A few times this weekend, I looked around and couldn’t believe where I was. How did I end up in the tropics? Living here?

On Saturday, Chema and I took a trip to the beach. Specifically Telchac Puerto, a small beach community around an hour from Merida. We were there visiting friends of Chema from his days at Universidad Marista, to say goodbye to Simon and Linabel – two newlyweds moving to London for Linabel’s PhD studies and eventually to New Zealand, Simon’s homeland.  The party was laid back and fun, with plenty of beer and ceviche (seafood marinated in limejuice with lots of onions, cilantro and tomatoes).

The weather went from sunny, to cloudy, rainy, windy and back to some sun.  I played (and lost) volleyball, took a walk on the beach – but didn’t end up swimming!  Drank too much beer, ate too much good food – and stood out by not speaking enough spanish.  Here are a few pics to capture my experience.