Friends move from Belize to Playa - yay, we have friends!

In April, three friends we met in San Pedro, Tom, Debbie and Shari, made the move to Playa after living for two years on the island. It makes a big difference having people to hang with! Dining and beach time are our best past times and weekly euchre with Deb and Tom.

Lunch at Lido Beach Club.

Enjoying the calm water.

Supper at Latinos.

Listening to the band at Wah Wah.

Customary bucket!

Cool tub at Deb and Tom's condo.

Celebrating my birthday at Lido.

Celebrating Deb's birthday at Wah Wah.

Lunch at Casa Sophia.

At city hall.

Supper at Ula Gula.

Farewell supper at Piola pizza.

Our new Airbnb - expectation v reality (Feb 10-Mar 9, 2024)

Our Airbnb experiences have generally been very good with accurate photos and helpful hosts. This time was disappointing. The condo is very modern with 10ft ceilings and in a great location but it was clear that the management company is not aware or keeping up with needed repairs - sunken sofa cushions, lifting tiles, calcified faucet, stained sheets, and completely broken patio furniture that had just been left!! Their response to our messages was quite unhelpful - they didn't seem to care that much so our honest review will reflect this. Instagram ... ... reality ...replaced with two mismatched indoor chairs!! Playa as a whole has gotten busier and outside of the reality of inflation and a stronger peso, everything is much more expensive as happens in popular tourist spots. We are going to look at other more affordable places in Mexico to spend the winter months.

Painful winter travel from the Prairies

Minus 30 degrees below zero apparently causes problems for aeroplanes in the Prairie provinces. We were scheduled to depart at 6.30am January 13th Saskatoon-Calgary-Cancun but received word of cancelation the day before. They rescheduled us to depart at 7.30pm but added in an overnight stay in Vancouver (now SK-VAN-CAN). On Saturday morning we learned of yet another change, slightly better, to SK-Edmonton overnight-CAN, however by Saturday afternoon we got another notice of de-icing problems, crew delays, and departure changes upon which we would be updated within the hour. We waited for the update but no update came. Google informed us that our flight was canceled. Westjet had apparently abandoned us! At the same time, adding to our stress was that Nick was travelling with us but on a separate booking and his cancelations did not coincide with ours. First he would possibly land in Cancun before us, then with his reschedule he would lose almost a week of his vacation. It was...

6-12 December Playa del Carmen

Mon - J off, bought hammock (30th av/50). Lunch La Bamba Jarocha. Tues - Groceries with Homer and ordered Nikkori Sushi, Euchre night Wed - took laundry in, smoothies from Nativo, games, burgers at home, 5th walk (J staying off injured ankle). Thurs - gym, games, spoke to Connor's councilor re: semester courses, ginger chicken for supper. Fri - lunch Chapultepec, beach drinks at Tarraya, H to gym, ice cream Sat - gaming at home, beach walk from pier to Mamitas. Supper at La Chema but underwhelming food. Churros in the square and Christmas lights. Sun - 5th walk, burritos/chilli relleno at food carts (4 & 15), shops on Juarez. Lasagne from Pizza Renzo.

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