On Day 6, after swimming in the Ik Kil Cenote and visiting Chichen Itza, we drove to Valladolid, a colorful Maya town. We had worked up an appetite, and first stopped at Hotel El Meson del...

The Yukatan Peninsula of Mexico is made of porous limestone, and there are no visible rivers running through it. However, when it rains, the water is soaked into the limestone, creating underground rivers and...

It's true, not everyone can travel. "What?!" you say, "I thought that's the whole point?  Blogging to show the world that anyone and any family can manage a life of excitement and travel adventures?" No,...

What's your method of packing? For the past year and half we've come up with a creative method for packing.  We make packets in individual pillow-case size bags...Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Swimming,...

Next up, with the few remaining daylights hours we drove to Chichen Itza and stayed in "Hotel Chichen Itza" (I know, really creative). Fortunately they had internet access, but only in the large lobby...so...

Merida is a lovely town. Really, it is. Problem is, we didn't really get to enjoy it. You see, just a few days into our trip, we found ourselves with a MAJOR crisis. Both my...

On Day 4 of our month-long Yukatan road trip, we left the Kabah Pyramids, and kept heading North on the road to Merida. We soon came upon the Uxmal pyramids. This place was set up...

 Next up, after visiting Campeche and the Edzna Ruins, we rushed over to the Kabah ruins, to see if we could make it there before they closed. Alas, we were too late!  We learned...

This is the post where I reveal some of our expat-living secrets that have helped us make a cushie adjustment to living internationally. Most of these extras obviously aren't necessary for life fulfillment, but...

The closest major ruins to Campeche are the Edzna ruins, about 53 km southeast of the city. Edzna was inhabited from 600 BC to the 15th century AD, and still houses a lot of...