One of the reasons I decided to visit Split, was because I had read about Salona, the beautiful ancient roman city that existed almost two thousand years ago. A quick bus ride later and I was walking through fields of freshly mowed grass inside the ruins of a spectacular old stone city. Salona existed from …
I was on a hike this morning, and was feeling a little out of sorts. I don’t know why I was feeling like this today, but it made me realize that I have not thought about gratitude enough lately. While I was walking in a big beautiful park surrounded by glorious nature, I thought about …
I stumbled onto this garden completely by accident. On my long walk-about-town today, I was exploring Marjan Hill again. I was coming down a trail on the Southern side, well past the area of the cliffs. I saw a gate at one end of a path, and it was unlocked! Inside, I discovered the resurrection …
Ahhhhh one of my very favourite things in life is to be on a beach. Usually, I prefer a warm or hot climate and a sandy beach, but really, I’m happy on any coastal expanse. I went off course on my long walk this morning, and guess what? I found three beautiful beaches all withing …
Inside this huge and amazing natural space is a myriad of hiking trails that I plan to explore in the coming weeks. To get a feel for the size of this park though, I thought I would try walking the Marjan Forest Park loop. It is a 5 kilometre walk around the perimeter, and took …
On my first trip to Rome 5 years ago, I had planned out my days to include a trip to all of Rome’s biggies and most interesting places for me. This included the Colosseum, Vatican Museum, Domus Aurea, etc. Now that I am here a second time, and I am on a tight budget, I …
I took the ferry across to Valletta, with no plans other than to explore old town inside the stone walls. After walking around for a while, I peeked inside a doorway only to discover a beautiful church. From first glance it looked amazing, so I thought what the heck, I’ll head on in. As it …
After visiting St. John’s Co Cathedral in the morning, and dodging the crowds on the Merchant’s Street, I was in need of a quiet space for the remainder of the day. Close to where I was, is the museum of fine arts, and I thought spending an afternoon at MUZA would be perfect. MUZA is …
Readers will know of my obsession with doors by now. On my daily walks about town, I also photograph other aspects of homes. Today’s post will showcase the beautiful windows, doors & stairs in PV. Now granted, Puerto Vallarta is a huge city. I have barely scratched the surface of exploring this city on foot. …
One of my favourite things about Puerto Vallarta is the Malecon boardwalk. This beautiful walkway stretches from the Hotel Rosita to just past the Pier at Playa Los Muertos. Starting at the hotel, are a number of amazing sculptures on the Malecon that perfectly showcase the talent in this vibrant city. The Malecon in Puerto …
One of the reasons I love Mexico is the uninhibited use of bright vivid colours everywhere you look. It makes the environment feel lively and jovial and just so darn happy. The amazing murals all around Puerto Vallarta are one of the aspects adding to this city’s beauty. I never tire of walking around and …
We all know by now how much I adore markets! I will always try and visit one where ever I travel and usually more than once. 🙂 Puerto Vallarta has several markets, one is the Thursday Night Market in the Marina. The marina market has many of the same vendors as the Lazaro Cardenas Saturday …
For my daily long walk today, I went and explored two new to me neighbourhoods of Puerto Vallarta. I have wanted to check out the Versalles & Diaz Ordaz hoods of PV for quite a while and today was the perfect time! Firstly the correct spelling is Versalles even though many places use the French …
I went on a long walk this morning and a scary thing happened to me today. I’m okay, but it was unnerving. I was hesitant to post this. Everyone always wants their life to look glamorous and fun, especially while travelling. But life when you travel is just like life at home. Some days are …
I took the bus from Sayulita to San Pancho for a day trip. Wow, I was absolutely impressed by this little town. San Pancho, a big slice of paradise that I had been looking for, and have now found. The main bus stop in Sayulita is on Av Revolucion. Inside is a ticket booth where …
Ok I know this might be a weird topic for a post, but my shoes have gotten trashed here! If you are coming for a visit, you might like to see the ground under your feet. It might just save a good pair of shoes from being destroyed. This is what your shoes will step …
Most of the town of Sayulita is on the water side of the highway that heads to Punta de Mita. This largest area contains four neighbourhoods, South End, Downtown, Gringo Hill and North End. Yesterday I wrote a post about my explorations of the North End. Today I’ve been street walking in the South End …
There are four main areas that make up the largest portion of the town of Sayulita, Mexico. They are Downtown, Gringo Hill, North End and South End. Today I was checking out North End & Nanzal in Sayulita. It was leg workout day, that’s for sure! 🙂 Av. del Palmar is one long road that …
If South beach is just too busy for you and you have already spent time on North beach, there is another place close to town. Looking for a hidden beach to explore? Playa de Los Muertos, Sayulita’s secret beach is just a hop skip and a jump from town. There are two routes to this …
Today I went on a deeper exploration of this beautiful little Mexican fishing village. I wanted to see what life was like on the other side of Highway 200. Delving into the lesser known neighbourhoods of La Penita – Isla del Verano, Miramar and El Campesino gave me a better insight into the flavour of …