Villa La Querencia
Travel Blogs from Cancun
No Manches!
... all the bracelets, necklaces and bags that you could ever want. I bought a little coin purse thing, a feather earing/hair piece and a hippy scarf for the hippy party we are having on the trip this weekend.
Tuesday I played Texas Hold 'Em with the students and then had basketball training (running back and forth from the toilets still,) then caught the end of the boys game which they lost by one point again! As usual, I spent the rest of the day chilling by ...
Life's a Party in Cancun
... The day before we had organised a tour that departed from Cancun bound for Tulum to see the ancient city’s ruins and then went onto the natural aquatic park called ‘Xel-Ha’ to cool down from the hot Caribbean.
Tulum is located on the Riviera Maya, along the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea. It was one of the last inhabited cities built by the Mayans and it stands on 12m high cliffs looking out over the ocean. An absolute stunning ...
Jalisco
... Along the way there were tons of little land crabs. Smaller than a dollar bill, but very loud. There were also a bunch of foot long lizards running around. The two things that really moved me were the crickets and butterflies. The crickets were so loud at times it hurt my ears, though I only saw one. The butterflies were ridiculous. On my walk I had numerous wet and dry ...
Melaque
The ATM in Barra crashes worryingly and so we have to visit Melaque further up the beach. Its a little quiet and dilapidated and out of season but they have great street tacos. We try our first Michelada (beer with salt and juice - great for hangovers) and play Angry Birds on touchscreens on the back of the bus seats as we leave - very high tech!
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Return to the beach
... and the owner/captain told George he flew back and forth to his job in Texas. Another day we took a launch tour of the lagoon which takes you by the fish market, canals where owners dock their large boats in the back yards, mangrove swamps, beach front restaurants, yacht harbor and returns. Now to get back on the diet!!! ...