Mexico

Baja Peninsula Hurricane Odie

January 26th, 2015|Mexico|

Hurricane Odie, in September 2014, dominated the Baja Peninsula for 9 stormy days, during which time 92% were without power while dealing with widespread flooding, damage to homes and businesses and looting (martial law was [...]

Cabo

January 25th, 2015|Mexico|

Cabo hadn't changed a lot since 2002.  Still a largely English speaking tourist town with a lot of time share hustle.  Also beautiful beaches, great restaurants and frolicking whales.  The beach is different, much more [...]

Ixtapa Bay Beach Fun

February 5th, 2012|Mexico|

Between my broken Spanish and his brokenEnglish we finally communicated the commands -when I was supposed to pull the release tolower the parasail for landing.Our motto:  "It's not a real vacation unless you sign a waiver!!"Massages [...]

Charming Ixtapa, Mexico

January 30th, 2012|Mexico|

Welcome flowers on the bed - a sweetMexican traditionOur waiter snapped this photo of us tryingto remember when we were last in Ixtapaand Zihuatanejo - about 5 years ago?Morning dip in the pool on our [...]

Seeing Blue Whales

March 25th, 2010|Mexico|

This was thrilling to see...and hard to photograph. The blue whale is the largest mammal ever known to have lived. They can grow over 100 feet long (think of 3 school buses), and newborn calves [...]

Surfer dude

March 25th, 2010|Mexico|

Check out the surfing. Mike took lessons, and eventually caught 13 out of 15 waves in a row. Those were some gnarly 2 foot waves, man!

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