el rinconcito

Originally posted by decodedthought:

you were on holiday

I was! I have an excess of PTO (paid time off) at work, so they let me have this coming week off, too. It's the slow season anyway. I'm gonna be really lazy this week. The vacation travel was actually rather taxing.

Originally posted by operainchicago:

was this the Mexico trip?

Sí

Originally posted by hungryghost:

welcome back!!

Thanks!

Thanks so much! We have a mega upload planned for the flickr account as soon as we can get to it. Digital cameras are so nice as one can press the shutter button endlessly without worrying about money rolling out of the pocket. It does increase the odds that some good stuff will come out in the end. The chaff can be discarded guilt free, though we usually upload a lot of that, too.

This was our fifth trip to Cancun. We always debate about staying in the posh "hotel zone" by the beach and enjoying some pampering for just a few dollars more, but we always end up in the cheaper downtown hotels and having a blast. We get to meet people, interact, and be a part of things rather than being dependent on a resort to provide every need. This is how I got invited to be in a local English class (Image #3 above) as a source of practice for the students. The e-mails and texts are already coming in from them after I returned home. It's really heartwarming!

As my travel partner said, if we stayed in a resort, we may as well have just gone to Miami, it would feel the same. Actually, we can't afford Miami!

Originally posted by JanndeSmit:

Once you like a place it becomes a second home, is that the feeling?

*nods*

I'd love to have a little house out in the burbs of Cancun.