Latest World Nomads Adventures from Mexico

Cabo day 3

lizscar — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:23:00 GMT

By lizscar | views [350] | Wed, 10 Aug 2022
On our third day in Cabo we were still so full that we didn't go eat. We've just been eating too much on this trip. Instead we relaxed in the hotel and then after the sun went down a little bit at 3 PM we took the car out to go to a beach. As I expected the beach was on a compound property. ... Read more >

Cabo day 2

lizscar — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:19:00 GMT

By lizscar | views [336] | Wed, 10 Aug 2022
On our second day we chose to go to the highest rated breakfast in Cabo at a restaurant called Casa solar. We had great coffee and shakes – I had blackberry mixed with some other berries. I can't quite remember but I do remember it was delicious. Jared had chicken and salad or something and I ... Read more >

Todos Santos Day 2 / Cabo

lizscar — Mon, 8 Aug 2022 13:30:00 GMT

By lizscar | views [342] | Mon, 8 Aug 2022
We woke up early at 8 AM in order to go downstairs to have our breakfast – one of the bees of our B&B. Jared wants me to mention that they had two dogs – one of the dogs was named Canela which means cinnamon in Spanish. This is bizarre because Nick's new job dog is also named ... Read more >

Todos Santos

lizscar — Sun, 7 Aug 2022 23:33:00 GMT

By lizscar | views [361] | Sun, 7 Aug 2022
Well, we didn't get a great nights sleep last night because the construction next-door started at 10 AM and lasted till well after 2 AM. What a bizarre city that allows for construction on a Friday night that late! There was a huge backhoe breaking up pieces of concrete and then lugging them to a huge ... Read more >

San Jose del Cabo day 3

lizscar — Sat, 6 Aug 2022 14:19:00 GMT

By lizscar | views [310] | Sat, 6 Aug 2022
One last note from last night: we watched a truly terrible Mexican movie on Netflix. Do you remember its name JARED? We don't – that's how terrible it was. It was called something like blame it on Karma? I don't mind romantic comedies but this one was just plain bad. We had a super late lie-... Read more >

San Jose del Cabo Day 2

lizscar — Fri, 5 Aug 2022 14:11:00 GMT

By lizscar | views [334] | Fri, 5 Aug 2022
I got up at eight to attend a union meeting. JARED was still asleep. Not much more to report on that end. When he woke up a tad later he felt like he had slept off his illness. At around 11 we went to the café on the corner to have some coffee and early lunch. I have the avocado toast heaped ... Read more >

Jared’s first day journal

lizscar — Fri, 5 Aug 2022 05:52:00 GMT

By lizscar | views [327] | Fri, 5 Aug 2022
Transcribed from the written page: We said goodbye to Nick, Maria Cecilia, Mateo, initiate in the morning – and Canela, too! Nick drove us to the airport and we made it through TSA into the gate in under 30 minutes. Good thing too because we miss judged the boarding time by about ... Read more >

San Jose Del Cabo

lizscar — Thu, 4 Aug 2022 14:10:00 GMT

By lizscar | views [350] | Thu, 4 Aug 2022
This is the first time writing a journal on my phone! Jared and I decided to go somewhere Alaska airlines flew for our seventh anniversary. Our out of country options were limited to Costa Rica, Belize, and Mexico. We chose to go to Los Cabos and Todos Santos. I didn't really have an antecedent interest ... Read more >

Cruising Baja

graynomadsusa — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 14:50:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [563] | Sun, 13 Feb 2022

COMPARED TO THE COST OF HOTELS in the LA area, a cruise to Mexico is a bargain. For less than the cost of a week in a mid-range hotel we spent ten days cruising to Baja and Puerto Valarta. This would be our first time on Princess, with many of the same ports-of-call as the Love Boat made back in the ... Read more >

Photos: Cruising Baja

graynomadsusa — Thu, 3 Feb 2022 04:46:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [0] | Thu, 3 Feb 2022

Final Exams

graynomadsusa — Thu, 2 Sep 2021 06:01:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [564] | Thu, 2 Sep 2021

I COULD TELL BY THE PARADIDDLE OF STAMPING feet that Connie was having her nose swabbed for the Covid test. The administrator admonished her for squinching up her face on the first try and it was only a tantrum-like stomping that got her through. Well, we each passed our examination—even without ... Read more >

Room With A View

graynomadsusa — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 06:09:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [540] | Sun, 29 Aug 2021

