Monthly Archives: January 2009

Soon after we entered the fishing town of Rio Lagartos, we booked our rooms and a boat tour to see the flamingos for the next morning.  We then were free to discover a bit about the town before it was … Continue reading →

With lunch done, we left the Dzilam de Bravo area and headed inland to get to our destination of Rio Lagartos.  After checking out the road atlas, we settled on taking a shorter route down a secondary road.  The idea … Continue reading →

Having finished our visit to X’combo, we drove north to the town of Telchac Puerto in order to see the damage done to the town by Hurricane Isadore which caused a lot of damage to the northern shore of the … Continue reading →

The cathedral in Dzemul is huge, something that one wouldn’t expect for such a small village in the countryside.  The church is old and was originally built and controlled by the Franciscan Order.  We watched as an old man went … Continue reading →

On the road to X’combo, we found a locked gate that denied us entry to the Mayan ruins.  Realising that we had to wait until later in the morning, we decided to visit the next village to the south which … Continue reading →

I began the morning with my daily fix (well, almost daily) of reading the news on-line.  While busy checking out sports pages and news about Obama’s being installed as the 44th President of the U.S.A., I got connected with brother-in-law, … Continue reading →

Let me introduce our back yard pet.  He is one of two ignuanas that have taken up residence within the walls that surround the property.  When it turns warm, he crawls up out of the cinder blocks to sun himself … Continue reading →

The fishing village which is about two kilometres from our villa is quite small and quite poor.  Of course, there are some homes that are beautiful in the Mexican style with clean grounds filled with coconut palm trees, but they … Continue reading →

Another day, another adventure.  With the weather being bit off for strolls along the beach, we decided to head into town along the back lanes.  Once we made it to the village we decided to keep going further in hopes … Continue reading →