Best massage in Tulum – or anywhere, actually
Go. Just go.
Tips for living overseas on a budget, and in comfort
Good sunblock, a Turkish towel, and skip the thongs. These are a few tips for comfort living overseas – read more here!
El Fogon in Playa del Carmen
I finally made it to El Fogon in Playa del Carmen last night when I went north to visit friends. The place is said to have the best tacos around. As many times as I’ve been to PDC over the years, I had never gone. It was a Sunday night still in low season, so …
Juiced up on patience
When there is a power outage in the states, it’s breaking news. People freak out. They sweat. They can’t run the dishwasher or do laundry. News crews roll out in the live truck, powered by a generator, to broadcast to homes with no juice. Here in Tulum, outages are accepted as a part of life, …
Homes
My parents taught me early on: never, ever knock someone’s home. Dad stressed that as he dropped me and my sister off at a home where we could be looked after while he and mom worked. We started going there when I was about eight years old, my sister about five. The house was lived …
Celebrating God in Tulum
On a bike ride around Tulum last Sunday evening, I stopped at churches to listen to people celebrate faith in God. One church had a lot of singing and dancing and happy, loud celebrating. I could hear the song down then street because the speakers sent the music through the quiet night air. Another church …
The woman sitting on my curb, looking for work
A woman offered to clean my apartment for a reasonable price. She was sitting on the curb in front of my apartment building in Tulum, where the trash can is kept chained up. I didn’t know what she was trying to say. She kept saying “limpieza” and I hadn’t learned yet that’s the Spanish word …
Top 5 things to know about Tulum in September
A trip to Tulum in September can save money, because that’s “off season” for that part of Mexico. It is ridiculously hot and humid in the summer, and some of the rainy days in September and October can last days – literally – several days straight. However, the trade-off is more money in your pocket …
Unintended gifts from a dying cancer patient
A dying cancer patient with no close family and a single woman just laid off from her job each reach life-altering decisions.