Wednesday, February 13, 2008
NEW TO THE MARKET - GUARANTEED RESULTS
This was sent to Allan by a friend who is genuinely concerned for the safety of our passports and other items of importance. I do believe it will work - we will be better prepared to make a full report upon the completion of this vacation.
February 12th - Day 9
Tuesday was a beautiful day; we went to Selvatica (selvatica.com.mx), I would recommend it to anyone that might be interested. It is a zip line jungle tour including a bicycle ride to the centos or sink holes for a swim and return back to the reception area for lunch.
It was a neat experience, we did not ride a bicycle type vehicle as I had thought; you are secured in a harness that puts you in a seated position; you are on a pulley system that takes you from one staging to the next – there are 11 zip lines in total. Prior to leaving on the circuit they explained how to hold yourself in line with the cable, how to brake and how to straighten yourself from a spin. What a neat experience – something I could easily become addicted too. We then rode bicycles to the sink hole or centos – these contain fresh water and are very deep – this one ranged from 10 to 150 feet deep. Yes we both went in – it was not as cold as we expected it to be – it was so refreshing after the long bike ride. We were the seniors on the excursion, one girl from Ottawa said later that she was really proud of us – it was something she would like to see her parents participate in, but she didn’t think her mother would attempt it. We met the bus at 9:15 out at the highway and we were back by 1:30, it is nice to do these things in the morning before the heat of the day.
When we returned to Puerto Morelos we picked up our laundry, got some groceries and went to the beach to do the R&R thing. Upon returning from the beach I decided to put the laundry away. It’s a good thing I have a sense of humour because once I started to take things out of the laundry bag I found the female items were not mine! Lots of underwear but none of them belonged to me! We gathered up the items of the unknown owner and took them back to the Laundromat, much to my delight the person who got my laundry by mistake had already returned it! Now I have clean underwear and it is mine!
In the early evening we met with Cat Brown who is the Chairperson of the local Charity “El Mundo Para Puerto Morelos” and Antonio Auila Morenoa who is a private ambulance operator from Cancun. The purpose of our meeting was to start the initial steps in setting up an ambulance service in Puerto Morelos. This is an interesting story so I am putting in under a separate posting at a later time.
We had a lovely dinner at a new restaurant in town – the Mexican Pub – they serve great steaks (Angus beef). On our walk back to our apartment we had the good fortune of seeing for the first time a Cactus Moon Flower. We were told it only blooms at night and it has a beautiful fragrance. They bloom twice a year so we were pretty lucky to have seen it and to have had someone with us that knew what it was.
Todavía estamos gozando de Puerto Morelos,
Anne
It was a neat experience, we did not ride a bicycle type vehicle as I had thought; you are secured in a harness that puts you in a seated position; you are on a pulley system that takes you from one staging to the next – there are 11 zip lines in total. Prior to leaving on the circuit they explained how to hold yourself in line with the cable, how to brake and how to straighten yourself from a spin. What a neat experience – something I could easily become addicted too. We then rode bicycles to the sink hole or centos – these contain fresh water and are very deep – this one ranged from 10 to 150 feet deep. Yes we both went in – it was not as cold as we expected it to be – it was so refreshing after the long bike ride. We were the seniors on the excursion, one girl from Ottawa said later that she was really proud of us – it was something she would like to see her parents participate in, but she didn’t think her mother would attempt it. We met the bus at 9:15 out at the highway and we were back by 1:30, it is nice to do these things in the morning before the heat of the day.
When we returned to Puerto Morelos we picked up our laundry, got some groceries and went to the beach to do the R&R thing. Upon returning from the beach I decided to put the laundry away. It’s a good thing I have a sense of humour because once I started to take things out of the laundry bag I found the female items were not mine! Lots of underwear but none of them belonged to me! We gathered up the items of the unknown owner and took them back to the Laundromat, much to my delight the person who got my laundry by mistake had already returned it! Now I have clean underwear and it is mine!
In the early evening we met with Cat Brown who is the Chairperson of the local Charity “El Mundo Para Puerto Morelos” and Antonio Auila Morenoa who is a private ambulance operator from Cancun. The purpose of our meeting was to start the initial steps in setting up an ambulance service in Puerto Morelos. This is an interesting story so I am putting in under a separate posting at a later time.
We had a lovely dinner at a new restaurant in town – the Mexican Pub – they serve great steaks (Angus beef). On our walk back to our apartment we had the good fortune of seeing for the first time a Cactus Moon Flower. We were told it only blooms at night and it has a beautiful fragrance. They bloom twice a year so we were pretty lucky to have seen it and to have had someone with us that knew what it was.
Todavía estamos gozando de Puerto Morelos,
Anne
Day 9 Pic's
This was the musician playing and singing during dinner last night
at the newly opened "Mexican Pub"+006.JPG)
This is the cactus moon flower
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This is our room mate
Swimming at the centos at Selvatica Park
This is NOT Allan
No this isn't him either
a rerun - sorry
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This is the cactus moon flower+010.JPG)
This is our room mate
Swimming at the centos at Selvatica ParkThis is NOT Allan
No this isn't him either
a rerun - sorry
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