Author Archives: Cindy

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Hi all. We are in Mexico City now but I wanted to update our blog in chronological order so I need to start with our time back at the marina before describing our inland tour. Cool Change is in the … Continue reading →

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Our dockmate Lou and his Mexico City date Rosa invited us to join them driving to the town of Tequila for a few days’ break from the heat of the Puerto Vallarta summer. It was great to get out of … Continue reading →

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From early May to late June, we spent our time in the U.S. First we were in California, starting Coloma, then Lincoln/Sacramento area, then over to San Rafael and Sausalito on the coast, then to Illinois for my nephew’s wedding … Continue reading →

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We arrived at Paradise Village Marina in Nuevo Vallarta on Monday, April 6 after five lovely days in the comparatively remote Yelapa. What a change! Paradise is not the kind of place you would expect two travelers like us to … Continue reading →

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So we left our beloved La Cruz de Huanacaxtle for five nights to be anchored in the gorgeous bay on the far end of Banderas Bay called Yelapa. Yelapa is inaccessible by road; the only way to get there is … Continue reading →

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I am so sorry it has been so long since we have posted but the days are getting hotter and more humid and with that, well, it just gets harder and harder to do anything, especially in the middle of … Continue reading →

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We weren’t sure how long we would stay here in Mazatlan, but it has been over three weeks already and we are not packing up any time soon. This is a big city with lots of different neighborhoods and outlying … Continue reading →

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I had never been to a Mardi Gras before and was really looking forward to the one in Mazatlan. The word Carnaval comes from the Latin ‘carnem levare”, which means ‘quit meat’. It has been celebrated as far back as … Continue reading →

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We have been here only one week so we have barely scratched the surface, but it has been a lot of fun so far! For the first time on Cool Change, we are staying in a marina associated with a … Continue reading →

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(Rick’s comments are in italics) It is times like these that we need to remind ourselves we are on a traveling adventure. When I first went traveling to foreign lands, at age 18 to Europe for the summer, I swore … Continue reading →