Doug and Elaine's Travel Blog
Blog posts from our 2015 winter in Uaymitun!
Welcome to our 5th Blog from our Uaymitun 2015 winter!
Cheers from Uaymitun, MX!
-doug and elaine
After a return trip to Dzitya for Doug and Janine to pick up a few souvenirs for back home, we drove over to Dzibilchaltún to visit the mayan ruins and museum there.
On our way back home, we took a short detour from the main road to drive through Chicxulub Pueblo.
That’s all for today!
The next few blogs will highlight our visit to ‘Tres Haciendas’!
Cheers!
Love to all,
-doug and elaine
Welcome to our 4th Blog from our Uaymitun 2015 winter!
Cheers from Uaymitun, MX!
-doug and elaine
This blog highlights the recent House Tour that we took in downtown Merida. Each Wednesday morning, from November to March, a local Ex-pat leads as many people as who show up through three houses of those on a list of about twenty houses who are signed up. Each week is a new set of houses, so you never know what you’ll be seeing that day.
All those who are interested meet in the LA68 building at the corner of Calle 68 and 55 in Centro.
Then we walked about 6-8 blocks to the first house, which is still undergoing renovations. The rooms at the front of the house and the kitchen will be the last to be completed, but the pool area and the bedrooms are fully updated.
After about 20 minutes to tour, our guide rounded us up and lead us to the next house. This house was fully renovated and had a beautiful garden and pool area.
Our guide then led us ‘just around the corner’ for about another 6 blocks to the next and final house. This house had maintained a more traditional look to the walls and floors, but was very beautiful!
After our great tour, we walked a few blocks and had a great lunch at a local restaurant called Oliva!
One could spend an entire day poking around Centro to find interesting places to see and take photos of!
We passed through Santa Lucia Park on our way back to the car… what a great place it is!
That’s all for today!
The next few blogs will highlight some of our Mayan adventures!
Cheers!
Love to all,
-doug and elaine
Welcome to our 3rd Blog from our Uaymitun 2015 winter!
Cheers from Uaymitun, MX!
-doug and elaine
January 22nd we welcomed Doug and Janine MacDonald back to Uaymitun; escaping from bone-chilling, snowy Parry Sound, ON.
After having a brief walkabout the beach house and patio, we sort of settled into the kitchen to talk… only to find we had a visitor!
While we haven’t seen the next visitor for a few days now, we did make a new friend on the beach!
We enjoyed some local travelling…
After a busy touring day, there’s nothing like enjoying a refreshing beverage on the beach at sunset!
The next day was again sunny and warm enough to take a dip in the Gulf and our pool!
That’s all for today!
The next few blogs will highlight some of our travels!
Cheers!
Love to all,
-doug and elaine
Welcome to our 2nd Blog from our Uaymitun 2015 winter!
Cheers from Uaymitun, MX!
-doug and elaine
Morning is a special time here… usually the winds are calm and warm; unless we have an El Norte blowing!
This winter we’ve tried to include a morning walk along our road, so here’s some of the vistas and homes along the way…
The weather has been very nice, with a few El Norte days/nights thrown in! I’ve made it into the pool and the gulf several times.
During low tide, the closest sandbar is exposed!
We’ve been into Chicxulub and Progreso a few times and went for lunch in the next town east of us, Telchac Puerto.
That’s all for today!
Doug & Janine have arrived … watch this space for our next Blog Post!
Cheers!
Love to all,
-doug and elaine
Welcome to our Uaymitun 2015 Blog! We will be in our little paradise until the last week of March this year. A few folks will be joining us from time to time and we hope to visit some new spots too. I’ll snatch myself away from the view long enough to post the occasional blog! 🙂
Cheers from Uaymitun, MX!
-doug and elaine
Our journey started just as another Polar Vortex descended into the Sarnia area… our son-in-law, Matt, drove us to the Embassy Suites by the Detroit airport on the afternoon of Jan 6th.
The hotel was very nice and we enjoyed a quiet drink by the fire before dinner!
We flew out of Detroit the next morning, but not before enjoyed a nice Mamosa at TGIF’s in the airport!
Our flight was on time, but George and Val had a terrible time getting out of Kelowna and an even worse time getting out of Calgary to Houston! They missed their connecting flight into Merida and had to overnight at a Houston airport hotel.
We met up with them on the concourse and had some food and beverages before our flight into Merida!
At the Merida airport, we were all lucky to get a GREEN light at Customs. A local entrepreneur, Pedro, picked us all up and drove us to Uaymitun!
January 8th, our first day in our Beach House, Uaymarima, and our 43rd wedding anniversary!
Some new things for this year…
A few of unexpected minor problems in the house and the late delivery of our car meant that we had to postpone our anniversary dinner plans until the next night!
Friday morning, we drove into Merida and met with Gaby, our beach house owner, at Costco! We were too early for a Kirkland dog though! 🙁
That evening, Val & George joined us at Xcanatun to celebrate our 43rd Anniversary!
The next day, we went to the Gran Plaza so I could get my iPhone cell chip and Val replaced her power adapter. Then onto the City Center Mall to Walmart and some lunch and, of course, beverages! 🙂
I was nice to visit Chicxulub again…
This morning, we had a light fog…
That’s it for my first blog… stay tuned!
Cheers!
Love to all,
-doug and elaine