Days 7 and 8 Already?

Sunday Feb 10th, Day 7

We took a long walk on the beach this morning; actually we have been doing a lot of walking every day. Sundays are Mexican Family day, much busier than yesterday. By early afternoon the beach was lined with tents, large family picnics and lots of fun had by all as some lay in the hot sun soaking up the rays while others swam and played in the water.

It was a lazy day for us, we went swimming and got a bit of sun, later we found a place on the back street that cooks chicken on the rotisserie, people were lined up to get theirs before she closed at 2 o’clock. Was it good! That was our dinner; they give you a whole chicken, rice and a salad for $6.50 US. Not bad for being able to get 2 meals out of it.

We stayed in during the evening because we had high winds and rain with thunder and lightning. I love it all except the howling wind, therefore I didn’t sleep well. While trying to read I saw a small mouse run into our apartment, s/he came in under the sliding screen door and spent the night. I heard him on top of the refrigerator during the night, he was a noisy little thing. The property manager has sticky traps set so if he is still in here hopefully we will catch him.

Monday Feb 11th Day 8

Instead of going for our usual walk this morning we went to the Botanical Gardens just a short distance from here. This is not the flowering season so there was not much to see in the line of flowers but it was interesting. The walk was about 1 ½ hours long, we got to see plants that were used during the Mayan times for medicinal purposes; they had a house and kitchen set up with gardens outside. Later we saw Mayan Ruins; then we climbed a tower and walked a swinging cable bridge. The grandkids would have loved it.

When we came back to Puerto Morelos we went for another walk throughout town, had lunch and checked where we could have dinner.

Allan just got back from checking our laundry – we dropped it off this morning at 9 and it was to be ready for pick up at 3 this afternoon (Mexican time). It is now 6:15. The charge is 14.00 pesos per kilogram which for easy figuring is $1.40 US for 2 pounds. Thank goodness for Mark’s Work Warehouse Bags, he quickly found it on the floor with other “to be washed bags” it has not been done yet. They have had a busy day I guess so we should have it later tonight or early tomorrow. Here you drop off the laundry; they wash, dry, fold and bag it for you to pick up later. Right now I am running out of underwear! Do you think anyone would notice if I wasn’t wearing any?? I don’t expect they would – who looks at an old girls butt anyway! If one did and noticed I wasn’t wearing underwear what do you think they would be thinking? Maybe I don’t want to know.

It is 9:30; we had a great dinner at Bodo’s Restaurant and are now settled in for the night. We checked on the laundry on the way back and it is still not done. It is raining hard at times; we still have wind and some thunder and lightning again tonight.

Our door step lizard has moved inside for the night – he is hanging out by the TV and the window on the west side of the room. Hope he doesn’t get stuck in the mouse’s sticky trap!

I will include some of today’s pics that were taken today at the Botanical Garden. Tomorrow we are going on the Jungle Cable Tour. We ride and paddle a bicycle type unit on an overhead cable through the jungle, do some swimming, have lunch and then come home. The trip is from 9:15 to 1:15. We are looking forward to it. I have to wear a bathing suit – good thing remember I have no clean underwear left!

Tome el cuidado hasta la vez próxima,
Adiós para ahora,

Anne

February 10 and 11, 2008

these two pics are of cactus plants
fungus - it was covered with flies
Allan on the hanging bridge
a pretty white flower

Allan in the house they used to boil down sapp to make gum
this is similar to the Mayan house - sleeping area

this is similar to the Mayan kitchen
this is the outside of the sleep house and kitchen
a pretty red flower

the exhabition area in the park