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Kinnon Family Trip Report 2013 - Welcome to Mexico City

In our eight years in Mexico we have never had the chance nor the inclination to explore Mexico City. In fact, the only time we have ever been there was for an overnight layover on the way to Acapulco for our honeymoon in 2001. I was so intimidated by the "idea" of Mexico City that I booked us into a hotel right at the airport and didn't even consider venturing into downtown. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 9, 2013 8:58 AM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments

Family Fun on Isla Mujeres

For quite awhile now, the Kinnon family has considered Isla Mujeres the perfect family getaway. We often joke that we are Isla's "bridge and tunnel" people! If you lived in Manhattan and took the Jitney to the Hamptons every weekend from Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:04 AM by Rob Kinnon | 8 Comments

Abyss Dive Center in Playa del Carmen Welcomes Ak Lu'um Students

During the last few days of the school year, when many of the foreign students have already returned to their home countries for the summer break, the remaining children are treated to all kinds of fun activities. One such extracurricular outing is a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 8, 2009 1:08 PM by Rob Kinnon | 3 Comments

Back to Belize - On Island Time

Not surprisingly, our first full day on the island was a lazy one. The kids were sent off on a fishing excursion and the grownups recovered from the night before. Breakfast and Bloody Mary's at Estel's , our favorite place in San Pedro, brought Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 20, 2009 4:02 PM by Rob Kinnon | 3 Comments

Who Will Be Playa del Carmen's Next Top Models?

Why my kids, of course! Well, probably not but they sure had fun trying it out this weekend. Through our friend and fellow Papalote parent Corrina, Birdie and Cole were invited to take part in a publicity photo shoot for the Shangri La Caribe Hotel . Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 17, 2009 6:39 PM by Rob Kinnon | 3 Comments

Daytrip to Valladolid - Part 2 (The right place at the right time!)

Well lubricated with tequila and sangrita , we wandered out into the square where hundreds of people were seated, dresses in their Sunday best, waiting patiently, staring at the enormous stage that had been constructed at one end of the street. Apparently, Read More...
Posted Friday, June 6, 2008 11:07 AM by Rob Kinnon | 5 Comments