Photo of the Month : we’re the proud owners of a beach house!

Photo credit : © Julie Klene. This is it!   After a few weeks looking here and there for our little piece of paradise near the beach in Progreso - Merida's beach resort and fishing village -, we've found a house some 660 ft. away from the light blue waters of the Mexican Gulf!  We signed [...]

Weekly Photo Challenge : In the background

This week's challenge : In the background Still unable to take new pictures, I rummaged once more among the archives and remembered one of my favorite pictures : in Luang Prabang, Laos, I tried many times to have a good shot of monks roaming the city in their colorful clothes.  That day, my camera was [...]

Travel Brainstorming

(scroll down for the english version - vean al pie de página para la versión en español) Il y a quelques semaines, Jessica de Notes of Nomads commençait une série d'articles intitulés "Open Travel Diary" et demandait à ses lecteurs leurs conseils et recommandations sur les lieux à découvrir sur chaque continent, étant donné qu'elle [...]

Weekly Photo Challenge : Escape

This week's challenge : Escape. Multiple escaping possibilities... that's my way! Some bloggers' escapes : Weekly Photo Challenge - Standing ovation, seated Weekly Photo Challenge - The Orient Nomad Weekly Photo Challenge - Piran Café Weekly Photo Challenge - I Work for a Jerk - Notes from a worker bee Weekly Photo Challenge - What's [...]

Postcard from Mahahual

(scroll down for the english version - voyez plus bas pour la version française) En el sureste de la península de Yucatán, se encuentra un pequeño pueblo que poco conocen y a dónde muy pocos van.  Aunque creció durante los últimos años, todavía se ve virgen y aislado de los lugares más frecuentados.  Es un [...]