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Mexico pacific coast north of Puerto Vallarta

Long term RV camping on Mexico’s Pacific coast

2023-03-162023-03-16Rob CathyLeave a Comment on Long term RV camping on Mexico’s Pacific coast

Updated March 16: New campsites south of Puerto Vallarta, and into the Mountains.. Our YES friends, Beth and Geoff have decided to settle down from life on the road in their large RV motor coach for a few months. They are settled near a small Mexican community a little over an hour north of Puerto […]

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Roadway to paradise in Cancun area

2023-02-282023-03-02Rob CathyLeave a Comment on Roadway to paradise in Cancun area

We rented a car for a day trip drive to the “hotel zone” in Cancun and then took a side trip to a smaller more bohemian town called Puerto Morelos. These two places present the two very different ways people can enjoy the winter season in Mexico. The Cancun hotel zone reminds me a lot […]

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Great tailed Grackle

Waking up in Paradise – one month later

2023-02-142023-03-07Rob CathyLeave a Comment on Waking up in Paradise – one month later

Since our snowbird retirement one month ago, our new alarm clock has become the early morning sounds of the jungle waking up as the sun erases the darkness of the night. Although we are actually staying in the bustling city of Playa del Carmen, Mexico there are an amazing number of delightful bird sounds. A […]

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Tulum city ruins tour

Mexico: Mayan ruins, and living village

2023-02-022023-02-04Rob CathyLeave a Comment on Mexico: Mayan ruins, and living village

We enjoyed spending a day learning about the Mayan history and the current indigenous peoples perspectives, during our snowbird stay in Play del Carmen, Mexico. The Tulum ruins tour is an amazing Mayan city ruins attraction, so we decided to build a day trip around that destination. It turned out that the best (and cheapest) […]

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Mexico: Amazing street art

2023-01-222023-03-16Rob Cathy1 Comment on Mexico: Amazing street art

As we settle into our snowbird lifestyle in Playa del Carmen, Mexico I have come to appreciate the amazing quality of some of the “street art” painted on random cement walls of buildings and infrastructure. The themes encompass the Mexican people, places and things including animals, birds and landscapes. Creative use of the cement balls […]

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Playa Entertainment

Mexico: Street entertainment videos

2023-01-212023-01-22Rob CathyLeave a Comment on Mexico: Street entertainment videos

These video clips show some of the diversity of free music and entertainment found on our stay in Playa del Carmen, 5th Avenue area. It makes wandering around 5th in the evening quite enjoyable. Lovely street dancing Mexican Hat dance, by a roving Mariachi band. This club has various cover bands, including Abba next month, […]

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taco stand corn tortillas

Mexico – exploring our new neighborhood

2023-01-162023-01-17Rob CathyLeave a Comment on Mexico – exploring our new neighborhood

Some of the drug pharmacies even have a doctor who can renew your prescriptions, and fill it. Isn’t that handy? An abundance of personal service laundry services, make laundry day easy. Just drop a bag of clothes off in the morning, priced by the pound, your laundry will be clean and folded nicely for a […]

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Personal Water delivery

Mexico – shopping with the locals

2023-01-132023-01-19Rob Cathy1 Comment on Mexico – shopping with the locals

As we settle into our first days as “snow birds” in Playa del Carmen, Mexico we scoped out the local grocery supermarkets. Two of the bigger ones here are Chedraui and Soriana. The Chedraui is much fancier and tourist centric with slightly higher prices, but beautiful selection and presentation with lots of high priced liquor. […]

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Playa Del Carmen Monument

Mexico, Playa Del Carmen, our 3 month stay planning notes

2023-01-012023-02-09Rob Cathy2 Comments on Mexico, Playa Del Carmen, our 3 month stay planning notes

Notes about our 3 month stay in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico in Jan-April 2023. Now that we are officially retired, we will be staying for three months in an apartment which is just off 5th avenue known as the “main street” of tourist life in Playa. Playa is about an hour south of Cancun, so […]

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Dinosaur Extinction Crater, Mexico

2022-11-272022-11-27Rob CathyLeave a Comment on Dinosaur Extinction Crater, Mexico

The dinosaur extinction is widely attributed to a large asteroid from space, hitting the earth near Cancun, in the Yucatan peninsula / Gulf of Mexico. This 10 km diameter asteroid strike occurred 66 million years ago, with the center of the impact near the coastal town of Chicxulub which is about a 5 hour drive […]

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