Day 15
Canadians have been blessed with a new Statutory Holiday – Today is Family Day! Monday February 18, 2008. We retired too early to have the luxury of this additional stat off, but for those workers back home I do hope you use it wisely and do something specific to celebrate the meaning of the day. Now I know you can not spend the day at the beach but you can do something seasonal – take a walk, ski, snow machine, skate, or make a snow man if the weather is right. ENJOY IT!
I Yahoo messaged Clinton today – he said “so Grandma has fleas!” You betcha she does! They are nasty little buggers too! I dropped some crocheted items off at the medical clinic here in Puerto Morelos today and during our conversation the Nurse noticed my blotches. She asked about them and what I was doing to alleviate the problem. I told her my actions were totally reactive – I was applying a cream purchased at the pharmacy in Playa Del Carmen called “Xyloderm” – I can not read Spanish so I have no idea what is in it. She recommended Eurax which I was able to purchase at the local pharmacy here for $5.50 US. I don’t know what is in it either!
For those that may be interested I have picked up a microscopic organism, it is in my body and now I have to break its reproductive cycle. The Eurax cream is to be applied every 8 hours; if it does not stop the outbreak within a few days I will need to have a needle. I did not ask any further questions – we will deal with this one day at a time. I was on the internet the other night checking it out – I know some of the possible outcomes so we won’t go there right now.
This morning we took at snorkeling tour on the reef in front of Puerto Morelos which has been declared a national park; it has just celebrated its 10th year. One is not allowed to go to the reef unless you are accompanied by a guide. The cost was $30.00 each and the tour was 2 hours in duration providing us with two snorkeling adventures. The first adventure is on the reef and the second is at the Cenota which is an underwater river of fresh water entering the ocean. The reef had several schools of fish, many sizes and many colours - one lady on our tour knows all of their names and those she doesn’t know she is looking up in her fish books. Well we just love the view, we don’t know the names of the coral or fish but we certainly appreciate what we see. We did take pic’s but we will not have them developed until we return home – if they turn out I will add them to this posting.
When we returned to our apartment we showered and then went for lunch at the “Le Marlin Bleu” where we had another delicious meal and lots of cerveza. That salt water makes ya drink lots eh? That is my excuse and I’m sticking to it. Allan is even enjoying the cerveza!
Tonight we are going to try the “La Petita Seafood Restaurant” they say it is a great place to eat. Like I have said so often in almost every Blog post - we have never been served anything we didn’t like at any of the restraints here in Puerto Morelos – so we are expecting nothing but the best!
