June 2023 Mexico

I was so surprise to learn that my last entry was on July 2020…3 years! So many things have happened since then! We said the final good byes to our parents and welcome Madison (Maddy), Esmeralda (Esmi) and Rafa (Rifi)!!!! Now, we have 5 new beautiful reasons to go back to Australia often!

It is very hard to catch up on the last 3 years. The world really fell apart, decease and death were everyday news. And as we were all trying to recover, life continued his way. We also brough “Sunny Po Po” (older sister) to the family. Escaping COVID lockdowns in Sydney, we found ourselves yet again in need of space, fresh air, and freedom. We found new and old routes to explore and we were on the move! The first very cautiously time we were reunited with Sal Solcito after 1.5 year apart, it was in Costa Rica. Just after a few days, it was then the time to travel to Central America. A not so brilliant experience. Sal Solcito afflicted of so much time being parked has some mechanical issues. Nicaragua was a weird experience, I found very difficult to connect with its people, a veil of fear in each interaction, years of dictatorship still present.

When we got to Honduras, the humour become lighter. In the midst of so much poverty, there was space – very slow pace, for kindness. A quick flight to the island of Roatan cemented another anniversary. Bliss, pure bliss. A quick passage to Guatemala to see Tikal and the impressive Maya archaeological site and before I knew it, Belize flag was up in our motorhome!. We did hikes crawling! Jumping from one National Park to the next, abundance of green, only. Every time I wanted something, like nice bread or nice meat, Hector will say “in Mexico”. So Mexico became the promised land!

And the contrast was a real contrast. Entering Mexico through Quintana Ro, enjoying Tulum, resting in Playa del Carmen was all we needed. Cancun only for a day, that was a line of buildings and hotels on steroids! definitely not our scene. But and it is a huge but, we discovered the Cenotes. One of the highlights of our whole trip, bathing inside these underground caves, crystalline waters! We really couldn’t have enough of it and we danced from one to the next!