Yes, girls. Today we're going to see more pyramids!   They were really excited! The Kohunlich pyramids are located about 65km West of Chetumal, and date back to earlier than 200 BC and have some...

We left Lake Bacalar on New Year's Eve, and headed West on the major highway towards the Southern part of the state of Campeche. On the way, we stopped at a few pyramids. We...

One benefit of being at Lake Bacalar for a week was that we got to know one of the women who worked at the campground where our friends were staying. Nancy, the worker at...

Lake Bacalar is clearly a favorite of ours. We spent one whole week at Lake Bacalar between Christmas and New Year's Eve (a record for us--we're usually movers)!  The best part of this leg of...

Tamales throughout Mexico vary from place to place. In the West, where we live near Guadalajara, tamales come wrapped and steamed in corn husks. In the more tropical areas, they come cooked in banana...

Yes, I'm blogging about Christmas. I am only about 5 months behind...not bad...right? We left Cancun on Christmas Eve and started heading down towards Lake Bacalar. We arrived at nightfall, and found our friends from Live...

After leaving Tulum, we made a quick run back up to Playa del Carmen, where we took the ferry out to Cozumel. We discovered they had an awesome holiday deal going on (let me...

After checking out of what I think has to be the best all-inclusive resort in Mexico for kids, we made a quick jog down to Akumal Beach, halfway between Playa Del Carmen and Tulum....

But, oh...they are soooo nice! We decided to do some Christmas splurging. No crazy purchases for us (if you don't count the emergency foreign computer purchase in Merida), but it was high-time to experience our...

Despite the girls' protests, we woke up in Valladolid, and set out for the Ek' Balam pyramids (yes, more pyramids...come on...I know you're thinking it, too)! I guess you could say that we were...