December 24 and 25, 2023 Wendy, the cook and house keeper, came at the house at 9am to make us huevos rancheros for breakfast. We finished packing our bags and left Valladolid at 11am. We arrived at Sensira, an all-inclusive resort in Puerto Morelos at 2:15pm for our last night of vacation. Only 2 of the … More Puerto Morelos, Mexico -Day 9 and 10

December 23, 2023 Our airbnb included breakfast and they arrived at 7:45am to prepare it. We had yogurt, granola, bananas, pears, sweet bread and avocado toasts, accompanied by fresh coffee and hibiscus juice. We left the house at 8:45am to go the Chichen Itza, without Pogo who had not slept well because of his coughing. … More Valladolid, Mexico – Day 8

December 22, 2023 We packed our suitcases and walked to a little café to get coffees then went back to the house to finish picking up, got a little sand sample for our collection and went to Naia for breakfast. We said our goodbyes to El Cuyo then drove 2 1/2 hrs to swim in … More Valladolid, Mexico – Day 7

December 21, 2023 We had store bought sweet blueberry bread and bananas for breakfast before being picked up for a morning of adventuring. Our guide Saul, owner of Aventurate El Cuyo, brought us on a five hours tour through Parque Lagartos, a nature preserve, all the way to Las Coloradas. We saw many pink flamingos, … More El Cuyo, Mexico – Day 6

December 20, 2023 We got up early, packed our bags and met for breakfast at 8:15am. We had arranged for two taxis to pick us up at 9am to bring us to the ferry for our 9:30am departure. The streets were definitely starting to dry out and you could see how badly damaged they were. … More El Cuyo, Mexico – Day 5

December 19, 2023 Shaun left at 6:45am to meet with Oscar, a guide he had hired to bring him fly fishing. He was gone for 5 hours. It just happened that the company Oscar worked for, is owned by someone originally from Vermont. The rest of us met at 9am for breakfast without Max because … More Holbox, Mexico – Day 4

December 18, 2023 We met for breakfast at 9am without Max because we all know she is not an early riser (déjà vu?) then went to discover more of the town, being another very windy day meaning no beach day. Pogo and Shaun bought some t-shirts and hats. We went to check out the location … More Holbox, Mexico -Day 3

December 17, 2023 We met for breakfast at 9am without Max who we all know is not an early riser. She met us as we were ready to go for a walk since the wind was really bad and it definitely was not a beach day. We stopped somewhere for Max to have breakfast and … More Holbox, Mexico – Day 2

December 16, 2023 We left the house at 3am for our godforsaken 5am flight. We were at the airport at 3:30am to find out that security doesn’t open until 4am. All that to say we were the first in line. Our connecting flight was in JFK and we arrived in Cancun around 1pm. Custom was … More Holbox, Mexico – Day 1