Lo De Marcos (LDM) is a little slice of heaven just north of the more popular and populated Sayulita, in the state of Nayarit. With a population of about 2,500 year round residents that swells to around 3,500 in the high season. Though we had visited several times...
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The Very Best Small Town in Mexico?
Lo De Marcos (LDM) is a little slice of heaven just north of the more popular and populated Sayulita, in the state of Nayarit. With a population of about 2,500 year round residents that swells to around 3,500 in the high season. Though we had visited several times since 2009, it didn't make an imprint on us until we spent three months in Sayulita during the pandemic. Why we love it: The uncrowded perfect beaches with calm, swimmable waves. The...
Driving Down to Mexico From the U.S.
We’d talked about driving down to Sayulita for years. Pros - We’d have our truck, avoiding the hassle and expense of renting a car. We could bring...
You Don’t Have To Be A Kardashian To Live The Good Life
My new year's resolutions in January 2020 were all about “THE NEW DECADE!” I had all sorts of plans. I had come off the high of teaching in Korea in...
On The Road. Awesome But It’s Work!
We’ve been on the road for just a week and a half but boy, does it seem like longer. I’m writing from the Rocky Mountain RV Park in Gardiner,...
Rent Your House – Free Vacations & Organizing!
We rent out our house in Venice when we go on long vacations using Airbnb and VRBO. I'm already pretty good at paring down as a KonMari organizer...
Beginning Our Airstream Adventure with Starts and Stops!
I’ve had the dream of hitting the open road in an Airstream for years. I didn’t grow up camping or RVing. When I met Alan I had only camped on...
Ubud, Bali
Even though the island is only 90 miles across, a journey half that can still take four hours because of the windy roads, pedestrians, monkeys in...
Pemuteran, Bali
After a harrowing journey through windy roads up a mountain and down the other side we finally arrived in Pemuteran in northern Bali. This is what...
The Gili Islands and Lombok
This is the part of the trip where we go rogue. We'd only made concrete plans and reservations through the wedding week then we planned to just...
Sarongs from Bali – SUPPORT A GREAT CAUSE!
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an...