An ex-Connecticut Yankee who has called Cozumel home for over 18 years, Laura ran away to the Caribbean years ago, bumped around the islands teaching SCUBA diving, lost some time in Jamaica, and finally stopped in Cozumel for a 2 week vacation that hasn’t ended yet. With a degree in Journalism from a fancy private college she convinced her parents to pay for, Laura writes, edits, and creates the weekly Cozumel 4 You news, social media, and promotional articles about the island, as well as moderates the Cozumel 4 You Facebook group, which currently has over 25,000 members. Her long suffering husband, Fabian, has long since resigned himself to having zero private life, as he’s been involved in her various schemes and plots since his arrival. Proud parents to a variety of rescue dogs and cats, Laura continues to be the bane of her traditional Mexican mother-in-law’s existence, as she muses her way through life in the Mexican Caribbean. ______________________________ Una ex yanqui de Connecticut quien llama hogar a Cozumel desde hace más de 15 años. Laura escapó al Caribe hace años, desplazándose de una isla a otra dando clases de BUCEO. Se dedicó a perder el tiempo en Jamaica y finalmente se detuvo en Cozumel para pasar unas vacaciones de 2 semanas que aún no terminan. Convenciendo a sus padres que pagaran una elegante universidad privada, obtuvo su título en Periodismo y Laura crea semanalmente Cozumel 4You, medios sociales y artículos promocionales sobre la Isla y también es moderadora en el grupo Cozumel 4 You en Facebook que actualmente cuenta con 25,000 miembros. Fabián, s umuy tolerante marido, desde hace mucho tiempo se resignó a no tener vida privada, pues se ha visto implicado en los diversos proyectos y planes que urde Laura. Son orgullosos padres de diversos perros y gatos rescatados. Mientras contempla su paso a través de la vida en el Caribe mexicano, Laura continúa siendo la pesadilla en la existencia de su muy tradicional suegra mexicana.
I arrived to Cozumel in 1988, when I was 4 years old; happy to join my mom’s family who had been able to...
ByLaura WilkinsonMay 22, 2013Although hurricane season doesn’t officially start until June, Cozumel authorities are leaving nothing up to chance. With an active hurricane season predicted for...
ByLaura WilkinsonMay 21, 2013In an interesting turn of events, last weekend, our state’s governor, Roberto Borge, arrived for the inauguration of the Cozumel fishing tournament in...
ByLaura WilkinsonMay 20, 2013Now that Cozumel is drifting into low season, there are less cruise ships and incoming flights, as is the norm for this time...
ByLaura WilkinsonMay 17, 2013Last weekend Cozumel’s biggest fishing tournament took place. This year, 151 boats participated in the “Rodeo de Lanchas Mexicanas,” which is in it’s...
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ByLaura WilkinsonMay 16, 2013This is the last post in a 4 part series, about Dengue, which originally appeared at blogtorchey.blogspot.com in Spanish on June 2011. D,...
ByLaura WilkinsonMay 14, 2013Although May 15th is the official start of the 2013 turtle nesting season according to the Comité de Protección a la Tortuga Marina,...
ByLaura WilkinsonMay 10, 2013This upcoming weekend marks the 42nd year of the “Rodeo de Lanchas Mexicanas,” Cozumel’s largest fishing tournament of the year. In fact, it’s...
ByLaura WilkinsonMay 9, 2013