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Kicks4Kids 2014! Holiday Help for the Kids of Playa!

re you looking for a way to help some of the the less fortunate children of Playa del Carmen this holiday season? Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:17 PM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Have a Safe Spring Break on the Riviera Maya

Over 100,000 American teenagers and young adults travel to resort areas throughout Mexico for Spring Break each year. While most enjoy their vacation without incident, a small number are arrested, become victims of crime, or even die. Using common sense will help you avoid trouble. Read More...
Posted Monday, March 11, 2013 5:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

12 Days/12 Ways 2012 - Society of Akumal´s Vital Ecology A.C. (SAVE)

The Society of Akumal´s Vital Ecology (SAVE) is a grass roots not-for-profit organization created in 1998 to protect the fragile and most valuable natural resources in central Quintana Roo, Mexico. Akumal, in particular, offers to the world a delicate and unique interconnected ecosystem, containing a fresh water filled cave systems gently flowing to the sea, a thriving coastal mangrove, the sandy beach bluff, and most important of all, the Mesoamerican Reef, the second largest reef system in the world. Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 22, 2012 5:18 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

7 Years of Life and Death at Xcaret

Every year, I go on and on about the amazing work of the creative team, organizers and staff at Xcaret and this year will be no exception! The children's pavilion was awash with colored lights streaming through clouds of copal. Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 3, 2012 2:22 PM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Dia de los Muertos Fun at Parque la Ceiba

This year, Xcaret is not the only option for fun family celebrations of Dia de los Muertos! This year Parque la Ceiba extends the festivities with a full weekend of events for families in Playa del Carmen! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:17 PM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Experience Hanal Pixan in the Tres Reyes Village

As you all know by now, every year, the kids and I go to the amazing Festival de Vida y Muerte at Xcaret and every year we love it. Honestly, this is one of the most well-organized events that I have ever attended and I can and do recommend it to everyone who happens to find themselves on the Riviera Maya during the time of Dia de los Muertos. A few years ago, I saw some adverts for a Hanal Pixan excursion offered by Alltournative which piqued my interest but, as the week of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos is always a logistical nightmare, adding yet another activity into the family schedule was impossible. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments

OH! Food Workshop - Sustainability you can eat!

Sustainability. Carbon Footprint. Environmental Impact. In 2012, these terms are now a part of our everyday vernacular. Regardless of your stance on global warming, I think we all can agree that each one of us needs to do our best to minimize the negative impact increased travel might bring to the more delicate corners of the globe we explore. In keeping with this sentiment, over the past decade, "Eco-tourism" has exploded into what is now the fastest growing segment in the travel industry with no signs of abating. One can now easily plan a whole vacation geared toward conservation and preservation! Read More...
Posted Monday, September 24, 2012 5:34 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments