It's called Playawireless. The wireless internet connection we have had the pleasure of playing with for the last 8 days. You know - just when you have something written up that is full of wit & charm - it kicks you off. Of course you didn't save it 1st or put it in docs because you didn't think of it. So now we are learning to do so. I have been sitting here trying to upload a doc onto sailblogs for about 3 hrs. Every time I think I've got it, it kicks me off at the last minute. So now Fernando is trying his patience. I was playing solitaire while waiting, he is reading his book. So if you don't hear from us anymore, it means we have thrown the computers into the ocean & have given up.
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06/03/2012
It's Sunday the 3rd of June. We have been gone for 2 months now. We have met a lot of really nice people & have seen some incredible sights.
Last night we were sitting in the marina office when the woman working there yelled "changas." There went 2 spider monkeys traipsing by. Unfortunately her dog saw them the same time she did & went running after them. They scurried up a palm tree & sat there looking at the dog, who, of course was joined by 1 of his buddies when he heard the commotion. The woman chased both dogs away & the monkeys came down the tree & went on their merry way. We asked her how often she sees them. 'Every day' she said. Apparently they like to sleep in the condominium complex behind the marina office. So, every morning they sneak past the dogs to 'who knows where' & in the evening they go back.
There is a kind of rodent here that we've never seen before. They say it is a cross between a rabbit & a rat. It is an odd looking thing. Doesn't move very fast & doesn't seem to be afraid of man.
If you think Florida is full of iguanas, you should see them over here! They are everywhere! We have seen them, from geckos to granddaddy big guys. The ruins of Tulum had so many of them; you almost stepped on them if you weren't careful.
We watched a trail of ants yesterday. They had to have stretched a couple hundred feet long. When we retraced our steps later in the day, we could see where some cars had run over some of them & their buds were trying to pick them up & take them away. They do take care of their own.
We saw a butterfly with mostly blue wings. Awesome! There is a bird nest, it's in the video Fernando made, that hangs out of the tree. Pretty cool! Dolphins, turtles, bees, termites, jaguars (just kidding) - but they are here somewhere.
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Love ya,
Tricia
06/03/2012
We went on a Disneyland ride once where you were supposed to be underwater. The lighting shimmered realistic and the rock formations which were a nice replica of the real thing. On that very smooth ride you got the feeling you were floating in space. Diving the Dos Ojos cenote ( sin-no-te) was just like that except, we were underwater. The clarity is so fantastic we were flying like Peter Pan and Wendy over exotic rock formations. Our hearts raced in anticipation for what incredible sight could possibly be around the next turn or the beyond the current stalactite.
The Yucatan Peninsula encompasses 73,000 Sq miles. This flat land mass was once an ancient reef. As the sea level dropped thousands of years ago the Yucatan emerged forming a giant limestone platform. As the limestone weakened and collapsed it formed natural entrances to the underground aquifer and natural wells called Cenotes. This name came for the Mayan word 'DZONOT" which means; sacred wells. The Mayans believed these wells to be the emergence of life and in them lies the forbidden underworld god Xilbaba and Chac the rain god.
What ever deity may exist in the Dos Ojos Cenote, on the day we dove, it's presents was felt. Upon surfacing the smiles on our faces and the feeling in our hearts was spiritual.
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05/28/2012
Go over to Photo Gallery and check out the new album Xcalak.
If you have ever envisioned a village on the beach in Mexico where western civilazition has not touched. Here it is. On you bucket list put 'go to Xcalak', and be prepaired to fall in love with the pure and simple life.
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Plenty of Time
"Do you have enough time to get that report done Mr. Smith?", the boss asked. "Yup, I got plenty of time", he replied. Do you have enough time to read that novel? Sure, I got plenty of time. Wake up, wake up stupid, it's a dream. Except for the people who no ambitions and do absolutely nothing with their lives, who among us has plenty of time? We all wish there were more hours in the day. More than once in my career I've said,"If only I had a few more hours to finish this job . There was a Today Show topic where they asked the Today's Professionals their thoughts on the statement: 70% of married women would rather have, plenty of time, over sex. It appears we have a value judgment going on here. How valuable is plenty of time ? We all know sex is very valuable to some and maybe not so valuable to others. But, plenty of time, what price tag would be on that. I mean what if, what ever you did you had plenty of time to do it?
Aboard Tradewinds cruising the Western Caribbean, we get more done in a week than most people get done before lunch. "what? you ask. Do you think you are on permanent vacation here?"
Well...let me see. No one expects much from me, the bar never closes and...oh yea......I've got plenty of time.
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