An Hour on Playa Cochorit

We took a field trip Friday to a place that felt like Old Mexico.  I'm constantly wandering Playa Algodones in front of the condo picking up shells, so we decided it was time to check out some different beaches in the area.  A neighbor down the beach had told us about some 'wild' beaches south of the town of Empalme in Sonora.  She said one, Playa Cochorit, was loaded with amazing shells.  I had

The Other Soggy Peso

No, I'm not posting about the Soggy Peso on Isla Mujeres.  There's actually another Soggy Peso in San Carlos on the other side of Mexico!

After we booked a month at Playa Blanca on Playa Algodones in San Carlos, I found out the other Soggy Peso was just a short walk away from the condo.  I'd actually liked the San Carlos Soggy Peso long ago on Facebook (maybe by mistake).




The day after we

A Month in San Carlos

It all started with pickleball.  Of course it did.  The minute I heard there was a strong pickleball club in San Carlos, Mexico, 7 hours south of our home in Arizona, I knew I could trick my husband into another month at the beach in February.  The only obstacle (all in our minds) was our first drive trip south of the border.  We've lived in Arizona 12 years and we'd never driven a car into

Avenida Juarez -- Isla Mujeres

My favorite street on the island has always been Avenida Juarez.  In addition to being the most colorful street, it's also the best place to people watch as locals go about their daily business.  Here are some of my Juarez shots from the past few trips.











 


































In December after annoying locals for years with my camera, I finally got punked on Juarez while

Walking on Water: Playa Norte, Isla Mujeres

Some people love to sunbathe.  Us -- not so much.  Our favorite past time at the beach is water walking.  We love to take the plunge and walk from one end of Playa Norte to the other out by the buoy line.  We found out February water temps are slightly chillier than November/December -- probably in the high 70's -- but still very doable.  By March, the water was wonderful and warming up!




He

I Miss the Village!

The struggle is real.  I'm missing the village.

I miss the convenience of walking into town, plunking down in a chair overlooking the street at Mogagua, and ordering my 60 peso fruit plate with yogurt and granola for breakfast. 




 

Afterwards I stroll around El Centro.

 



 

Matamoras always seems to be festooned with street banners.  Locals must have a lot of fiestas on this street! 

Our Way to Holbox

I've noticed a lot of questions online about getting to Holbox.   Let me just start by saying we're impatient about getting to our destination. 

After a friend's experience of waiting hours for a second class bus to Chiquila at the downtown bus station in Cancun, then boarding the return bus from Chiquila and finding it was standing room only, we nixed that option.  We also didn't want to 

The Best Part of Waking Up . . . .

I used to hunt seaglass every morning on Isla Mujeres.  Since I have a wheelbarrow full of it in my garage at home, I've switched to snapping photos on my morning walks.  I love capturing the island as it wakes up each day.





The morning Coca-Cola delivery to OXXO on Hidalgo.

 




The fruit and vegetable lady setting up for her morning sales.





This man's carrying at least twenty-one

The Sunday Lost and Found

I keep getting 5 a.m. text messages on my phone from Yahoo with on demand passwords that I'm not requesting.  Like many people, I have a long abandoned Yahoo email that I created years ago and someone's evidently trying to hack it.  Early this morning when the text alarm once again woke me up, a mental flashcard with Flickr on it raced across my brain.

I wonder what happened to those Flickr

Holbox Sunset Show

I'm not sure why, but Holbox sunsets seem even more spectacular than Isla Mujeres sunsets.  I wonder if it's because the sunset view is over the Gulf as opposed to land?  Or maybe it's the novelty of a new locale!  Whatever the reason, this was our favorite time of day on Holbox.

The Saturday Threesome

My life has changed a bit in the last few years and I've almost abandoned the blog.  Since I still take lots of photos when we travel with no place to display them, I'll try posting a few photos at a time here.  That should not be too taxing!

We recently returned from another trip to our favorite island, Isla Mujeres.  We wanted to mix it up a bit since we've spent so much time in one place, so

Culturally Confused!

It's been a whirlwind summer and we're culturally confused.  After talking to a friend's daughter on a visit to our former home in Washington State a few weeks ago, I realize other people may be flummoxed!  Do you live in Mexico on that island?  You don't?  But every time I look at your Facebook, you're in Mexico!

So here's the 411 for anyone else who may be confused reading my blog.  We live