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06/07/2012
Nancy and I at times feel all alone out here.
Let us know you are out there and give us a comment.
Going to the beach today!
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06/06/2012
Two Tall Blondes
Two tall blonds are walking, one of them....................Nancy and I are both 5'11", slender build. You might say we could be book ends. Oh yea we're both blonde living in a world of Mexican and Mayan people. Average height 5'. There are two Mayan women that work at my friends taco stand that can't be more that 4'9". Okay....we stand out in the marina village of Puerto Aventuras. Just walking from our boat to the village center we stick out but, we couldn't cover much ground. Until we started riding our collapsible bikes every where in the village. Now it's those two tall blonds on those (What the hell are those things?)matching collapsible bikes. Nancy could tell you how to say that in Spanish in a second. To clarify it just a bit more what they say is: two tall blonds and the senora who speaks like one of us. Nancy greets everyone we meet in the morning with a hardy" Buenos Dias". An encounter with a waiter is conducted in local tongue as they are mystified by these two tall blonds and Nancy's Spanish. Of course Nancy wearing a bikini top opens a lot of doors. Most of the local hombres are just about boob height but I noticed they always maintain eye contact with her when they know I'm watching. I just smile, nod my head and Nancy tells them I'm her special friend with a vocabulary of a 2 year old. Oh, "but he understands a lot. In Spanish". That's right, I understand like a 2 ½ year old. When she tells them my name is Fernando they really get a puzzled look. Actually I have been really working on my Spanish for almost two months and it's coming along. I know all my numbers from 1-999 so when I ask how much something is I can give them the correct amount without them writing it down for me. I can order in a restaurant and ask for the check. I have to be careful when I ask for directions because they think I speak Spanish. When I just stand there smiling at them not saying a word, Nancy jumps in and helps me understand what they said. Ok, there's reason why men don't ask for directions. When time is right, they will be saying there goes the Two Tall Blonds who speak Spanish like us.
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Thanks for the interesting updates for those of us who are still in the "Plenty of Time" mode.
It gives us respite from our worlds of self imposed limitations to be able to be with you and Nancy on your adventure even if it is in a vicarious way.
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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