• Mexico

    Adventure and Misadventure in the Yucatan Peninsula

    Alternately titled: Beware washed out roads and the dreaded shakedown Goodbye to our Tulum If you read our previous post, you would know that we would hate leaving Tulum.  We fell in love.  We discovered peace and calm and just fell in love with the laid back beach vibe of Tulum. However, we were excited to move on with our Yucatan exploration. Another thing we loved is the inspirational street signs, as in real street signs only with inspirational sayings on them.  “Breathe” on one corner, “If not now, when?” on the road to the beach, “Stay Present”. The signs are part of an art installation called Public Display of…

  • Mexico

    Tulum – So Much More than a Pretty Instagram Picture

    How Tulum went from being “Meh” to “Never Leaving” Tulum, the impossibly dreamy subject of all the coolest social media accounts, was the first of four places we planned to stay on our 10-day trip to Mexico.  We were dying to see these views and experience this idyllic beach town, but would we be disappointed? We had just a few days to make the most of it. This was the sister part of the trip to celebrate Patti’s 50th birthday.  We planned to do all the sisbehaving, woo-woo and girly stuff in Tulum.  Plus hike ruins, and swim cenotes, and cram as much as we could into the first four…