Where the Sky Is Born by Jeanine Lee Kitchel

Where the Sky Is Born: Living in the Land of the Maya
by Jeanine Lee Kitchel

Imagine running away to the Mexican Caribbean and never coming back.

That dream became a reality for author Jeanine Kitchel and her husband who traveled to the Yucatan in 1985 and a decade later, left their jobs in Silicon Valley to pursue a relaxed lifestyle in Puerto Morelos, a small fishing village on the Quintana Roo Coast south of Cancun.

Chance links them with a contractor who offers to build them a beachfront house, and this is where the true story begins. 

After side-stepping disaster on several fronts, they build their home, settle into Mexico, and then travel deep into the heart of Yucatan to explore the Mayan ruins. Share their dreams, their heartaches, but most of all, see how they cope with buying land, building a house, and retiring in a foreign country. 

This evocative adventure is a cockeyed love letter to Mexico, their adopted homeland.