Category Archives: Home Life
New Hurricane Dean Cancun Blog
Well it looks like we are on the verge of another biggie. Rather than fill this general Cancun blog with endless hurricane posts I’ve started a new blog specific to the situation. The situation is developing all the time so I intend to make updates several times a day at the new site: Please visit my Hurricane … Continue reading
Hurricane Dean set for Cancun?
The first major storm of the 2007 hurricane season looks to be upon us. It’s still way to early to tell whether Tropical Storm Dean (soon to be Hurricane Dean) will affect Cancun at all, let alone score a direct hit. But after the devastating Hurricane Wilma of 2005, it’s one that all in Cancun are keeping … Continue reading
Isla Mujeres Booze Cruise Video
When we were back in England I bought a new camcorder, a JVC fancy thing with internal hard drive. It’s so much easier to use than our old one that ran with tape. Jannet has developed quite a skill at making montages of video clips, and is in the process of producing several different ones … Continue reading
My Garden Is Being Eaten
So, since we moved house we now have a garden that we can actually do something with. If it wasn’t being eaten away as fast as it can grow. We have a ton of these leaf cutter ants that can literally strip a 6 foot bush in a day. We’ve got through about a kilo … Continue reading
New Cancuncare Redesign
It’s about two years since it really should have been done but the new redesign of the cancuncare website is well under way. I’m hoping to have it all finished in the next month or so. The current site I cringe at every time I see it, it looks so amateurish and unprofessional that I … Continue reading
Our House Move
We moved house last month and are just about settled in. The main reason we moved was because it was too noisy at the old place, with teenage kids on skateboards every night, and the main road that was a few feet from our living room window often used as a racetrack. Of course, here, functioning … Continue reading
Sea Lice in Cancun
Every year, between the months of March and August, Cancun is affected by a phenomenon called “sea lice”. These little beasties are not lice at all, rather they are the microscopic larvae of the thimble jellyfish. The larvae get between your skin and your bathing suit and cause large red welts to appear that itch … Continue reading
Oops – no posts for 3 months!
Looks like I’ve let things slip again. I thought I’d better get a couple of entries in before the end of the month as it’s been 3 months since I last updated. I’ve said it before and, no doubt I’ll let things go again, but I am going to try to post more often. The … Continue reading
Cancun Give a Smile Day
Sorry, I haven’t been posting to the blog much lately. I’ll try to update a little more regularly once again. Here’s another little cute story that is the kind of thing that makes living here a pleasure. On Saturday, we had a drive through to the Hotel Zone, we haven’t been there in a while … Continue reading
Our Long Weekend in Mexico City
I finally found some time to write the trip report from our recent stay in Mexico City. Once I started typing I couldnt stop so sorry it’s so long. So here goes: SATURDAY We left the house around 7:45 for the short walk to the place where we bought our flight tickets ($250 pp) as … Continue reading