Last night of our glorious vacation Our last full day and it was such a relaxing day. Bena and I went for a long walk to Colonia which tooks us about 80 minutes there and back. We then had a great breakfast of fish and bread and fruits and a couple cups of coffee. We […]
Read MoreHow quickly a week flies by when you’re having fun. I have not been this relaxed in a long time! On Friday the four of us went to Isla Contoy for the day. It’s about 28kms from Isla but we first had to go to Cancun to pick up some additional passengers. The captain sailed […]
Read MoreHard to keep track of the days when you have nothing to do. Well almost nothing. I had to think of what I wanted for breakfast and then I had to decide if I wanted to stay at the beach for an extra hour or two. Tough decisions. Sorry for any typing mistakes in these posts. […]
Read MoreWe had a great start to our day. Zaman, Bena and I got up, made ourselves a cup of coffee each and headed to the seawall about 7:30am. Zaman took his Kobo and sat by the beach reading and Bena and I went for a long walk along the seawall and when the wall ended, […]
Read MoreI was going to get up at 6:30 but woke up at 6 instead so I cleaned up and was ready by 7am. We were planning to take the 8am ferry but we managed to get the 7:30 ferry so we arrived in Cancun at 7:50 and the driver was waiting for us. We are now […]
Read MoreDad I received an email from Sophie this afternoon to say that the hospice called and said that dad had a big bleed today so I called the hospice and spoke to Nurse Donna. She said that Dad had a bleed last night and they managed to contain it but he had another more aggressive bleed today […]
Read MoreDad; Isla I received an email from Sophie today. She called the hospice this morning and Nurse Wynona said that Dad had a breakthrough pain med this morning about 4am and he had his shower, breakfast and went back to bed. He awoke a bit later to ask for his shower and breakfast. The nurses […]
Read MoreI called home this evening and Mom said that Dad called earlier today to say that he was not sure what was happening to his throat. The reality is that the cancer is growing more now and most of it surrounds his throat. He knows what is happening but I think he is looking for […]
Read MoreWe woke up very early this morning (6:30am) by our little alram clock – Ronin – who was hungry. Sunita took him on the veranda and gave him a bowl of cereal. He and I then went to the waterfront where the fishermen bring in their catch for the day and clean them to sell […]
Read MoreUpdate: Isla; Dad/Mom Last night we went to Negrita for dinner. The place looks like a shack but the food was good. I ordered fried plantains and each time I go there, the owner runs over next door to see if the little shop has plantains and he then comes back to tell me that […]
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