Well I was up first again and spent some quiet time on the deck counting my blessings. It Ina supposed to rain today but the skies were clear and it was sunny and 26 degrees out at 9:00 a.m. And it continued to be sunny for the rest of the day. Today we hit the local market and sampled some Mexican "street meat" (really yummy tacos). All the locals go to this taco truck whose owners have been doing business in the same spot for 35 years. There were 8 different ty...

After a great sleep (no doubt with help from the margaritas) I was the first one up at the crack of dawn. I enjoyed a cuppa on the deck watching all the birds and just relaxing. After enjoying the solitude for a couple of hours I decided to go check out the pool and see what all the kids were laughing about. I got back to the apartment just in time to let Paul and Coco (cutest dog ever) in for coffee. A while later Vic decided to roll out of bed followed by Claud...

After a fairly uneventful flight (phew!), we landed in Cancun and the adventure began.  Paul met us at the airport and we took a short drive to our residence for the next 12 days.  What a beautiful apartment they have!The street Paul and Claudia live on is called Cenzontle which means mockingbird. They are quite rare and have over 200 "voices". A pair has babies in a nest right by the deck. I'm taking it as a good omen. We dumped our bags and proceeded to h...