Never ever once in my life did I think that I would say to myself that we’re “happy” to get away from the sandy beaches and into the cities. But again…you should “never say never.” After spending 2 months on perfect beaches with perfect sand and perfect weather – we were actually pretty excited to…
Category: Caribbean
Isla Holbox Promises: Flamingos, Golf Carts & Relaxation
After 2 months in Playa del Carmen we finally started moving – and we won’t stop moving for the foreseeable future which is super exciting. Our first stop after Playa del Carmen was Isla Holbox. We’d heard of this magical island through blog posts, other travelers and locals around Mexico. Supposedly it was/is known as a…
Family Time & Hard To Pronounce Beaches
WOW. What a crazy last 7 days here in Playa del Carmen. It’s our very last day in our apartment today and we’re excited to move on to other adventures! But before we leave…we made sure to cram a ton of fun stuff in over the last week. Seriously – we did more in the past…
Constantly Making Ice Cubes and a Trip to Coba!
What?! We only have 2 weeks left in our lease?! So nuts! We’ve been really trying to make sure and visit the places that are “must-sees” in the area and this week we hopped on a bus and went to the ancient Mayan ruins of Coba. The ADO bus direct to Coba (with a brief stop…
Spontaneity & Vacation Vibes in Cozumel
All of the sudden our old routine of taking it easy during the week and living it up on the weekends has completely swapped to the opposite. It’s Saturday and we’re recovering. Even last night we stayed in and watched Netflix after stuffing ourselves at a great Italian spot with our new friend/old Airbnb host…
Dos Semanas Santas?!
Our past week has been super chill. I’ve been trying to write a post every Saturday so everyone can keep up with what we’ve been doing. After writing last Saturday’s post – we experienced some fun new Mexican quirks we hadn’t known about. So – as mentioned last week – it was Semana Santa (Holy…
Tanta Gente!
Spring Break is in full force! AND Semana Santa! We can tell by the massive influx of people that have showed up recently. We forgot to forecast these couple weeks before we came down. I’m not one for big crowds, so it’s a bit anxiety-inducing but it also makes for some fantastic people watching so…
Hand-Washing Bath Towels is Hard & Other Day to Day Life Things
Hola amigos y familiares! Wrapping up week 3 in Playa del Carmen – we’re feeling pretty settled in at this point. Crazy to think that we have 5 more weeks left in our apartment. Looking back – we’re glad we chose to stay and explore an area for as long as we are – but…
Hola Mexico! Goodbye Comfort Zones!
Week one is officially under our belts. To say things have been all butterflies and rainbows would be a total lie – by the same token – things have been pretty freakin’ great. We arrived at the Cancun airport last Sunday and took the ADO bus down to Playa del Carmen. We read on other…
Puerto Rico – You are beautiful!
January is flying by – or I guess I should say has FLOWN by! I cannot believe this month is already wrapping up. It almost feels like we haven’t been able to stop and take a breath. But I mean that in the best and most exciting way possible. Kile and I just got back…
From Canada to the Caymans!
I’m having one of those “where do we begin?” moments because I feel like we’ve done so much in the past month. We’ve gone on weekend and weeklong adventures, we’ve had family in town and not to mention…real life is still happening so there’s work and daily mundane mixed in somewhere in between. Kile and…
Reinventing Our American Dream 