Feb 9, 2013

Every day we create something to do - today the list (To Shirley from the List Queen)  is:

• drop off laundry
• shop for food
• eat breakfast
• buy beer
• do the beach thing
• and have dinner

- not necessarily in that order.

Shirley, as I get older some parts of the list don't seem to carry the same level of importance as others - "the order" of the list has slumped to that lower rating. I thought you would appreciate that piece of knowledge.

The laundry did come first - it is early morning, the strays are napping after an eventful night I expect and Allan is dropping off the laundry as a Rooster crows in the back - behind the laundromat.

Not too much is happening in Po Mo this early in the morning

This picture is not clear - because of dust particles in the air. Allan needs a washer ground down so asks this young man at a construction sit to do so - He did a great job. Yes, Allan has found a few repair jobs to do in our Condo and has been about town in a successful attempt to get them done. People are so helpful here - it is amazing. Ya gotta love this place!!

Reuben from the "Restaurant Hall of Fame" saw us waiting at the bus stop and offered us a ride with him to the Colonia. Perfect, he dropped us off at the exact place  we were headed.

The colours and the aroma of the produce are incredible

A worker in the market actually sits and takes all of the dry onion peals off the onions - that just makes you want to buy them, take them home, prepare them and put them in the your next meal.

And the array of colour is very pleasing to the eye

This young couple are having a beautiful beginning to a great day, earlier they were driving down the street and she had her hands covering his eyes - they were having a great time together.

We stopped for breakfast, (I forgot to take a photo of the restaurant), while in the colonia and had Mexican eggs for 110. Pecos  The cook had heard our attempt at Spanglish I think and came out when were were finished eating to speak with us. She suggested  on our next visit we  try her  huevos rancheros ( ranch eggs), we  certainly will indeed. She gave us a quick Spanish lesson  on phrases we did not already know and wished us well for the day. Nice lady - we will definitely be back.

 I think clean pigs feet are so neat -

makes me want to have a meal of pork hawks

 These pictures bring back so many childhood memories - Grandma Wright making Head Cheese - I get a container of it now and again at the store but it never tastes the same - processed instead of home cooked- no comparison.

Chicken heads along with the neck, giblets and bones make a great soup stock! - Memories of those days on the farm  flow back - killing the pigs and scolding them to remove the hair, we chopped the heads off the chickens  and watched the birds flop around the barn yard until all signs of life vanished. They would lock us up - or at least put us on a watch list  if we did that now, they would expect us to become serial killers.

Bob, you did us a huge favour, the idea of a pull luggage bag for been is such a great idea - it will hold 2 - 18 pks of beer - sure is a lot easier to pull than carry. The excursion salesman in front of the pharmacy asked if we were changing houses. lol

 I took these pics for colour - didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. I bought a cheap point and shoot for my upcoming trip to Guatemala - it is so cheap that my perspiration has caused the icons on it to  rub off. You get what you pay for they say.

This man likes his truck

Tonight we had dinner at "Restaurant Hall Of Fame"  - Reuben and his significant other Magnolia operate the restaurant and do a great job

Allan had Chicken Cordon Blue

and I had pork tacos - Delicious!

On our walk about town following dinner I found a little girl to play with. I have brought along puppets this year for the children - we have a short play time with the puppets then when they have made friends I leave the puppet with them. They love it and the parents are very appreciative of the gesture and the puppet gift.

Everything on today's  list was accomplished!!!! Good night all!!  Buenas noches!

February 8th, 2013

This morning was exciting for us, with the help of Jill Yager from the local charity - http://www.emppm.com/ we delivered two desk top computers, donated by Faith Charities of Ontario and a laptop computer donated by Joan Wood of Manitowning, Ontario, to the Secondary School in the Colonia of Puerto Morelos. In the photo below we are with Alex the teacher for the computer class at the School and  next to him is a student from the class.

Here we are again with another student in the picture

The school greatly appreciated the donations - the students will have much needed computer skills when they finish their secondary school years

Another new eatery in town is "Salciccia", they serve sausages on a bun. We ate lunch here today and they are soooo good!

This and the two pictures below are of the staff working at "Salciccia"

 

There have been so many changes in Puerto Morelos over the past year it is unbelievable.
There have been new eateries, new shops, older ones have moved. Man, it is hard to keep up!

For the day tripper coming into Puerto Morelos and stopping at the square there are several locations to catch their curiosity. If you should happen to be that day tripper, my advise is "GO BEYOND THE SQUARE AND VENTURE OUT INTO THE TOWN!" There is so much more to see and so many other little shops to spend your money. You must not miss the Mayan Market, it is South of the square on Rojo Gomez. The shops there are run by the locals and you have a better chance to find "Made In Puerto Morelos" items.

This and the few pics below will show you (if you are one of my blog followers and/or you have been here before) the beauty of Puerto Morelos is still so awesome!

The locals bring their fish to shore and clean them. The scraps are fed to the pelicans who patiently wait a short distance away.

A group going snorkeling off the reef

Allan does not like the sun but I did catch him smiling.

Thanks to Skype we are able to keep in touch with family. Here Allan is talking to Jess, we also called Ava to sing her "Happy Birthday"

We attended the Carnival Beach Party at the Unico Beach Bar - the pics below were taken on our way there 

A father and son preparing their fishing lines in hopes of landing one 

The door man

The bartender "Megill", he is a hoot!!

His assistant

The cutest drummer I have ever seen!! If I were a few years younger I would be one of his groupies

Later we went to Les Palmeras for dinner - our waiters remembered us from previous years and were disappointed that Edith and Bob were not with us this year

I ordered the garlic shrimp (Edith's favourite and mine) and Allan ordered the breaded shrimp

Another thing that has not changed - still no seats! But it is Mexico - hope it never changes.

Here is my sweet shoe salesman - I consider myself to be a member of high society, I travel to Mexico every year to purchase at least one pair of shoes from the same shop and the same shoe salesman.

These are the shoes purchased this time - they have the Mayan calender on them. Wouldn't you think they should have been on sale since the design is a calender that expired in 2012? He really laughed when I tried to bargain him down for that reason. He is cute.

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I found another stray for Colleen - she would adopt this one I am sure. He was so friendly. 

These flowers fill the night air with their beautiful fragrance. If Denise McK. is reading this perhaps she or someone else can comment on what it is.

 The end of a long day, too much Cerveza - I am pole dancing on my way home.

Good Night!!!