[68/365] heat in the cold

A chile pepper shaped icicle!

[52/365] snow day

Doesn't look like much of a snowfall, but the roads were slippery and some schools got to call it a snow day!

[36/365] dog park

WHEE! We're at the dog park! Actually, the only reason we ended up there was because we failed to find Harbour View, where they were having a free snowshoeing event.

The Kilcona Dog Park is such an awesome place for dogs to run around--leash free! All the dogs are so friendly with other dogs and people alike.

[34/365] little red riding hood's frosty forest

It's been a frosty couple days. I know it's been winter for months already, but the hoar frost just adds that extra wintery touch.

[29/365] time flies

I wish we had time for parasailing. That would have been amazing!

Oat went scuba diving while I snorkelled. It's pretty cool that you can see all the bubbles divers make near the top. Seeing Oat's videos and photos of her dive make me want to get my license even more!

The last popsicle of the trip. It wasn't really that great because there was too much chile powder in it that it overpowered the fruit flavour.

[28/365] mi día favorito

Another beautiful sunrise.

Hidden Worlds is the perfect name for this cenote adventure park. It's jungle atmosphere and cenotes made for quite the day! We started off with sky cycling, which is pretty much like riding a reclined bike on a cable through the jungle. It wasn't really that great though, I got stuck a few times and since nobody was around to help me, I had to pull myself along the cable to reach the end. Next, was zip lining, which wasn't quite what I thought it'd be. I was expecting more speed... I didn't even hit the stopper at the end because I slowed down so much. The guide told me to eat more tacos at night.

We rappelled, ziplined, and snorkelled in a cenote as well. Our guides for the day (Julio and Edwin) genuinely enjoyed their jobs and found the outdoors fascinating. This made the tour even more enjoyable. They pointed out some plants that were used for things like bubble gum, rope, and traditional medicine while we rode on their "Mayan Hummer".

My favourite part of the whole day at Hidden Worlds was the snorkelling in Hilarios' Well. It wasn't part of our package and we went deeper into the cenote than a regular tour. Edwin dives in the cenote usually so knew all the nooks and crannies. THIS was what I was expecting prior to the trip when I thought of snorkelling in a cenote. So much of it seemed untouched and you really felt like you were in a hidden world afar from anything. You were surrounded by the stalactites and stalagmites. In certain parts, the stalactites were inches from our heads and the stalagmites just lightly grazing our legs as we snorkelled. At one point, we turned off all our flashlights and just listened. It was pitch black and very peaceful. Oat and I did bump our heads on some stalactites though, especially when Edwin told me to lead the way back (thank goodness there were strings to follow!).

We hadn't been having that much luck with the Mexican food in Cancun. It ranged from mediocre to crappy, but we finally had some amazing Mexican food... in none other than a food court!

Tacos al pastor = soft taco shells + pastor (marinated pork cooked on a vertical rotisserie) + cilantro + onions + pineapples. A-freaking-mazing.

McDonald's is a genius! Soft ice cream in an Oreo cone. It was the best ice cream cone I've ever eaten. I asked around when we came home to see if we had this, sadly, I was answered with no... but told that we have a cookies and cream pie.


I've wanted a boston terrier for quite sometime now. This little guy just stole my heart. Look at that sad little face, doesn't it just make you want to take him home? He would gently nibble on my fingers in a playful way and loved to be petted.

We went to the grocery store and picked up some Mexican baked goods to have breakfast on the beach the next morning. It was so much fun walking around the grocery store looking at all the things they have that we don't.

Although I was stuffed after the tacos and oreo cone, Oat and I had to make a stop at Paleteria Y Neveria. It's an ice cream shop  that has a wide array of homemade popsicles, ice cream, and jelly desserts. We'd already tried a couple popsicles there and was curious about this colourful jelly. It wasn't actually anything special because it was really just jello in a sweet milk (a cross between evaporated milk, condensed milk, and coconut milk), but I'm glad I tried it.

[23/365] farewell land of snow

I've never gone on a hot holiday to get away from winter before. I haven't even left yet and I am already loving the idea.

I actually don't mind snow that much, but it's the -50 weather with the gloomy skies that really bothers me. I hate how the sky isn't all dark at night either. It's got this purpley colour to it... which sounds kind of weird but it's not that nice pitch black like it is in the summer where you can see all the stars.

Oat and I are getting away from this dreary  first thing in the morning tomorrow... 

Cancun Mexico... here we come!

[10/365] home time

It felt good to be going home after night shift instead of going to work like most of the rest of traffic.

[5/365] Winterpeg melting away

 

I was lying in bed listening to the water draining down the gutter on the side of my house this afternoon when I awoke from my nap after my night shift. The beginning of January... in Winnipeg of all places (where we get -40 degrees celcius with windchill weather during our regular winters), and the snow was melting! It reached a high of 7 deegrees today. I know global warming is bad, but this winter has been so nice with the mild weather. I am usually frozen during these winter months and avoid going outside, but I have actually enjoyed being outside lately!

[2/365] hunting for the men of winter

RyBread and I went on a snowman hunt this afternoon, but to my disappointment, most of the ones that had been around must have melted last week with the nice weather. We came across once rather large lumpy sorry excuse of a snowman. He was kinda cute in his own way.