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Akumal Wedding

We went over to Akumal for the wedding of some good friends last week. It was beautiful, how could it not be? They are a wonderful couple, we’ve known Scott for 15 years or so and Marieke for about 4 years. We’ve always called Scott Akumal’s #1 Son as he and his sister [...]

Life’s a beach

New wifi antenna on top of the palapa

I’m over in Akumal for a few days, paying some bills and trying to get the hurricane curtains put up.

There is a new wifi antenna sitting on top of the palapa under our deck, I don’t know yet if it will improve [...]

sun, sand, friends

Hanging out at the condo with friends

2011 has been very good so far. Perfect weather both in Mérida and here in Akumal on the Caribbean. NYE at Hennessy’s was fabulous, I think we knew almost everyone there, the food was good, the drinks were good and we had a great time. Such [...]

Another kind of paradise

We just spent a few days over in Akumal for the condo owners annual meeting. It was a simple meeting this year, no controversy, which we really appreciated. We couldn’t stay long as we left the dogs and adult cats here in Mérida. Friends Tom and Debi came by twice a day to feed [...]

hot days and sultry nights

beach off my deck

So, I’m sitting here in Akumal waiting for the day to start. I don’t know why I woke up so early but when this happens, I don’t know what to do with myself. I always assume that the world is closed for business before 10am so there’s no where [...]

another tough day at work

We came to the beach for the sun and the sea, but we got some things done as well.

the real reason

Apparently the Civil Protection or some such agency came around to inspect gas tanks and ours was tagged as too rusty and needing paint. I’m glad they are checking, I just [...]

a perfect day

Playa waves next to the ferry dock

looking the other direction down the beach

Wonderful day yesterday! Here’s a couple pics from the ferry dock in Playa del Carmen, you can see that the wind and waves were high. It was a wild ride over to Cozumel on the ferry. I don’t [...]