Category Travel

Packing for Beach Vacation with an Infant
I was looking forward to our annual beach vacation with a little different sense of excitement this year. Excitement in the more nervous sense of the word maybe. First order of business was packing. Here is what we brought, needed and my list of essentials. Packing: Clothes: Since we were checking bags anyway, I didn’t […]

Don’t Believe the Media – Vacation in Greece!
No violence, no gas shortages, no ferry strikes, no problems. Don’t believe the media and go on vacation. Let me explain. We all know the power of the news media. Just one news story can lead to a 500% increase in product sales, another can move millions to march on a nation’s capitol, while another […]

Finding Local Food in Cancun is a Chore
We spent the last two nights before our flight back to Maine in Cancun at the JW Marriott. It was a very nice resort, but wished I was back in Tulum the whole time we were there. The partial view of the ocean, the screaming children in the pool, the AC, and chain restaurants (yes […]

Vacation in Tulum
AmyinMaine recently got out of dodge to visit Tulum, Mexico. It’s about an hour and half south of Cancun by car, away from the mega resorts of Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Now unless you are partial to tropical camping trips, you probably haven’t heard of this place. Some friends introduced us to it about […]