Blogs from Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 57

Finished off last night with a nice surprise as I went back up to the room and Lauren had prepared a table and chairs out on our balcony to have dinner. We ordered dinner up to the room and had a few problems with the drinks, they had no idea what we were saying and even after spelling it out to them a number of times they still had no idea. They even called back a few minutes later to ask what drinks we wanted but eventually they got it right and actually sent four drinks. As today was our final day in Playa we had hoped for some nice weather to enjoy the pool and unfortunately it never arrived, in fact today was probably the worst of the four days. There was actually no sun ... read more

"Experience, Travel - these are as education in themselves" Euripides From the miasmic gloom of London town where nearly everyone wears black or grey, looks a deathly shade of pale, misery etched on the faces as they face the return to work (if they haven’t been made redundant) after the Christmas break to the myriad of colour that is the Yucatan Peninsula - Part Two of my 2011/12 travelling adventure has officially begun. SE Asia, you will not be forgotten but now it is time to look to the next 3 months – travelling and volunteering right through Central America with the most wonderful Sandy Maletschek. From Cancun to Panama City – through Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, (possibly El Salvador) Nicaragua, Costa Rica and finally Panama itself – back to the UK to celebrate both our ... read more

Eating is one of the great pleasures of life. ~ Tuesday night I was so tired. How tired was I you ask? ;) I was so tired "my get up and go just got up and went". (Sorry but I LOVE those old comedian jokes!) But I had a grand sleep and woke feeling very refreshed yesterday. We decided breakfast on the town was on the menu so we went to this little cafe right outside our condo. Weds. morning was rather dark and threatening rain but it turned around later in the day. The cafe had a special; 50 Pesos ($3.60 CDN) for coffee and orange juice, toast and a choice of hot cakes, eggs & bacon, or a fruit platter. Not too shabby and quite filling. Al and I took a tour up fifth ... read more

Well hello, funny running into you here again! ;) Welcome back to the old blogs! In addition to the water activities at Paradise Beach, they have a bungee trampoline. They hook you up in a harness, and lift you off the trampoline and they give you one good pull, almost like they pull you back like an elastic & let go. Well Ava got on there, all 39-40 pounds of her and I swear when he gave her the pull she dang near went up over the top of the palm trees! She LOVED it. She managed to do a somersault eventually which isn't that easy to do. Rory & Lara really enjoyed this as well, and I felt the urge to try it myself, but after my ferry boat experience on the previous blog, I ... read more

Quick note, last night we got into a rousing game of cards called President and Asshole (there are no kids reading this...) so I can say "asshole". (I even said it twice - yahooooo!) Being on a trip, we don't have all the many splendid hats we usually wear, but Lara did bring this cute little pink knitted hat from home. Unfortunately Ray ended up being the assh*ole so guess what he had to wear??? He looked pretty darn good in it. Frankly, I suspect Ray wears a similar hat like this at home...Or when he visits Paris cause he did rock it! Kids got a great kick out of seeing grandpa wearing it!! :) For those of you who know how much Bill enjoyed this particular card game, and how he could rock the worst ... read more