Nancy 
Life has definitely slowed down. To perk things up a bit, I decided I’d take a few days and go to Campeche on the other side of the Peninsula from Bacalar. Having heard it is like going to an old walled-city in Spain, I didn’t want to miss it while I’m down here. So at … Read more
I wanted a slower pace in a normal little Mexican town and that is what I have found in Bacalar. So slow in fact, that I have fallen into a rhythm of trying to find things to occupy myself. Those of you who know me well know that I am project driven and accustomed to … Read more
The last night on Isla Mujeres was balmy and blessedly calmer than all of the preceding week. Spring-breakers are gone and now the island prepares for the onslaught of local tourists on Easter break. Young travelers – gypsy musicians who sleep on the beach and finance their stay with their music add to the mix … Read more
Finally – the sound of the surf, sea breezes, turquoise water! I literally felt my skin shrivel in Merida. While it was already pegging at 116, I was told – it’s not really hot yet. Even for this Texan – that’s hot with a humidity in the 90 percent range. So, back to the … Read more
March 16 I’m definitely not in Uganda. I know this because I am on a bus writing a blog and said bus has wide seats, a foot rest, Wi-Fi, movies and a BATHROOM! Also, not a goat or chicken in sight (on this particular bus – tho such buses do exist), no prayers before leaving … Read more
Sundays in Guadalajara are something to behold. Yes – it’s huge, busy, polluted… It is also a city with soul. Every Sunday the main business thoroughfare slicing through El Centro is closed to traffic so walkers, runners, grown-ups on bikes, kids on trikes, dog-walkers and gawkers can traverse the area by any means they choose … Read more
So here I am in Guadalajara, revisiting a city I first tasted in 1965 with my parents. It has brought fresh memories of a road trip taken after I graduated high school. We had a brand new Oldsmobile – not the car to have brought to Mexico where mechanics knew how to fix Fords and … Read more
As much as adapting to Uganda and specifically Gulu, was an adventure and a challenge, re-entry is offering equal opportunities for surprise, fury, self-analysis, befuddlement and feeling out-of-sync. It doesn’t provide the sucking-in-of-breath kind of surprises that Africa offers but there’s been plenty of gasping and shock at what I’ve forgotten or all that’s changed … Read more
After twenty hours of travel and 48 hours without sleep, I have landed in what feels like a parallel universe. It looks like a place I remember: there are people, cars, paved roads – places I recall. I’m supposed to know this place, but it feels alien. Describing this sense of disconnected-ness, a friend related … Read more
It’s the last day in Uganda. “How to spend it,” was my first question – now beginning to be fully aware and a little panicked that I’ve missed something! Well – of course I have – but most of it is too late to capture now – so I’ll have t be satisfied with small … Read more