Safety First

Our friend went to Cozumel on Wednesday while Fred and I were golfing. Thankfully Mo left on an early ferry as this is what happened to one of the later ferries....explosion with 25 injured.

Speculation has ranged from payback to propane explosion to cartel....the real answer may never be released. Today when we went to Playa Del Carmen the pier was mostly closed and people were being transported by bicycles to an alternative pier.

While some people worried about this event, many Mexicans just continued on with their lives and took a break whenever possible.

Just Watching

We went to see the manatees the other day and it just happened to be feeding time so we were able to watch the workers giving them lettuce and mingling with them.

One of the manatees is expected to give birth any day now...how exciting would that be!

Working

Puerto Aventuras is growing and the work never seems to stop. These guys are working on the building next to our condo....swarms of them!

Our Condo

This is our condo...we are on the top floor with the blue/white towels visible.

The last photo is a view from our balcony.

A Few Too Many

We were trying to decide what we were doing today and which glasses we would need! This getting old sucks!!

Chili and More Chili

We went to the local Chili Cookoff to sample some of the contestant's Mexican versions. We tried pork, beef and who knows what other kind of chili.

There were ten samples and none of us could eat much of any of it...very poor, but the money went to a good cause!

Guests

We went to watch the Super Bowl [in English] at "The Pub" and part way through the game we had a visitor. If the game didn't keep people entertained this monkey sure did.

Long Time on the Road

We left San Carlos on November 27th and arrived at our final destination of Puerto Aventuras yesterday, February 3rd.

We travelled 3400 kms across Mexico with 43 toll booth stops at a cost of $285 Cdn, not including payment at a blockade allowing us to pass through. Would do it again in a heartbeat!

Our condo is very comfortable, but we are still settling in so don't have everything the way we want it yet.

We will take a video of the unit next week and try to post it here.

A Little Pulling

Today's agenda consisted of hiring a car and driver to see the cenotes at Cozuma [Cooze a maw]. It was an hour's drive north of Merida and well worth it, even if I did feel a little sorry for the horse!

The only way to get to all three cenotes is by horse drawn cart on old narrow gauge henequin train tracks.

The first of the cenotes was a little scary....it was located in a cave that we had crawl down old rickety  ladders to reach. Very nice when we did get there.

The last cenote had the most appealing water and was easily accessible with very little climbing.

The horses only make one run per day so I hope that means they are well fed and treated okay. The driver system must be run on a cooperative idea because after our driver and horse were finished another horse and driver moved in to take the next group.