Blogs from Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

Le 11 août 2019, Aujourd'hui, c'est ZE journée du voyage, la journée qu'on vante depuis des mois aux filles, la journée pour laquelle nous sommes vraiment emballés car on sait que ce sera un hit pour nous et pour les enfants. Aujourd'hui, c'est notre journée à Xcaret, un parc à thématique maya où l'on peut prendre connaissance du mode de vie traditionnel mexicain et maya, faire plusieurs activités aquatiques et voir plein plein d'animaux. Sans parler des spectacles haut en couleur tout au long de la journée... Ça promet! On décolle de bon matin et quand on arrive à la voiture, surprise... une sauterelle sur la portière... Gigantesque comme ma main, rien de moins... On dérange l'intruse, qui saute en direction de Mélie... On gère le baby-break-down qui s'ensuit puis c'est le vrai départ. En à ... read more

Another early morning, Alex and I woke up to throw on our swimsuits then head down the street to a nearby hotel called Adhara Hacienda to catch a bus to Xel Ha for the day. We had a much easier time this morning and were on the bus without issue and off to the Xcaret company hub. They were much more organized than Go Mexico and had a bus hub to split up tourists to the right park queue and get them cruising to their destination quickly. We jumped into the Xel Ha line and soon were off to the park. Like usual, Alex fell asleep right away while I stayed awake hearing the details about the park. Including the need for biodegradable sunscreen and bug spray only allowed in the park... So of course we ... read more

Off on another adventure to the marvelous beaches of the Riviera Maya today. Early flight out of Nashville at 6 am. Note to self, Friday mornings are CRAZY busy at BNA and getting there the usual hour and half before flight time isn't the best. Made it to our flight less than 5 minutes before they shut the door. I try to be an optimist in situations like we were in since dear hubby is a "half empty" type of personality, but while standing in the TSA line I too started to doubt our chances of making our flight....but alas, we did and off we went! After our stressful morning, the rest of the flight was very smooth. Even with all the issues American Airlines is having, we had a wonderful experience flying with and arriveda ... read more

This blog is about all of our dives whilst in Mexico, some of the best dives we have ever done. Let me start with some definitions. A sulphur cloud- A layer of Hydrogen Sulphide, which is formed by the bacterial decomposition of organic material that has fallen into the cenote. A Halocline- The point at which fresh water and sea water meet creating a layer of water that shimmers. A Cenote- A sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock. It had been a while since our last dive (nearly two years to be precise) so before jumping in at the deep end and starting with a dive in a cenote we decided to brush up on our dive skills with an ocean dive. The house reef had very little in terms of fish, we saw ... read more

Let's recap if you're only reading this one: It all started in May - Vancouver, Brazil, Copenhagen, France, Sweden - big events we were working in each place. Then a summer of festivals and events and now, here we are, Mexico. A quick run down of events: There was KulturSYDhavn, round 2. It went well. It was combined with a mobile hacking workshop so that was really interesting, and followed up with my good friend Christian welcoming his daughter, Katinka into the world - congratulations to you all! Then we had a fairly hectic insane fall - a quick trip to Berlin as part of a visit with Nick and Ben - my good Canadian friends who have now twice come to Denmark so that was fantastic. A Copenhagen Burlesque, short but lovely as usual. A ... read more