Occasionally the towns we travel to provide me with a place to work. In Sayulita there was a cheap co-work office. In some campgrounds there is a “rec-room.” In some there is a café. But in most, there is nothing. Fortunately, I have my own office. I sneak out of the house while everyone is still asleep, and go to work. It’s a short commute.
Wandering around Melaque. It’s a nice little Mexican beach town, that has, unfortunately, been smashed by hurricanes in the past. Patricia got it just two years ago. But aside from a few hurricane leftovers, the place is looking pretty good.
Mangoes are in season, delicious, and dirt cheap. Not a single lady could walk by without our kids scarfing down another one.
When I sit down at a street taco stand I like them to know that I mean business.
The view from the malecón looking back towards town from the point.
The beach looks clean. But if you look close, there is always plastic. We make a point to, at the very least, pick up the plastic bottle tops.
Just because your house is tiny doesn’t mean it can’t look nice.
Mexico street art always surprises. “Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution.” Thomas Edison
This inexpensive filter saved our ridiculously expensive lens.
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Not certain if you got word down there but Jack O’Neil (O’Neil Surf Shop, Santa Cruz, CA) passed 06/02 at age 94 years. I can’t see a wet suit without remembering his contributions to cold water sports.
Also John Severson, who founded Surfer Magazine in 1962.
That’s a nice lookin shirt, Pat. 🙂
Pat: “This inexpensive filter saved our ridiculously expensive lens.”
Yep . . . always attach a neutral density filter to the front of any valuable lens. It’s the cheapest insurance there is for protecting a nice lens. Glad you already knew that and didn’t need to learn it the hard way, Pat.
TJ
I just did the same thing to my lens. I’m headed to PV MX in 3 days. Woot woot.
How about adding a weather report to your posts..temp and humidity..wind speed if you like
85F days, and 70F nights. Humidity is on the move 87-100% this time of year. Wind not enough most days.
You’ve got a space in your wanderer link, causing a %20 which breaks it. Just FYI
Thanks, Paul. Fixed.
I’ve been in Mexico City most of the last few months. And all I can say is that the U.S. missed a damn fine opportunity to have taco trucks on every corner. #Ilovetacostoo.
We plan on being in DF in a few weeks – just starting to look at places to rent. Got any friends renting out their 1 bedrooms? And yes taco trucks on every corner…
No, a friend had given me https://www.compartodepa.com.mx, but it’s mostly rooms in larger apartments or houses. It will say one room of 3 is available, or something like that. I was looking for 2 bedrooms, but couldn’t find anything that said 2 bedrooms of 2 available, and I have to think it would be even harder to find 1 bedroom of 1 available, though you can certainly try. There seems to be an age minimum for the sharing properties, but that may not be an issue for an entire property. We will have a 14 year old.
Anyway, I asked her just this morning to ask at work if there are any websites her colleagues know of that we can check for full apartments, though. There are a lot of temporary grad students, so they may know of something even though they tend to prefer single rooms. I’ll let you know if anything comes of it. Please share if you happen to come across any likely websites.
Thanks for checking, Rebecca. We are all set through airbnb – right in Centro! We are excited.
Excellent. I’ve been staying just off the Zocalo, and I adore it. When I come back for an even longer stay, though, I’ll probably be staying in the Juarez neighborhood. It’s more residential, less touristy than the Centro Historico, though I like them both. It’s near the zoo and the anthropology museum where they keep the stuff that was dug up near the Zocalo.
I don’t know i f they’re still digging, but the great big hole is still open and there are big pictures of some of the artifacts there even if you don’t make it to the museum. I know a lot of ppl think kids don’t like museums, but we brought our 8 and 12 year olds to several when I was traveling in 2015, and they even enjoyed a lot of the non-dinosaur stuff. And, as you’ll see from the photos, some of those artifacts that were dug up are really wild looking.
Anyway, hope y’all enjoy your stay. I’m an urban dweller at heart and I love this city. I think it’s going to be my main travel base for at least a couple of years to come.
I”m always disappointed when I come to the end of your posts. Your pictures are so vibrant and interesting, I always want more.
Thank you, Diane. That really means a lot to our family.
I second Diane.
Wait! There are TWO Mollys?
Lowe got one when he was little, to be like Ouest. He used to sleep with her but now she just gets put in buckets and flung from trees. Her name is Minnie.
Loving the pics as always, especially the dollies out to dry!
Your office looks like the office I’m looking forward to in a few months time. Do you mind me asking what laptop you recommend for life on the road? It’s been a while since you’ve posted about tech-y things. Not that I’m complaining, I love all your family adventures.
We have never done anything special regarding computers. Just normal, right off the shelf laptops. Ali has a relatively new Macbook 12″, and after using Macs for a few years I’ve switched back to a Dell XPS15. The extra bulk of a 15″ is kind of a pain, but working with photos on the 13″ eventually wore me down. Internet these days is pretty easy everywhere. Just about everywhere we go has decent wifi, and if they don’t, we have a jetpack that we can get a sim card for in Mexico, or in the States.