Finnisterra (Land's End)

view of the marina from our suite

I'm having a not so pleasant but necessary procedure done this morning. I'll be out cold when this post goes live and hopefully in my dreamlike state, my mind will travel back to warm Cabo San Lucas. In February I vacationed there with Ross' fam, soaking in much needed vitamin D. (As it turns out, I'm severely deficient- going to pick up a prescription ASAP.) It was wonderfully warm, sunny, posh, and simply luxurious.


the bathing pool


some lucky duck sailing in the sunset


R embracing the Mexican


spicy mangoes on warm sand


salsa y salsa y salsa


sunset horseback desert ride


the best drink- fresh orange and coconut juice with coconut flakes

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Warm sandy beach

Part of what kept me going through the winter and the never ending process of renovating is the light at the end of the tunnel. In this case the light will be shining down on my vitamin D deprived face in Los Cabos, Mexico. (A friend from down the hall at work gave me some capsules of vitamin D the other day because I look so deprived of daylight!) I'm headed there in two weeks with R and his family. I am very much looking forward to the break even though I'm not much of a beach person. I get pretty restless sitting at the beach. So if you've been to Los Cabos and have some cultural pointers, please send them my way.



(Inspirational pics courtesy of my friend Emily who went to Los Cabos a couple of years ago.)

Neck

Neck Rona Chang

The April 6th issue of New York magazine has a great feature on Travel escapes- where people fantasize about going, the magazine's recommendations, and the best part, four people who have actually flown the coop. It could be that it's just a tad chillier than I like and that we've barely had heat in our apt., but I want to be amongst those who are out of the coop!

Peep

I caught a cold in China and it seems to have resurrected itself over the weekend. It's driving me nuts since I've managed not to get sick for years now. So I'm trying to get on the mend, sucking on cough drops. I have a bunch of other travel plans coming up in the next two months so I've been organizing for those trips. Sorry it's been quiet, it might stay that way for a bit with an occasional peep.

Couch Surfing

You know all those road trips I've been wanting to take? They would be really feasible if I were part of the Couch Surfing network that was written about in this NYTimes article last week.

Ardshona Island

Geoff has been going up to Canada every summer since the late sixties. In fact, he's there right now with his sister Liz, her son Jacob, and their brother David. Family traditions are nice. We refer to Ardshona, the little island that his family owns, within the Thirty Thousand Islands of the Georgian Bay in Lake Huron, as "Canada". His grandmother started renting Ardshona when her Cincinatti friends vacationed there in the 60's. She bought Ardshona in the early 70's when there was no electricity on the island- it was a rustic get-away. There is electricity these days but it can easily get knocked out and telephone service is through a radio phone, it's quite spotty. There isn't a tv or the internet, which leaves plenty of time for sailing, canoing, kayaking, swimming, reading, picnicking, cooking, and family.


Cushions that Geoff's mom, Janie, made

David, Liz, and Geoff by Janie

Geoff and David at Hangdog Island

My Mom and David on the Sunfish

What they used before there was electricity

The dining area

Part of the living area

Sunset over the neighbor's islands take from the front rock

My Mom sitting in the screened porch

(photos from my last trip to Canada in 2004)

Quest for the Lost Civilization

I just finished watching Graham Hancock's 1998 three part TV series "Quest for the Lost Civilization." He sets out to prove that ancient civilazations such as the Great pyramids at Giza, Angkor Wat, Stonehenge, Teotihuacan, the Nazca lines, and Easter Island are linked by astronomy to an even older, lost civilization which may be that of one underwater in Yonaguni, Japan. It's quite interesting, I don't think there is enough evidence to support his theory but the idea that these civilizations might all be linked is nice. I hope to visit them all someday. The photos were taken during a trip to Cambodia last year- the first is Angkor Thom and the second is Angkor Wat from a hot air balloon.

Miami & Key West

I went on a short weekend jaunt to Miami and the Keys. The drive to the Keys was so long that I barely got any time in Miami.

Key lime pie from Blue Heaven was a pricey $8 for a slice. Too sweet for me.

Bahia Honda State Park near Marathon Key was the highlight of my trip.

Dramatic sunset driving into Miami.