This leg of our trip is a bit unusual. Though we are in a city, we are remote to the city. We are in a condo, the condo is in an extensive complex of many condos called PlayaCar. Not all of it is connected, it is all gated. It is about a 20 minute walk to the business part of the city, or from our …
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It’s A Jungle Out There! More Travel, eggs
We have transitioned from high desert Mexico where we spent over 4 months, to the jungles of Yucatan Mexico. We are now in Playa del Carmen on the Caribbean coast. The featured image is the entrance to our deluxe condo. We have also transitioned from really nice accommodations to something now that …
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Goodbye Oaxaca
We will be headed for the airport in about 19 hours, headed for Playa del Carmen on the Riviera Maya, the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Walking through Oaxaca city this morning we were struck by how our view of the city felt fresh and positive. Little items stuck out to us today, we appeared to pay …
Ciudad de las Canteras (City of Quarries), Barber shop competition
There are two extensive desert gardens in Oaxaca city. One is in the center of town adjacent to Santo Domingo Church, Jardin Etnobotanical. It is not well visited and is consequently a wonderful escape into the silence of seclusion. We discovered it in 2018 and it remains one of my favorite places …
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The Shake Up
9:19 pm. I am sitting in a chair reading The Stranger In the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom. We are on the ground floor, tile over concrete. I feel the floor push up into my feet, twice. Another few seconds and then I feel, and believe I see, a ripple across the floor to my left. Then it is over. 5.4 …