I have so much to tell you but I want to start with the cenotes. A cenote is a pit that results from the collapse of the limestone bedrock that covers the Yucatan peninsula. There are more than 20,000 cenotes in the Yucatan state and now that I’ve been to one, I aim to see […]
Valladolid welcomes us back to travel
We have arrived in Valladolid! This is the view from our hotel room at El Meson del Marques, where we booked their Grand Suite for $150 a night. The room is a large, tiled-floor affair with about 500 square feet of balcony, overlooking the main square and the church. I was pretty awestruck until I […]
Comforting consistencies and typical bad decisions
We are packing for a 9-day trip to the Yucatan, to see the Mayan archaeological sites and the colonial cities of Valladolid and Merida. A little check of Weather.com will indicate our first poor planning choice since the typical daily temperature is about 100 and I start complaining about the heat in Seattle when the […]
Annals of architecture: Bathroom Edition
I feel that one of the dominant themes of this trip to Phoenix has been architecture, which is not to diminish my respect for the hot dog/Oscar Mayer motif that dominated our downtown Phoenix day. We started with the lush surroundings of the Sonesta Extended Stay Suites, where despite being anchored by a basketball court […]
