudden our weather's ideal ;) Yesterday the day started nice but ended up cool & windy so we left the beach @ 2 PM & came back & sat in the hot tub with a drink. Later we took a stroll & picked up some fresh pizza & enjoyed some downtime of reading. Dinner was leftovers but it was actually a pretty good feast when we put it all together. We'd bought salad ... read more