Went to Mexico recently, to visit my Mother’s Nanny. My mom was raised by her when she was young but family troubles they parted and my mom hadn’t heard from her in over 30 years. In our last trip to Mexico we found her old house and her brother who still lived in the house. He didn’t know who we were at first but later warmed up and informed us that my Mother’s Nanny was alive and well and lived in Colima. With this we decided to an impromptu trip to Mexico to visit her and see how she was doing after all these years! Brought Along Yoko, KagaMiku and Louise for a few pictures but this post is mostly the amazing Mexico countryside that we saw during our trip!

Still in California, we drove through Arizona to get to the Nogales border since it’s a straight shot from there to my aunt’s place in Los Mochis Sinaloa. We got to Tuscon late at night and got a hotel to leave to Nogales in the night and early.

Packed up and in the car bright and early! Kagamiku like me was a bit sleepy so early in the morning.

Once in Mexico we had to stop by El Centro De Importacion E Internacion Temporal de Vehiculos. Here we get our Visas to visit Mexico, and the permit to bring our car into Mexico.

Some amazing cloud formations that morning. I sleep the majority of the trip from Tuscon to Los Mochis. I fall asleep very easily while in a moving car and we also had been up far too early for my body to function properly.

Once in Los Mochis i had my aunt take us to go get a quick snack! Coco’s Helados! Chilled Coconuts!

The take a Coconut, chill it then cut the top off and stick a straw as you can see for you to drink the Coconut Milk. I’m not a big fan of the milk, i think it taste like soap! But my grandma loves it so she drinks the Milk.

Then they cut it in half and chop up the coconut inside and put Lemon juice and Chili powder. I apparently wasn’t eating it correctly here…

Here is a special way they’ll prepare it, add in some crunchy peanuts and Tamarindo Bits. Looks a bit like dog food but it’s very good!

Here is the regualr way of just Lemon juice and Chili Powder. This way is my favorite!

A sign showing off how my Aunt’s 3rd grade class of her school got #1 within the entire state! The three ladies on the top are middle my Aunt and on her right is my Cousin Rocio and on the other side of my Aunt, Vicky another teacher in the school. My Aunt and cousin own this school and the third grade class is taught by my aunt, so we were all quite proud of her achievement!

yummy mexican pastries, we stocked up on these for our trip down to Colima!

Busy Street in Los Mochis

My Brother’s favorite place to eat while in Mexico. This is only to brag to him that we ate there!

Louise enjoying some salsas and Guacamole.

Kagamiku hoping not to be confused with the little Bean Tacos.

Yoko wanted some of my Tacos, but she isn’t a fan of the guacamole, so she didn’t get any.

Yummy Grilled Onions!

Bright and early sunrise the next morning.

Everything was just so green!

My cousin’s baby Valeria playing with my lens cap while we stopped to get some gas.

Rows and rows of trees, not sure exactly what kind of trees.

Cows out in the pasture

Catching some shut eye while we stopped for snacks.

Everything was just so green and beautiful.

It went suddenly from mountains and fields into Jungle while we drove, would have loved to stay and take pictures and play in the jungle but we were on the clock, most of these were taken from inside the car :’(

Just so stunningly green

The ONLY picture I got of Puerto Vallarata. I spent the rest of the time drooling and wanted to stop and stay here for the rest of the trip. Amazing beautiful beaches, beautiful luxurious hotels, I want to go back so badly!

The view from our hotel the next morning in Barra de Navidad. It was pouring rain, yet about 95 degrees. My first time experiencing Rain when it’s not cold. It was fun running out into the rain and playing in puddles like a little kid!

The beaches were also pretty snazzy near our hotel!

Valeria posing for the camera!

Finally we went to the beach once we got to Colima, Valeria looking out at the ocean.

The Beach was just full of people, and it was a sea of tents and umbrellas along the coast as well.

Want some souvenirs from Colima?

Tons of Palm trees

Near the Harbor where the boats go to bring in crap into Mexico.

Someone Enjoying their Ice Cream a bit too much maybe?

Later back at the house in Colima visiting my mom’s Nanny, they set up the pool for the girls. You can see Valeria and Carla, Carla is a little girl that my Mom’s old nanny watches from time to time. My dad is playing with them with the hose.

Just look at the adorable face!

I later went to cool off and stick my foot in the pool, then i got sucked into playing with the girls in a splash fight!

I was winning at first.

But two against one, it was no fight and I lost out in the end!

Charging us for toilet paper in the one public restroom we went to. So if you’ve got the runs it’ll be expensive for you sadly.

Only “Normal ” breakfast i got while in Mexico, a Poached egg and Cornflakes with some cold Orange Juice. Normally it’s warm OJ and tacos or weird pancakes. I also say normal since it’s not really normal but something my mom made for us often when we younger.

Heading back from Colima.

Love the clouds and the bright blue skies that accompanied us this trip.

Mexico really is beautiful, I have to admit I was used to seeing Desert looking Mexico that we see in movies often. But i was taken aback by how truly stunning Mexico is. This also was the longest car ride i’ve ever done at over 3,000 miles in the car. It also did take a toll on my mom’s poor van as the speed bumps in the highway did a number on the Van’s Shocks. While i am also raving about Mexico it does have it’s downside. I always, ALWAYS come back sick. I also always somehow get the worst insect bites. This last time i got bit by some spider and it swelled up pretty badly, my jaw started to lock up and so we went to the doctor where i got a shot in the tush and some creams. It went away after that but it tends to be a hassle. But these things seem so small in comparison of how much fun I have on these trips! Are there any places you’ve been to that you just love but don’t get to go to often?

