A Canuck in Cancun

• Ek Balam Archaeological Site- It's NOT A RUIN! 6 months ago I've become really adverse to the term "ruins". I don't use it, I don't like it, it's just so...ugly. When I visit an archaeological site I see beauty, incredible architecture that has survived for hundreds and sometimes thousands of years, not the destruction that the word "ruin" implies. The...
• Genesis Eco-Retreat, Ek Balam, Yucatan 6 months ago Quirquiriqui, quiquiriqui, quiquiriqui! For those of you are Spanish/bird-speak impaired, that is the sound a rooster makes in Mexico. The small pueblo of Ek Balam, Yucatan echoes with the alerts of the roosters as I lie in bed at the Genesis Retreat, the only sound apart from the barking...
• Three Steps to Inner Peace in Veracruz, Mexico 8 months ago Letting in the peace in Nanciyaga Inner peace. Cheesy phrase really, overused by many and the true meaning of the words elude most people, myself included. I don't know that I have ever set out in search of "inner peace", but on my recent trip to Veracruz for the ATMEX convention, it kind of...
• Catching Up with Canuck 8 months ago A Nanciyaga, Veracruz moment with Canucka Oh my it has been a long time. Too long. I realize that the blog has been hanging out in the shadows of my mind, nudging me from time to time and whispering "Hoooooola, te extra
• White Water Rafting in Veracruz 8 months ago Rafting the Rio Antigua "Paddles up! Langostinos!" Shouts ring out over the roar of the river, celebrating the crossing of our first set of rapids. We're on the Rio Antigua in Jalcomulco, Veracruz, we're on a floating, bouncing piece of yellow rubber, we are wet and we are desperately holding...

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