Posts for specific trips
Good Morning , 8:47 AM Weather: Sunny Temperature: 24C: Notes: I feel much better this morning. The temperature is cooler and my fever has gone. Still a little bit queasy but not like last night. We ate our own breakfast of coffee, mangos and bananas and probably oatmeal, I don’t …
On the Road, 8:50 AM Weather: Sunny Temperature: 26C Notes: We ate breakfast at the hotel restaurant and got on the road before 9:00am. So far the weather is pleasant, but we will be heading into desert country and it’s going to be HOT! Entry located at: https://www.google.com/maps/@16.3401551,-95.2244808,100m/data=!3m1!1e3 Gassing up, …
Eats – Breakfast, 8:24 AM Weather: Foggy Temperature:1 5 Name:Hotel breakfast Notes: We enjoyed a good hearty breakfast in the hotel restaurant, complete with decent coffee. Scrambled eggs, toast, fried plantains and orange juice all included. Entry located at: https://www.google.com/maps/@16.7315925,-92.6369190,100m/data=!3m1!1e3 Gassing up, 9:34 AM Name:Pemex Cost:299.36mx Segment 1 located at: …
Gassing Up 8:54 AM Weather:Sunny Temperature:18C Name:Orsan (pemex) Cost:430.89 Notes: We took the infamous route through the mountains from Palenque to San Cristobal. This route takes you through Zapatista country where, in some of the villages ,you get stopped to pay a ‘toll’. We checked online before going and it seemed …
On the Road 8:35 AM Weather: Humid, hot Temperature: 32C Notes: We managed to leave by 7:30 am this morning before the heat really got going. Google said we’d be in Palenque by 2:30 but in fact we arrived before 2pm. The drive took us through lots of different terrain, …
Goodbye Merida 1:00 PM Title:Day 26 Last Day! Weather: Hot Temperature: 34C Accommodation Name: Casa del Turix Notes: We spent 16 days here for a total cost of 5070mx ($267.00US) For this amount we had use of a kitchen, pool, diningroom, (continental breakfast included) and our room had its own …
Eats – Traditional Yucatecan Food, 12:40 PM Weather: Hot Temperature: 36C Name:Chaya Maya Notes:We have to wait for an hour for my dental appt, so we decided to have lunch at Chaya Maya. It is kind of touristy but close! It has been around for many years and although the …
Yucatan Dental, 3:45 PM Weather: Hot Temperature: 39C Notes: I thought I was going to get my teeth installed today, but no, there is still another step. This is the one that my dentist has been looking forward to because this is where he gets to practice his ”art”. He …
Special Attraction – The Beach! 11:34 AM Weather: Hot Temperature: 38 Name:Siaan Kaan Beach Club Notes: We took a chance and headed for a day at the beach. We have our favourite little place in Chelem that is never crowded and has a fantastic sand beach. We grabbed a palapa …
May 12, 20198:40 PM Weather: Hot Temperature: 37C Name:Pizza Messina Notes: It gets harder and harder to hang out here in this terrible heat. Our room is nice and cool, but here we are just sitting in our room day after day unless we have to go to the dentist. …
