Mission to get fitter: Walking and Riding

Around the beginning of March, I decided I needed to get moving more and shift some pounds as I approached my 50th birthday. I miss having my walking buddies but put my headphones on and embraced the beautiful surroundings we have. I signed up on MyFitnessPal to develop a calorie controlled eating plan. It's a slow journey but I'm getting there.

The golf course provides a natural route of 6km so I started taking it in different directions for 30-40 mins per day and if really keen I make it the whole way round. I love snapping pics as I walk.

Sunrise over the golf course.

Dawn over the lake.

Gorgeous homes.

Wonderful tree lined route.

Useful stops along the way!

This guy at about 2km from the main gate.

Another fabulous home.

KM markers.

Lake at Riu Lupita.

On Tuesdays and Fridays, I take Connor's guitar to school and walk on 5th Avenue or the beach.

Portal at sunrise.

Empty 5th Ave.

Clearing the overnight sargassum.

Jordan has also been getting out for longer bike rides and discovering beautiful different areas of Playa. Connor enjoys this too.

Park La Ceiba is just a few minutes north of the highway.

Fun challenges.

Woodland paths.

Large birds!

Park in Gonzalo Guerrero area.

Something is coming soon!

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...

Trolley Tour in Campeche

We booked this quintessential tourist activity and it was charming. It was of course, a little less amazing when the tour took us around the very neighbourhood in which we were staying, so maybe we should have done the tour earlier on! Independence Square Fisherman statue outside our local OXXO

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