Well now it’s Friday and we are preparing to move to the other Villa tomorrow. They stuck a bill in our door this morning; to be sure we wouldn’t wait around and pay them tomorrow. These places, it’s all about the money. They are sort of like cruise ships on dry land. They have to have the staff here to keep the place open, so they make sure they try and squeeze every dollar out of you they can. The Internet connection is still broken this morning everywhere except the lobby. Vickie is sleeping; I’ve been reading a book and enjoying the tropical weather. Got some delicious fresh baked pastries from the little store downstairs to go with some good Mexican coffee.
Yesterday Vickie and I decided to treat ourselves to the breakfast at the beach. The Mexicans really know how to do breakfast right. I had forgotten how well eggs, tortillas and beans go together. And then there is the fruit. We had 4 or 5 different kinds of melon cut up and it was all to die for. After breakfast, we changed and lay under a palapa on the beach watching the world go by. It is amazing watching the same boats go in and out of the harbor every day. You have to wonder how the boat crews do it. Same trip every day---different tourists. Vickie found out about some interesting silvery fish that seem to be in the water all around us, and we spent some time watching them. Then later I had a marvelous fresh fish sandwich at the pool bar for lunch, and then we continued our lazy day by the pool.
As the day drew to a close, we noticed that tonight’s theme at the restaurant was a cook out. They had set up grills and serving tables in one corner of the beach. We thought that might be interesting, so headed up to the room to clean up and prepare. We got treated to a beautiful sunset. It had turned cloudy for the first time since we’d been here, and when the sunset over the curve of Cancun, the sky was full of brilliant colors.
We went down to dinner and were pleasantly surprised. They had moved many of the restaurant tables right down on the beach beside the lapping water. We got a table right on the water overlooking the bay. The entertainment this evening was karaoke but done by one of the members of the band from the previous evening. He didn’t have a lot to say, but sort of did this Mexican mumbling monologue between the songs. He did sing pretty well however, and many of the patrons got up to sing a few. Most were mercifully talented. It was a very nice evening.
Had and interesting visit this morning from some long term Cancun visitors. The lady said they had been owners here for 20 some years. They are owners at the Royal Mayan. They are planning on moving into our unit tomorrow and were wondering about the view. One of the ladies said they had been here during hurricane Wilma. They were at the Royal Mayan on the 10th floor in a lock off (for time share owners). For others, a lock off is a small portion of a time-share villa you can lock off and rent out separately. Very much like a motel room. She said the hotel had been evacuated, but they failed to let the folks know in the lock offs. They were huddled on the floor behind the inner bed when the storm hit. The room flooded from water that was driven under the sliding glass door. All around them they could hear glass breaking, but their window continued to hold. When the storm abated they had no electricity, no water and no food. Finally she decided to venture out and ran into a security guard. He asked what she was doing there and she told him about not being evacuated. They were cleaning out the grocery store, so he gave her a bag of food, and said to wait. Soon the hotel set up to feed them, but that was all the service they got. They had to line up to be fed, and carry water from the pool to flush their conveniences. This went on for the rest of the week until they finally opened the airport. Then they would go to the airport and had to take a number to try to get on a plane for home. They finally got out on Friday. Quite an interesting story. She also told us the beach in Cancun used to be big wide and sandy. Now in many places it is nothing but rocks and surf.
Wrap up: After the visit from the nice ladies, we spent a lazy afternoon at the pool. After the pool we cleaned up and had dinner again at the resort restaurant. Vickie had some immense coconut breaded shrimp, and I had some wonderfully broiled Grouper. The fish here has been tremendous. During dinner we had some interesting entertainment. A young boy arrived on the beach and began fishing with a seine net. The resort guards went to plaid (high) alert, but it was funny cause in Mexico all beaches are public so they couldn’t do anything to him. He continued fishing (catching fish) and taunted the guards. We never knew the whole story, but I (as usual) made up the rest of the story. I theorized that down the beach one of the restaurants was running low on the “catch of the day” so they called one of the ubiquitous prep boys and said “Juan---go fishing”, but do it up in front of the Internationale so no one sees you.
Tomorrow morning we move to the Royal Haciendas.
more later,
wes
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