November 22nd to 27th, 2023 We have spent the last few days walking around Centro Historico visiting several sites and otherwise attending to administrative stuff and generally taking it easy, especially during the beastly hot & humid hours … The folks here are generally quite friendly and when we are out and about we get…Continue Reading “Merida …..Centro Historico and a day trip to the “Yellow Town”of Izamal”
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November 15, 2023 The morning dawns cloudless and warm 26C, as we enjoy a calm breakfast and gradually get our things together. Our ADO bus leaves at 11.48 and it is only an 11-minute walk from the hotel. Per our normal way, we arrive early and hang out in the waiting area watching the ebb…Continue Reading “Merida …..our home for the next month & a day trip to beachside Progreso”
November 14, 2023 After last night’s rainy weather and the gloomy skies outside our windows, we were somewhat apprehensive about our excursion for today. Our plan is to visit Ek Balam, another Mayan ruin allegedly not as well known as Chichen Itza…we will only have this one opportunity as this will be our last day…Continue Reading “Valladolid ….. day trip to the Mayan ruins at Ek Balam and a rain encore”
November 12, 2023 We woke up to a beautiful morning with temperatures of 26C and sunny, clear skies. We had gone to bed anticipating a full night’s rest ….however, as we lay down the fun started with some decent Mexican music, loud but not overly so, coming from the Guandalo Roofbar down the street. Not…Continue Reading “Cancun to Valladolid ….. and a day trip to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza”
November 8, 2023 Here we go again another adventure awaits as we will be visiting the Yucatan Peninsula for 2 months! We are getting soft in our old age and decided to overnight in Vancouver before starting our journey…as some of you know shutting down a house seems to create an ever-expanding “to-do list”, so…Continue Reading “Vancouver to Mexico….on our way to the Yucatan Peninsula”
June 2023 We have been staying at home, other than for a few quick trips into Vancouver since returning from France and Italy in late November, so we felt it was time for a bit of a change of pace. Our destination Okeover Inlet is on the Sunshine Coast albeit one ferry ride from our…Continue Reading “Okeover Inlet, B.C. ….. June 2023”
November 19th – 23rd It rained overnight with some drizzle this morning. After a really nice breakfast with lots of choices, it is time to leave Hotel Michaela… Today we are on our way to Cannes, why Cannes …well, our return to Canada is a bit convoluted as both our flight to Paris from Nice…Continue Reading “Marina di Massi to Cannes ……and slowly but surely home”
November 17th Another beautiful morning and it is our last morning in Sicily…we had discussed for some time whether to return to Nice (car drop-off) by car or otherwise. In the end, we opted for a ferry from Palermo to Livorno …Grimaldi Lines runs this service and the Tripadvisor reviews were, in a word, GRIM….Continue Reading “Cefalu to Marina di Massa…..departing Sicily for the Italian mainland”
November 10th to 17th A lovely morning with a temperature of 17C as we leave Agrigento heading for Cefalu, which is about a 2 1/2 hour drive. With very little traffic it is an easy drive, the interior reminds us somewhat of the interior of B.C. hilly and rather barren. It gets quite pretty near…Continue Reading “Agrigento to Cefalu….our final stop in Sicily”
November 8th to 10th Time to move on as we are heading to Agrigento about 220 km or 3 1/2 hours west of Syracusa. Easy departure from the city and we are traveling on a mix of autostrada and secondary roads. It is another beautiful day and we enjoy a rather carefree drive with very…Continue Reading “Agrigento….Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples)”