December 20 – We arrived at Agrado Guest House in Oaxaca City fairly early in the afternoon, most likely because the drive was smooth and ordinary. But Agrado is not ordinary. It’s a moist jungle inside thick stone walls. This is like one of those places you simply don’t want to leave. Just Continue Reading
December 18th. The road from Cuetzalan to Puebla was considerably easier-ish. Still plenty of hair-raising curves that lead directly to a body cast and roads that were originally designed to be a skateboard ramp. So, beyond those little nuances, the road was filled with spectacular sights and exotic flora. We Continue Reading
December 13. The day after Our Lady of Guadalupe Day, otherwise known as Get Out-A-Town Day. We did, and appropriately early. Today we’ll get to Monterrey but there’s no reason to elaborate on the sights and smells of that city. We’ve been there, done that and got the hammocks. On Continue Reading
We seem to have done everything we wanted to do in Orizaba, so this morning we took off and headed south. To break the unusual extreme heat, the rainy season must start. Now we’re having a down-right intimate relationship with tropical storm Alberto. This storm will hit the Mexico coast Continue Reading
We came to Orizaba with an Air B-n-B reservation for 3 weeks. Air B-n-Bs, by our experience, can really be a gamble, and to be fair, so is VRBO. Some hosts will tout an exquisite opportunity yet provide you with an untenable result. Here in Orizaba, that was not the Continue Reading
10 am Saturday, we got the call. “Señor Donnie, Tammy es listo!” I was a bit stupefied that they knew her name was Tammy. We were hedging our bets that all the repairs would be completed without having to extend our stay in Xalapa and we were correct, with 2 Continue Reading
As the semester drew near to closing and the semi-flamboyant graduation ceremony was complete, the summer-o-fun was just a weekend away. After a quick visit by my daughter and her family, plus the near double drowning of my youngest grandchild, Mexico and it’s healing powers were mentally moments away. If Continue Reading
I AM SORRY IF I’M YELLING BUT… YOU’LL UNDERSTAND BY THE END OF THIS. Thursday, December 21, 2023. It was a rather nasty, rainy day as we crossed into Mexico this morning via the Columbia Bridge. The Element and I already had our papers and permissions, but we had to Continue Reading
