We are getting miles of walking in everyday. Five to six miles each morning and another shorter walk in the evening. There is a nice bus system in town with four lines spreading out through town. But we really want to stroll, take pictures and see the views. Not every church is huge. But every […]
We have probably given people the impression that traveling by bus is only for real road warriors like us willing to dehydrate themselves in the name of budget travel. So it is funny that yesterday, we got off the bus in San Miguel de Allende and Randall said, “I am not traveling by airplane anymore. […]
Queretaro used to be hard to say. Now it rolls of my tongue every time I turn a corner here and exclaim, again, “Oh my gosh! Queretaro (K-ray-tuh-row) is amazing!” We arrived yesterday and got settled into our Airbnb rental. It is a very modern building set behind one of the many nondescript metal doors […]
We are packing today for our trip to Queretaro and San Miguel de Allende. It shouldn’t take long as we can only take one small backpack each. Mural by Artists Barbara Siebenlist and Fredo Kenrin at Casa Oasis. Gorgeous colors. When I was cooped up in the polar vortex at Basecamp Nyango last month, Randall […]
Jan and I have been to Mexico once before. Thanks to our niece, Jada, getting married there, we visited Playa del Carmen about 20 years ago. Our first day there, Jan, our Dad and I decided to ride a banana float pulled by a jet ski. This ended with Jan getting a broken nose when […]
It is nice to get to be with your heros! And I have spent January with most of my heros – my great big awesome family! What a great time! The only thing missing was Randall, who stayed behind working on boat projects. I am really thankful he wanted me to go spend January having […]
by Michelle George After 8 glorious weeks aboard NYANGO the time came for me to leave. It wasn’t what I wanted but I’d already worn out my welcome, by weeks!!! I have a 97 year old Mother who had been chomping at the bit for me to return and Randall needed his space!!! Being in […]
Back in Rio Dulce, we made the plan of sailing to Utila, Roatan and then to Isla Mujeres. We were flexible about the itinerary, as most sailors are. There was the possibility at any stop that we would collectively just want to stay put. But, as sailors often do, we were more prone to view […]
Age is really about perspective. It is nice to turn 57 in a city that dates back to the mid 1500s. I’m so very young compared to a lot of cities! They aren’t griping about it. They are kinda proud! We spent two days enjoying beautiful Mérida where the buildings have seen generations, revolutions, cultures […]
Many people falsely think that the Mayan people no longer exist. However, our Chichen Itza tour guide smiled at this misconception. “We are here,” he said. “We are still here.” Sergio lead us on a great tour of Chichen Itza and Mayan culture. Truthfully, we had kind of stalled on the question of hiring a […]