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A Canuck in Cancun
Canadian woman living in Cancun, Mexico sharing her experience of being an ex-pat in paradise and raising a bilingual child. Pics and videos of Cancun and Quintana Roo.
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Where the Boys Aren't: Girls' Beach Getaway
From A Canuck in Cancun, 1 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Mission: ESCAPE to the beach in Tulum Work, kid, house, work, kid, house, work, kid, house. Everybody knows that story and everybody needs a getaway sometimes. I had the chance to get outta Dodge last weekend with my dear friend Lisa to visit Heather down in Tulum at the Casa de las Olas and I jumped at the opportunity. Don't get me wrong, I love my kid and my life, but sometimes a girl just needs some girl time and the chances don't come along very often.My first boogie board attempt. Wave...
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Odds and Ends
From A Canuck in Cancun, 3 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Summertime and the living is easy. Easy-ish. I like the longer days and the heat (yeah, call me crazy) and seeing friends in Canada and the US wearing shorts and having BBQs in their Facebook albums. School for Max finished on Friday, now it's strictly play time for him. I was tempted to teach him the "No more teachers, no more books" rhyme, but after the "Punch buggy" debacle (broken record chatter from the back seat!), I'll just keep it to myself. While we've been having some behaviour...
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Tulum Beach House- Casa de las Olas
From A Canuck in Cancun, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Beach house Tulum, beach house Tulum, beach house Tulum....the words that run through my head every time I check to see if we've won the lottery. While we have yet to win, we were lucky enough to spend a weekend at Casa de las Olas in Tulum to get a taste of what we can look forward to when our numbers do hit.We often get down to the Riviera Maya on the weekends, though usually we'll just spend the day and return home to Cancun in the evening or we'll throw the tent up on the beach and rough...
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Photos by Max
From A Canuck in Cancun, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Max is growing up, enough so that I feel comfortable letting him use the "big person" camera without me having a panic attack every time he touches it. I decided to take him out for a little photography project in the neighbourhood to see what we could see. I told him to take pictures of whatever he thought was "photo-worthy" (this was quickly followed by a vocabulary lesson on the word "worthy"). Here's what my little guy decided was "worthy" of his lens.These little red flowers are...
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A Plea for Your Clicks- LocoGringo Photo Contest
From A Canuck in Cancun, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I know, I know, I disappear for a week and come back asking for help. I apologize, but I need your assistance! I've entered a photo contest sponsored by the fabulous folks at LocoGringo and I would love if you could give me a little click and help me win an amazing prize. The HD video camera with an underwater casing, my dream, my dream, just think of all the things I could do!1. Videos of my cleaning lady scrubbing the bath tub.2. Videos of giving the dog a bath in the garden3. Videos of...
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Travel Secrets: Free E-book for Charity
From A Canuck in Cancun, 2 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Love to travel' Love to find new places and hidden gems' Like to help people in need' Then the Travel Secrets E-books are definitely for you! Back in November the fine folks at TripBase started a little blog meme, inviting bloggers to write a post about their three best kept travel secrets. The response was huge, so huge that they decided to create a series of e-books that included some fantastic suggestions from bloggers around the world. The best thing' The e-books are free AND for...
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Xpu Ha Beach Revisited
From A Canuck in Cancun, 2 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The heat is on in Cancun and you won't be hearing any complaints from me. With the cold, wet winter we had I will take every hot, humid day and revel in my pools of sweat. We embraced the calor yesterday and took a little road trip south to one of our favourite beaches, Xpu Ha. It's a drive of a little over an hour and sadly, Max has now learned the phrase "Are we there yet'" (well, almost, he kept saying "Are we here yet'" to which I replied "Yes, we're here, we can't be anywhere else"). I...
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The Continuing Adventures of a Kid In Mexico
From A Canuck in Cancun, 2 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
It's been a while since I've done a Max update, mostly because he is keeping me jumping and constantly in motion, no time to sit down and ponder his developments. Kind of a "can't see the forest for the trees" thing, too close to him to recognize what's changed.I guess the number one piece of news is that we are seeing a child psychologist. A few months ago his teachers expressed some concerns about his behaviour, he wouldn't sit still, wouldn't do the work in class, blah blah blah. They...
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Excuses, Excuses
From A Canuck in Cancun, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Argh, I really don't know what's wrong with me lately. I have this huge sense of guilt for not writing for the blog but I can't find motivation for writing! I guess guilt just isn't enough. Since I left my teaching job I have far less time by myself and I think that's a contributing factor to my lack of posting. I used to have 2 to 3 hours a day that were just for me, just for the blog and now I have zero. My "new" job is writing, managing four blogs, 15 Facebook pages and 6 Twitter...
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Snorkeling Puerto Morelos
From A Canuck in Cancun, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This is mostly going to be a picture post, I haven't done one in aeons! Sunday we took my parents to the beach in Puerto Morelos and my dad had a hankering to do some snorkeling. We caught a little panga at a good price and had some of the best snorkeling we've had in a long time. The water was super clear, the sun was shining through and the fish were abundant. Max did the whole two hours with us, his first time really keeping up with a group on a reef snorkel, I was thrilled and so was...
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