WE MIGHT STILL BE IN MEXICO but we'e been plotting out the next couple of months. It wasn't easy but finally made some long-range reservations. We leave for Cancun on Tuesday after our Covid tests and fly to Miami on Wednesday. Assuming we test negative it will cover both our flight to Miami and boarding ... Read more >

Puerto Morelos

graynomadsusa — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 01:52:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [618] | Sat, 28 Aug 2021

WHEN KIPLING WROTE “ONLY MAD DOGS and Englishmen go out in the midday sun” he could have been referring to Puerto Morelos. With the heat and humidiy it’s uncomfortable even on the beach. They have been cleaning up after Señorita Grace's temper tantrum and the sand is like confectioner’... Read more >

Photos: Puerto Morelos

graynomadsusa — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:44:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [0] | Tue, 24 Aug 2021

Back On Our Own

graynomadsusa — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:17:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [657] | Tue, 24 Aug 2021

THE BIRDING TRIP IS OFFICIALLY OVER. It was a successful trip any way you slice it—5000 kilometers in six Mexican States, more than 400 bird species identified with 130 “Lifers” for Connie. At a rough estimate, I took 5000-something photos. Some were even in focus! And we made a new ... Read more >

Cozumel

graynomadsusa — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 06:50:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [512] | Sun, 22 Aug 2021

OURS WAS THE FIRST CAR OFF THE Naviera Ferry to Cozumel last night—fitting since we arrived at the port 3½ hours before sailing. Our “business” on the mainland was finished and there was no 1:00PM sailing on Sunday, only the 7:30 departure. The 90-minute crossing from Playa ... Read more >

John Versus the REAL Birders

graynomadsusa — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 05:37:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [547] | Fri, 20 Aug 2021

THE NEARER WE—AND HURRICANE GRACE—got to Merida, the nastier the weather became. It was touch-and-go for a while with heavy rain and tree branches strewn across the road but they were waiting for us at Hotel Meson de Luna. The elevator was out but the electricity and internet were working.... Read more >

Our Date With Grace

graynomadsusa — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:09:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [620] | Wed, 18 Aug 2021

WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH ABANDONED ERIC’S well-planned itinerary, partly due to a hurricane named Grace but mostly because we are ahead of schedule, bird-wise. After Eric’s audible yesterday we headed out towards Ixpujil in the Mexican state of Campeche, a five-plus hour drive, stopping for an ... Read more >

Photos: Mexico: Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo

graynomadsusa — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:57:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [0] | Wed, 18 Aug 2021

A Change of Plans

graynomadsusa — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:24:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [511] | Tue, 17 Aug 2021

THIS MORNING CALLED FOR AN EARLY START birding in deciduous forests of Sumidero Canyon in the mountains above San Cristobal. Eric had earmarked the entire morning to finding our target birds—potentially some of the hardest sightings of the trip— and spending the night in Tuxtla Gutierrez, ... Read more >

You Can Call Me Owl

graynomadsusa — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:26:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [624] | Mon, 16 Aug 2021

THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE AT TENAM PUENTE is only twenty minutes from City Express Hotel and sunrise isn’t until 7:30 so we were able to sleep in and enjoy the included breakfast. Eric usually finds Slender Sheartail Hummingbirds and Belted Flycatchers at the site but Tenam Puente is closed due ... Read more >

Pretty in Pink

graynomadsusa — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:43:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [556] | Sun, 15 Aug 2021

WE WORKED UP AN APPETITE SATURDAY with a successful morning of birding above Union Juarez that netted us Black-creasted Coquette, Blue-throated Motmot, Green-throated Mountain Gem, Grey-collared Becard, Mexican Yellow Grosbeak and White-winged Tanager. After picking up our luggage at La Fazenda we stopped ... Read more >

The Birds and People of Volcan Tocana

graynomadsusa — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:44:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [811] | Fri, 13 Aug 2021

THE DAYS BEGIN TO RUN TOGETHER—a different hotel every night, up before dawn, load bags into the SUV, stop for coffee, head out for some morning birding and drive to the next destination. Sometimes we stop for more birding or maybe a quick lunch. Pacific Parakeet ... Read more >

Blowin' In The Wind

graynomadsusa — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:25:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [534] | Wed, 11 Aug 2021

CHICAGO MAY BE THE “WINDY CITY” but it can’t hold a candle to the Isthmus of Oaxaca and its hundreds—if not thousands—of wind-turbines furiously spinning among the thorn scrub. The wind didn’t seem to bother the birds, though. In less than an hour this morning we ... Read more >

Photos: Mexico: Chiapas

graynomadsusa — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:13:00 GMT

By graynomadsusa | views [0] | Wed, 11 Aug 2021