Seafood-bar crawl in Cancun…

Last Thursday hubby invited me out for dinner and as we love to try new places we decided to make it even more fun and go to two places that we haven’t been to yet.Cesar loves seafood so we started off at this little place in front of Plaza de Toros (the bullring) called La [...]

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Cenote Il Kil, a sacred Mayan watering-hole

The last stop on our amazing Easter Yucatan Adventure took us to the cenote Il Kil. After checking out of our hotel we crossed the street and parked in the cenote’s lot just as two very large tour buses pulled in and a huge group of tourists descended from the buses, cameras in hand, rushing towards [...]

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Thumper, Hacienda Tepich and Hotel Dolores de Alba

 Continuing on describing our Easter Yucatan Adventure I will pick up where I left off which was when we discovered Hacienda Tepich after visiting the cenotes at Cuzama. Thirsty and hungry we were thrilled to find this beautiful old hacienda off the beaten track. We climbed the steps and marvelled at the beautiful stone-work and orange and yellow painted  walls [...]

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The Animals are Boarding the Ark 2×2..wait for me!

Now, I know that I was supposed to pick up where I left off describing our Easter Yucatan Adventure and talk about the Hacienda Tepich but I feel compelled to rant  as hubby is tired of hearing me curse and generally bitch about our current situation. What situation is that you may ask? Rain, rain and the leaks [...]

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Cenote Chelentun, Bolonchojool and Chak-Zinik-Che..how’s that for a mouthful?

Continuing on from my last blog entry chronicling our trip to visit several cenotes in the Yucatan over Easter break  I will pick up where I left off. We made our way along the path to a wooden staircase leading down to the first cenote, Chelentun,where we were greeted by a huge group of people all toting their [...]

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Cuzama, Yucatan…cenote tour

As I mentioned in my previous blog my husband and I decided to get out of Cancun on Sunday and visit a few cenotes in the Yucatan. There are many cenotes scattered all over the Yucatan and Quintana Roo and gradually through the years we are getting to know them all. We had originally planned to leave [...]

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An upcoming Easter adventure in the Yucatan Peninsula!

Everybody shout ”ROAD TRIP!!!”  Semana Santa (Holy Week) is upon us again and is probably one of the most important Catholic holidays next to Christmas that is celebrated in Mexico and other Latin countries. It starts March 31st and ends April 4th. Neither myself or my husband are Catholic but my hubby gets to enjoy several days off [...]

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