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Visit Merida from Cancun without using toll roads
Why not save a few bucks, drive on a more scenic road and see something else than trees zip past your windshield.
Crossing the Sonora desert on a motorcycle
The Sonora desert, desolate and peaceful as ever. Barely any traffic, no towns, no people for miles.
Go see Flamingos in Rio Lagartos
If you want to see Flamingos, why not make it an adventure! Follow this route from Cancun to Rio Lagartos to find some massive Flamingo colonies.
Do not use HSBC for your bank
I've been a user of over 10 banks for all kinds of things for the last 25 years. Five years I've been a HSBC customer and never have I had a worse banking experience.
I rented a house today
I rented a house today. Kinda haphazardly as is customary in Mexico. My home for the coming year at-least.
Apple Intelligence without context
Last week or so I finally upgraded from Sonoma to Sequoia and installed Apple Intelligence. Some thoughts about it.
Social media must be the loneliest place on the internet
Social media must be the loneliest place on the internet.
Under the threat of rain
News reports come trickling in about the road being out. Some thoughts about that.
Too much dust in the air
When you want pizza but there is a bit of a dust storm going on. It's clearing up a bit now, but coarse fog is weird.
Soon I'll head into the desert
I've been on this road before. But the loneliness and distances always are a daunting thought.
Visit the Uxmal and Mayapan ruins near Merida
If you are staying in Merida and want something to do. The Uxmal Archeological site and Mayapan are excellent places to visit if you like big pyramids.
AI is kinda stupid
People using AI to replace search and common sense and then time and time again complain how wrong the info they get is.