Dear family and friends… welcome to our Uaymitun 2019 Blog!
Although we were having an pretty mild lead up to the New Year, we are very happy to return to Uaymitun for the rest of the winter!
Unfortunately, due to health issues, we will not be able to spend quality time this winter with my sister, Val, and her husband, George, who rent just 6 houses down the beach. We are missing them already!
I hope you’ll enjoy our blog posts this winter… it really helps us feel connected to all, even though we are afar!
Cheers from Uaymitun, MX!
-doug and elaine
The early part of winter in Sarnia wasn’t terribly cold or snowy!
As we were flying WestJet from Toronto to Mérida on January 1st, a Tuesday of course, we spent the night at the Toronto Airport Hilton. Sharon & Don were good to us and gave us a lift to the hotel from Kitchener!
We met up with our friends, Mat & Terri, and had a great dinner at The Keg!
After a short night at the hotel, we arrived at the airport with lots of time, we thought! It appeared that everyone wanted to fly on Jan 1st!!! What a zoo! It was so busy, I didn’t even have time to grab a picture of our plane before we were in the air heading to warmer climes!
Due to a logistical snag, Mat & Terri’s ride to their beach front condo didn’t materialize and the condo wasn’t ready for them until the next day. The agent put us two couples up overnight at the Hotel Ibis Styles beside the Liverpool Mall, in Mérida.
The Liverpool Mall was still decorated for Christmas, as the Mexican Christmas timeline doesn’t end until January 6th!
As we were being met by the agent around 2PM the next day, we took time to go to the Mall for Mat’s new Telcel SIM card and to Costco!
Later that day, safely installed into Mat & Terri’s condo, we found time to relax!
Thursday afternoon at 2ish, we arrived at Uaymarima! It was so nice to be back! Miguel & Maria met us with smiles and hugs and helped us get our stuff into the house!
Over the next few days, we unpacked and settled in!
As our first week at Uaymarima comes to a close, we also revisited a couple of our favourite haunts!
That’s it for our first blog of 2019…
Cheers!
Love to all,
-doug and elaine
Thanks for the report Doug and Elaine.
We are stuck in Canada as Dodie recovers from her second knee replacement, else we probably would have been cycling past your place by now. We are waiting until April for Dodie to recover, after which we will head off to Austria.
Your can have a look at our current blog, about the knees, here: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/riseagain/
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Dodie! Will look forward to your Austrian blog!
It would probably make you happy to know that the beers I had stashed in the garage froze.
Oh no!…
Looks like you’re off to a great winter in Mexico.. Enjoy!
Hi Doug and Eliane.
Great pictures. Thanks for keeping us updated on your time in Mexico. Counting down the days till we see you in March. Today we have an absolutely beautiful day here . It is cool but the sun is out!!!
Better than rain or snow. !!!! Happy New Year to the two of you !!!! Sandy
Looks you guys are up to your old tricks again this winter! Have a great time!
I am off to Australia myself in two weeks until mid-March. Beach walks, here I come!
Enjoy Oz!