Thursday March 01, 2012

Yee Gads! It is March already!

Today was a quiet day, just R&R, reading books, snoozing and eating - What a life!!

 We had lunch again at La Panza es Primero, (the ponch/stomach is first) I love their empanadas nocas with spinach sauce. Their decor is done in a Mexican boxing theme which I am not into but the food and ocean view is awesome.

These pics are views from the dining room - accompanied by a beautiful ocean breeze

 The basket of lemons impressed me. Can you imagine using that many lemons  before they go bad and sent for composting?

 Now this was an interesting concept - they have taken newspaper clippings and glued them to the windows then put picture frames on top of that.With the sun light shining through it gives a really neat effect.  Over the years we have tossed out old windows and frames, I have often thought,"If only something could be done with them for decorative purposes." Now I have an idea - will it materialize?? I guess it depends upon whether or not I come across more old windows and or frames.

Here are some smooth moves for you to practice in case  you might need them one day

Construction is still on going, notice the protective foot wear on these two workmen using a compactor

Tonight we had dinner at Al Chimichurri and ate outside. This picture shows the location of the chairs in relation to the travelled portion of the street - see the sandwich board style sign at the end of the tables? Now look at the width of the travelled portion of the road.

 Here two vehicles meet, the camper knocked over the restaurant sign

  two smaller vehicles doing the same thing - due to their smaller size there were no close calls

This pic is of the cooking facility at the restaurant, steak is their specialty - smallest size is 17 ounces!!!

Loved this little bug convertible!!

Like I said, not much happened today but tomorrow is going to be exciting. We booked a tour with Ecab Tours at www.ecabexplorer.com  to go to the Ek' Balam ruins and  Rio Lagartos

This is the tour page:

http://www.ecabexplorer.com/html_en/tours_ek_balam.php

We will be gone the whole day, I look forward to having lots of pictures and stories to share with you from this trip.

Wed Feb 29, 2012

Happy Birthday to all of you "leaplings" today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUtnSGyqpm4&feature=related

On our early morning walk we see this street sweeper working hard sweeping the sand to the sides of the street after installation of sewage lines

This one is for you  Clinton, it shows 8 Palapas being constructed on the beach in front of Villas  Latinas

 The beach is already attracting bathers for the day

 Beach sightings

 Fishermen cleaning the bottom of this boat. They scrubbed it with sand and later put on a liquid finish

 More beach sightings

 The market was set up today as it is every Wednesday, lots  of things for sale

 Local travelling minstrels tuning up for the day

Street  Sweeper still at work

 One of many bicycling tours we see daily. I wonder if she can actually see anything or is she  just along for the ride?  

We had dinner at La Pepita tonight, they have made some nice changes here since last year including new bathrooms.

Night shots from the pier 

Tues Feb 28, 2012

Today was another hot day in Puerto Morelos

 but I am not complaining!!!!

An early morning walk out to the Colonia brought along with it many interesting sightings

 This is a termite nest, Allan is standing beside it to give you a better perspective on its size

A close up shows its structure

The construction of the sidewalk from Puerto Morelos to the highway is still underway

 Notice its manual labour and square mouth shovels 

 "Here is the man" in that attractive  fringed tool belt and strong like bull! He lifted this piece of steel and carried it a great distance. Mmmmmmm!

lunch bags hanging in trees on the shady side of the road

Many  workers ride their bikes to the job site

More lunches

This is the car wash station located at the Puerto Morelos/Highway intersection .It must be busy this year because of  all the dust from construction on vehicles

Advertising for luxury beachfront residences/timeshares is every where  you turn. A lifestyle that will never be financially available to the local Mexican residents here. I wonder what the children must think when they look at these signs.

 This style of home is way beyond the expectations of most

 Bob and Edith joined us for breakfast

at this little restaurant in the Colonia

 This is their menu

 This mother and daughter are waiting for their order

 These are corn husks used to wrap and

cook a type of tamale

This and the few pics following are scenes

 from the market we visited today 

Price 10 pesos for a package of fruit - just under $1.00 Cdn

 This afternoon the beach is very quiet -

we almost have it to ourselves

 Like I said - it is quiet - not like Sundays

 Our view this evening from Las Palmer's restaurant where we had dinner again. We love the atmosphere, staff and food here. 

 Notice the jackets on these men - while we are dressed in shorts and cool tops.  It is hard for me to remember this is their winter. We are lucky to have  2 or 3 days in the hottest time of our summer with these high temperatures.

 

 This is not a sunset or a UFO - it is one of the many cruise ships that go by.  Even with a tripod it would have been blurred because it was moving at quite a clip.