Thursday Feb 23, 2012

Today we made another visit to the Mayan Market here in town. There is  every thing you would want in the line of  souvenirs right here in Puerto Morelos; no need to go to Playa or Cancun. The same goes for food, it is all right here, great restaurants serving a great variety of foods and markets to purchase food if you should wish to prepare your own meals.

 

 

 

Interesting pieces of jewellery

Very beautifully coloured accessories

 

Don't you love the vibrant colours of the brooms - I wonder if this is a simple man's idea of making the little woman enjoy cleaning the house?

 

The need for nourishment took us back to La Papa Cafe in the Colonia the for lunch. We love their potatoe dishes. I have been ordering the "kitchen sink" Love it!! It has everything you can imagine in it. In case you have forgotten or not hear of this dish before it starts with mashed, creamed potatoes; add pieces of meat, vegetables then cover with cheese and sauces, then heat through. Gooooood!

 

The owner/operator introduced us to her  cucumber lemonade. Wow, was it good! So good, I thought I would share an Internet photo and  one of many recipes to make it.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/refreshing-cucumber-lemonade/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=lemon%20and%20cucumber%20juice&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page

 

 

Were do bananas come from? Like me you would (well most of you would) say, "a banana tree of course."  Not! They come from the banana plant. That was my first lesson, the second was that bananas are not allowed to ripen on the plant. If they are not picked early they will rot and make only good bird food. The cluster of bananas  is picked and placed in a cool shaded area where the bananas are allowed to ripen. The third thing I learned is that  the banana plant produces only one bunch of bananas and then it dies. Oh, there is more, the roots produce more banana plants on an ongoing basis and the banana leaves are used to wrap some foods in for cooking. I must say the banana not only is a very nutritious fruit but it is full of surprises. Causes one to think about researching it on the net because I am sure there is a lot more to learn about it.

Another walk through a vegetable market in the colonia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We came across a sale of new and unfinished furniture.

No prices were marked and no salesperson to bargain with

 so we left.

 

 

 

 

Couldn't resist a look through the meat market

 

One pig head and 2 halves.

 

 

 

 

 

This little angel was very tired and like most little ones didn't want to give into sleep

 

 

I haven't figured this one out yet, but it looks like this section of new sidewalk is painted red.

 

One of the local roof top King dogs very curious about what the rascals are up to in his kingdom.

We had a very nice dinner at this restaurant tonight. Food was great and reasonably priced.

 

 

Another picture with our favourite finger painter Abraham

 

 

One of his many masterpieces for sale

 

 

Bob and Abraham at Edith's level. Abraham tells us Edith's name in Spanish is pronounced as "Edit"

 

This is the the third time we have purchased baking from Pan De Dona Pily, this time we bought her pineapple upside down cake, whole wheat bread again and carrot muffins.

 

In the past along with the whole wheat bread we have purchased carrot cake, bran muffins and oatmeal honey muffins.

 

 

Everything has been D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! AND SHE DELIVERS - how good is that!!