Don’t worry, Federico said, We will find the perfect horse for each one of you. I quickly moved to the back of our group. We were a motley assortment of tourists from different counties—Finland, England, Australia, Tobago Trinidad and the United States—some singles, some couples, of different ages ranging from 28 to 75. Like me,…
My third time visiting Yelapa was still a charm. This remote fishing village is located in the southernmost cove of the world’s seventh largest bay, Bahía de Banderas, in Jalisco, Mexico. You can stay overnight in a small hotel or rent a room or a house. You can also come here for a yoga retreat,…
by Janet Bein, Young at Heart Diva JoAnna Byng and Tawney Lee Hunt are two athletic and musical divas that I was lucky to meet on my recent visit to the delightfully mellow but lively Hawaiian island of Maui. I thoroughly enjoyed taking their fitness classes and was intrigued to discover that they both were…
by Janet Bein, Young at Heart Diva When Guatemalans mention the gringos who have come to live in their country, they usually point to American expats who have mansions, servants and fancy cars. Deet Lewis, who has lived in Guatemala for almost 16 years, is a completely different type of gringo. A psychological counselor, massage…
by Janet Bein, Young at Heart Diva No. I can’t stand on my head. I have no aspirations of doing so. And I still gaze in awe at my instructor when she twists herself into a pretzel. But after a year of attending yoga classes on a fairly regular basis two to three times a…
by Janet Bein One woman’s quest to learn Spanish leads her to Antigua, a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. After three weeks of school, she returns home with more than new language skills. She returns home with a new sense of self. I arrived at the Don Pedro Spanish School in Antigua, Guatemala…
by Janet Bein, Young at Heart Diva As we drove from San Diego across the dramatically curving Coronado Bridge, I caught a glimpse of the bright red, cone turrets of beautiful Hotel Del Coronado (The Del). When we got closer, I was struck by the immense size of the building and surrounding property. The white,…