Just a quick note as I prepare to head off for two weeks holiday. I'll be away with my family in the so-called Riviera Maya resort area on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Our plans include snorkeling in the various cenotes (fresh water lagoons), visits to the Mayan ruins in Tulum and Chichen Itza, and a scuba dive excursion off the coast of Cozumel (home to a thousand-mile reef, the longest continuous reef in the world, second only in overall size to the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's coast).

I'll be back with lots to report around Monday, January 23rd. And yes, I will make some notes about waste management and recycling in Mexico to share with you all!

And away we go. Yeehaa!