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March 2008 - Posts

Road Trip Belize - Day 9

Kilometers Traveled – 350 Hours in Car with Children – 4 Unscheduled Potty Breaks – 1 Belikins Consumed – 5 Current Location – Paradise Villas, Unit 16B – San Pedro, BZ Wireless Internet – for about 30 minutes….then Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:29 AM by Rob Kinnon | 3 Comments
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Road Trip Belize - Day 8

Kilometers Traveled – 54 Hours in Car with Children – 1 Unscheduled Potty Breaks – 1 Belikins Consumed – too many to recall Current Location – Laru Beya Cabins, Hopkins, BZ Wireless Internet – OK, I give up. Today is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:27 AM by Rob Kinnon | 4 Comments
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Road Trip Belize - Day 7

Kilometers Traveled – 227 Hours in Car with Children – 3 Unscheduled Potty Breaks – 4 Belikins Consumed – 12 Current Location – Laru Beya Cabins, Hopkins, BZ Wireless Internet – Yeah, right. Feeling cautiously optimistic, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:19 AM by Rob Kinnon | 5 Comments
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Road Trip Belize - Day 6

Kilometers Traveled – 87 Hours in Car with Children – 2 Unscheduled Potty Breaks – 3 Belikins Consumed – 6 Current Location – Eva’s Restaurant- San Ignacio, BZ Wireless Internet – On everyone’s laptop but Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:16 AM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments
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Road Trip Belize - Day 5

Kilometers Traveled – 10 Hours in Car with Children – .5 Unscheduled Potty Breaks – 0 Belikins Consumed – really, who's counting? Current Location – Cahal Pech Pool Bar - San Ignacio, BZ Wireless Internet – Yes. Read More...
Posted Monday, March 24, 2008 8:43 AM by Rob Kinnon | 3 Comments
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Road Trip Belize - Day 4

Kilometers Traveled – 40 Hours in Car with Children – 1 Unscheduled Potty Breaks – 0 Belikins Consumed – 2 Current Location – Cahal Pech Resort – on a hill overlooking San Ignacio, BZ Wireless Internet - at times. Having Read More...
Posted Friday, March 21, 2008 9:50 AM by Rob Kinnon | 4 Comments
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Road Trip Belize - Day 3

Kilometers Traveled - 65 by car, 25 by boat Hours in Car with Children - 1 Unscheduled Potty Breaks - 1 Belikins Consumed - 16 Current Location - Lamania Riverside Retreat - Back Office Wireless Internet - don't be ridiculous Woke up bright and early, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:46 AM by Rob Kinnon | 4 Comments
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Road Trip Belize - Day 2

Kilometers Traveled – 107 Hours in Car with Children – 2.5 Unscheduled Potty Breaks – 1 Belikins Consumed – 11 Current Location – D’ Victoria, room 5, Orange Walk, BZ Wireless Internet - "N ot on Sundays, dear" Read More...
Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 4:56 PM by Rob Kinnon | 2 Comments
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Road Trip Belize - Day 1

Kilometers Traveled – 328 Hours in Car with Children – 5 Unscheduled Potty Breaks – 2 Belikins Consumed – 4 Current Location – Tony’s Inn, room #30 Corozal, BZ Wireless Internet - not yet. We got off to a late start, Read More...
Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 4:35 PM by Rob Kinnon | 3 Comments
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How to Buy Real Estate in the Caribbean.......not.

This morning, my friend Vikki emailed me this hysterical narrative. It struck such a familiar chord, I knew I had to share it with our "Life's a Beach" readers. I hope this tickles you all as much as it did me. Suzan and I were having an Read More...
Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 12:11 PM by Rob Kinnon | 3 Comments

Hole in the Wall Deli with the V.I.P. Smart Card

Last week, John and Libby (In the Roo) gave me a V.I.P. Smart Card to try out in my travels around Playa. While I saw this a great opportunity to check out some restaurants that I had never been to before, I still managed to gravitate to a favorite local Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:11 AM by Rob Kinnon | 2 Comments

Sundays R 4 Kastacan!

For the past six months or so, Jill (my sister in law) and her boyfriend Milo (el cunado) have been joining us at our house every Sunday morning to watch football, hang out with the kiddos and stuff ourselves silly. All week we look forward to this day Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 9, 2008 5:08 PM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments

A Walk on the Beach

Having behaved well Wednesday night at the La Ranita gathering, I awoke bright and early yesterday morning, excited about spending a glorious day on the "Catamaya" with 50 or so of my very closest virtual friends. I put on one of the cute new Read More...
Posted Friday, March 7, 2008 9:26 AM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments

Peep Meet at La Ranita !!

I managed to sneak away from my sick husband for a few hours on Wednesday night and headed over to check out the festivities at the Peep Meet going on at La Ranita. It was a very good turn-out. Lots of famililar faces and some newbies too! Do you recognize Read More...
Posted Friday, March 7, 2008 8:42 AM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments

Day Trip to Isla Mujeres

As my poor husband has been stricken with the nasty virus that is making its way down the Riviera Maya, I was called in to service to spend the day with one of our customers looking at properties on Isla Mujeres. Isla Mujeres is one of my very favorite Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 5, 2008 10:47 AM by Rob Kinnon | 4 Comments

Today, Connor turns 15...how did that happen????

Today, our oldest son turns 15. Not surprising as last year he turned 14, so one can draw the logical conclusion that 15 will come along. What I didn't expect is the huge change that 15 brings. Boy to man in a year. This year, 15 was celebrated with Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 2, 2008 12:15 AM by Rob Kinnon | 2 Comments