When we were snorkeling in Cozumel for Thanksgiving a few years we ran across a scuba diving group that just happened to be from Iowa. It was on that trip that my husband declared for certain that he would like to pursue scuba diving and would take classes when we got back home. He has Read More
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Himalaya Salon Vegan
We headed to Torre Del Mar again today, this time with the rest of the family as well, to check out a vegan restaurant we’d read about online called Himalaya Salon Vegan. We’re so glad we did because we were wowed in every way!! The restaurant is located in a very convenient and easy to find Read More
Parque de las Ciencias (Granada)
When some new worldschooling friends proposed that we meet at the science museum in Granada we jumped at the chance! We really wanted to meet up with them again because our boys had seemed to hit it off at the beach meetup, and it was also our first opportunity to visit somewhere outside the area Read More
“Limpieza de Playas” Beach Cleanup
On Saturday, Oct 6, 2018 we participated in a beach cleanup event in La Herradura, “Limpieza de Playas”, held during their Festival del Mar weekend. We were on Team Happy Fish, a group made up of worldschooling families, and one of 14 teams in total. We had over 50 parents and kids participating on our Read More
Travel tip: Check your home insurance
In getting ready for our upcoming trip, our longest yet of about 5 months away, I was searching for info on things that might need to be done when I came across one I’d never heard before – Check your home insurance. What? I knew we needed to make sure we were good on the Read More
Food delivery services in Playa del Carmen
If you’re just not up to trekking to a restaurant after a long day of travel or are too tired to fire up the stove after a day in the sun, you may want to take advantage of several food delivery services serving Playa del Carmen! In addition to the restaurants that offer delivery directly, there are Read More
Sunburned! Ouch!
Since we got here we had been slowly easing into the sun exposure as we did last time. It worked well for us and we got only slight burns once or twice last trip, and I even tanned a bit! But I failed to realize that the UV rays would be so much stronger at Read More
Playa Xcalacoco
Today we met up with several people from the local homeschooling/unschooling group, plus some other worldschooling families for another fun day at the beach with friends! This time we went to Playa Xcalacoco, a public beach located near the Azul Fives hotel on the northern end of Playa del Carmen. There is a lifeguard stand Read More
Items stolen from luggage
Do you remember how I said in a previous post that one bag didn’t arrive with us and we were told it was sent on a later flight? Well it was eventually delivered later that night, like 10pm or so, but it took us a day or two to realize that several items were missing from Read More