Que onda Guero?
My first visit to Mexico was in my mid-20′s. To Rosarito Beach Hotel in Northern Baja, just 20 minutes or so south of Tijuana. I went with friends visiting from back east after I’d been living in San Diego for just a few months with my girlfriend. The trip was fueled by fun, beer and some $3 bottles of Tequila bought in town that I regretted having drank in that Taqueria with Alan and the guy behind the counter when 3AM rolled around.
My most recent trip to Mexico was just a couple of weeks ago. To the Yucatan Peninsula to relax and visit some cultural sites in the Riviera Maya and the state capital of Mérida. I went with my wife of 14 years and our 3-year old son, Wolfie. Six nights were spent at the Mahekal Beach Resort in Playa del Carmen, enjoying the grounds, pool, beach and town, touring Tulum, snorkeling lagoons in Akumal and visiting Xcaret with my sister, husband and their 4-year old daughter. An additional 3 nights were spent in Mérida, exploring the pedestrians-only historic center during Sunday fiesta, climbing the ruins at Uxmal and enjoying a languid lunch at the Oachil Hacienda, a beautifully-deteriorating 17th century sisal plantation now restaurant in the middle of the jungle.
In the past twenty years between these two adventures, we have had many others, and always a camera in the daypack to pull out during the magical times with friendly people and amazing places that we have had the good fortune to encounter in Mexico.
