Ava and I slept in this morning - yesterday was a hard day - no walk on the beach this morning. They are so wired when they get here, the heat along with the excitement really plays them out.
The Iguana is out early this morning
Just catching a few of those early morning rays
Fresh flowers in the garden at Cabanas Puerto Morleos
I thought I had found something amazing here until the waiter told me they were artificial. Who'da known!!
You probably remember from previous years that we sponsor children in Puerto Morelos for education, this year we are supporting four. Ava went with us to visit three of the children at their school in the colonia - the girl in the centre is Daniela age 11, whom we have been sponsoring for a few years and the little one beside her is Selena age 9, the same age as Ava.
It is not often that sponsors are able to meet with the children they support, we extend a special "thankyou" to Kris and Juan Jr. who have helped make our visits with the children possible. Kris and Juan work with the school officials to set up the appointments, they attend our meeting with the children to act as interpreters and they have also done extra little things for the children over the past year when we are not here to do so.
Allan and I got into the photo with the girls.
We have been sponsoring Daniela for a few years now.
This is our first year with Maria also, she attends school on an occasional basis and is confined to a wheel chair. Maria is a very happy outgoing child. She lives with her mother and 4 siblings in a small house that was built by the local charity in Puerto Morelos http://www.emppm.com/
After our visit with our sponsored children we returned to the Cabanas Puerto Morelos for an afternoon at poolside where we found Clinton having a little R&R.
Ava and Jed have become so comfortable in the water, their swimming lessons back home have certainly allowed them to shed their fear of the water.
Look at this one go - Way to go Jed!!
Tonight we head to Les Palmers for dinner -
Allan and Clinton lead the way.
This restaurant has an awesome view
Refried beans are a hit
along with guacamole
Rather that show you what we ate I thought I would show you those eating tonight's dinner.
Everyone looks like they have had a long day - again the sun takes its tole
The beauty of one cactus ends
while another begins
Tomorrow we leave early for the day on Isla Mujeres and the famous Dolphin Swim,
everyone is off to bed with visions of dolphins dancing in their heads.
Good Night All
