Tag: Yucatan
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Three perfect days for Dad on the Riviera Maya
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Quintana Roo – A light breeze moves in the jungle beyond our patio at the Grand Velas resort; birds call to each other with liquid notes, and my mother reads her Bible beside me as my father sleeps. We’re winding to the close of our action-packed itinerary – maybe too action-packed, I…
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Hacienda Petac: “A little piece of Eden”
MERIDA, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico – Finally, I can relax. The sound of running spring water and the night noises of the jungle surround me, the toil and trouble of the city far behind. This long-anticipated journey with my parents – their first to Mexico, and the first stamp on their brand-new passports – had gotten…