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Had the worst flight of my life! But then the majority of the day was bad! Our flight left Tijuana at 10:45am. My dad told my mom we had t be at the airport 3 hours early, and he told us that with traffic it would take us 2 hours to get there.

So we ended up waking up at 4:30am to leave at 5:00am. But then, guess what! No Traffic! We got there in an hour! We took our time to eat breakfast then crossed the border, get to the airport and i leave my mom and grandma in front with the bags while i park the car. But the machine that lets you into the parking lot was broken, so i waited 30mins to get in. Once i get in, NO PARKING! I found two sposts in the entire parking lot and they were far too small since on each side had huge trucks who parked on the lines. Not even my small Ion fit inside those spots, had to drive around till someone left. Then I get into the airport and go to check in our luggage, they tell us it’s only one suitcase per person so i end up having to carry 6 bags all by myself and push my grandma in her wheel chair (she can walk and does so fine, but it’s easier to take her in the wheelchair through crowed places). Now since my grandma is old, and my mom gets claustrophobic in planes we all like to site together, my grandma likes having us near, my mom gets the window and i sit making sure my grandma is fine during the entire flight. Now they promised us when we checked in that we would all be sitting together, and since my grandma is in a wheel chair she has to go on the plane last. Well looks like they didn’t transfer over the message of us sitting together and they separated us in the entire flight. I was so pissed, and there was one row with only one person sitting in it, i asked the lady if she minded moving and she didn’t mind, but they wouldn’t let her move, they made us sit in separate spots. Needless to say, my mom almost puked, my grandma’s blood pressure was up, and i was furious with the flight staff. Then I pull out my knitting needles mid flight to try and finish making my grandma’s scarf, and i had asked when we checked in if i was allowed to knit, they told me yes, it’s fine and that there was no problem. Well on the flight it felt like the staff was out to gt me, they told me i couldn’t knit, i then grabbed my MP3 player and no i can’t have it on, I was ready to punch someone and I’m not even a violent person! But then my mom explained later that it was a cheap flight. I asked how cheap, $450 Mexican Pesos, which is about $33USD, so i guess you get what you paid for. Just don’t ever fly VivaAeroBus if you want any kind of service or even decent human beings…

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Lelouch all packed up and ready for his Mexican Getaway! He had to fight with Asakura for her to lend him her bag. She pulled a knife out on him but in the end i think he just used his geass on her… Crazy old lelouch!

While he was excited about his upcoming trip he was also going to miss home.

Caught Lulu sitting around wondering why my dad was taking forever to park the car. I asked him if he was up for the trip since i know he’d miss his lovely ladies.

Lulu then told me not to worry that he’d be alright being away from them for a short time.

Lulu was a bit antsy during the flight, he wanted the window seat but since my dad is claustrophobic he had to take the middle seat between us.

At least he was able to listen to some music on my mp3 player. But he only wanted to listen to one song the entire trip.

As soon as we got to Mexico Lulu was quick to get into the mood! Too bad the sombrero was too big…

“Who needs the Zero Mask when i have this Sombrero!”

Once we got to Mexico he was so excited to see some of the sights! We got to Dzibilchaltun and he was so eager for photos. He’d never seen a pyramid before.

He really enjoyed it here, I think he enjoyed being able to climb up the Pyramid.

We got to the top and boy did he enjoy the view.

Lulu just wouldn’t stop talking about the view. He loved the plants and trees. Who knew that just a little while ago this guy was being all perverted…

Lulu inviting me to sit with him and enjoy the lovely view.

It really was an amazing view from up here.

Lulu was being a Camera hog and only wanted me to take pictures of him here, I kept telling him we had to go already. My parents were about to leave us…

He just kept saying how the view was so awesome. I got it, awesome view, lets go!

He told me to just go and he’ll catch up with me, so i let him be.

Turns out he had some trouble getting down the pyramid without me. xD

I offered to help but he insisted on doing it himself.

Lulu then told me that he’d just get someone to be his helper during the trip since i was as he said “good for nothing.”

He later found some poor soul soon after to be his Official helper during the trip.

Turns out it was my dad that was the unlucky soul… I think he used his geass on my dad.

I ordered this Strawberry soda and Lulu told me he wanted to try it too.

Only thing is that he couldn’t get the straw into his mouth, must suck to be this small…

Next day we headed to Cancun, he was pretty excited about this trip!

At first he didn’t want to go into the water, he said he’d rather sit around and the enjoy the beach

He did find himself a nice cozy place to sit.

Enjoying the warm sand

Finally convinced him to go to the water, he didn’t get in but he did get awfully close! He was having fun playing on the rocks!

But then C.C. called him asking him if she could bring her some pizza hut, looks like she forgot he was out of the country…

Next day we headed to Chichen Itza, Lulu got my dad to let him sit up front with him. He also got my dad to let him car surf.

But then he got my dad to let him drive. I was a bit worried since Lulu didn’t have his license.

We were a all a bit afraid for our lives so we got him to just be the lookout for any animals that might cross the road.

We got to Chichen Itza and Lulu met up with some of the locals, he was surprised how short they all were. (what’s really funny is how the locals really are short. I’m 5’4″ and i was super tall compared to them!)

Then Lulu took a quick nap before we reached Chichen Itza. he wanted to buy this hammock but he had no way to carry it with him on the plane back

Chichen Itza, Lulu was impressed.

I think he really enjoyed seeing all these Mayan ruins.

Walking around with my dad as his tour guide.

Well that was lulu’s trip. He was sad to go but so excited to get back to his girls. He made me promise him that if i ever go to another place as cool as this that i take him with me. I think i just might take him with me from now on, it was a fun trip with him around.