North & Central America

Ultimate desperation Looking back, it was kind of like giving birth. (Continued from The Saga of Sabancuy: There Was Trouble) I originally thought I would share the entire story with you. Every. Agonizing. ...

Continued from The Saga of Sabancuy: In the Beginning The full moon still shone brightly, now just on the opposite side of the sky. Excited for a new day at our beach-paradise home, I was up early as usu...

Spirits were high as we left Palenque, and headed toward one of our favorite places in the world. It had been ages since we had been - at least to one where you could walk barefoot without freezing your to...

Wow. It seems like ages ago when we were sitting by our wood burning stove in Alaska, goggling at Google Earth and saying, "I can't wait until we visit Palenque. That's soooo far away." Now here we wer...

We woke up Sunday morning in the howling campground Mayabell and got ready for church. Driving into the town of Palenque, we spotted four young men in white shirts and ties. We know who they are! We h...

Bereft of moolah after our fender-bender incident, we still moved ahead with plans as usual. We drove to Agua Azul, not thinking that there might be an entrance fee. When we arrived at the gate, and saw th...

So, I have a problem. There are so many funny, fascinating, terrible, incredible experiences that happen to us, nearly on a daily basis, that I could write a book. But I can't write a book everyday. I...

(Yes, yes, I know Christmas has passed...I'm trying to catch up). "You've got to visit Chiapas, it's a beautiful state," we were told by a local resident of Mexico City, while in Valle del Bravo, Mexico....