. . . so, after supper we headed back to the room about 8pm and crashed . . . until i woke up sometime in the middle of the night. there was just enough light coming in for me to see a huge, hairy bug on the wall near the bed. now we have been to africa, so i know bugs . . . but this was a monster. i started thinking that maybe this bug was a wall walker and would not climb down the wall and join us in bed. i thought about waking up later and having to go to the bathroom, then i heard the waterfall and knew i had to go . . . now. i briefly thought of waking nellie up and asking her to take me to the bathroom but then figured it would be much better if i faced the monster alone. now i was a boy scout many years ago and i'm always prepared. i had a flashlight beside the bed and thought perhaps the bug was like a deer and if i flashed the light on it i would stun the bug and could then go safely to smash it in the head. so, i slowly started to edge over to the side of the bed where i would spring to my feet and into action. of course, 'spring' is a relative term and even at my physical peak as a much younger man my best time was real slow . . . but i digress. anyway, as i turned on the light and jumped out of bed . . . to my utter amazement it wasn't a bug . . . it was art. don't ask art who . . . it was artsy fartsy stuff on the wall. now what kind of sadistic b&b owner would put art resembling bugs on the wall for unsuspecting travellers? . . . and i wasn't the only one 'cause another guy at breakfast had the same experience. fortunately, i did fall back to sleep . . . much later.
enjoying my morning coffee i had an oh-oh experience. that happens when i am solely responsible for booking the room and nellie calls from the shower . . . with just a hint of attitude wondering where she might find the hot water. i went oh-oh. i did tell her to be patient and the hot water would come as i started praying . . . and it did . . . whew! dodged one there.
the mayan people of this region are a very short and plump people . . . i keep thinking about butterball turkeys, not too sure why.
after breakfast we headed north to playa del carmen to visit with a friend who lives there. he is a mexican . . . with an interesting story. he is the oldest of thirteen brothers and sisters and after he graduated from school he was expected to help his parents financially with the raising of his younger siblings. he went to work at a resort in puerto vallarta and soon found he was pretty good at selling time shares so he worked hard and saved his money. then he bought some land and put up a small strip mall with a c-store, a laundromat and some retail outlets. as his brothers and sisters grew up they worked in and then managed these businesses while they went to school. they kept half the profits and our friend got the other half. i love guys like this . . . the whole world runs on businesses that grow strong enough to support and provide a living to others. we spent more time than we expected with him as he is just a fascinating guy to talk to.
it was getting dark as we got back into tulum. driving in mexico is often more than just interesting . . . it can be quite challenging . . . especially at night. in town when you are dealing with topes (speed bumps), and only mexicans understand why they are placed where they are, add in stray dogs, kids chasing soccer balls into the streets, pedestrians and motorbikes and cabbies that will pass you on either side and beep their horns if you don't get out of their way . . . it can be stressful. we did manage to make it through town and park safely so we headed into this funky little bar for supper. they were playing bob marley . . . so it was a great ending to a great day . . . or so i thought . . .
there are a few things you need to know to set up this next story. one of the things i call nellie is she's my 'more girly' . . . no matter how busy we are or how long the day is she will always want to do 'more' and i don't always agree. i would rather have a root canal than shop. in our laundromat we play movies all day for the customers, they have to be clean without swearing as we don't want to offend anyone. we started playing 'yes man' with jim carrey a couple of months ago. i thought it might be fun to say 'yes' to everything nellie asked during this holiday. so, after dinner i'm ready to head back to the room, relax a little and hit the hay, when of course nellie asks to me would 'you like to browse in the shops for a while?' . . . EEP! big swallow and i answered 'yes, i would'. i'll leave the rest of my enjoyable evening to your imagination.
just one quick note as we actually start getting into holiday stuff. the internet connection here is not very good and tomorrow we are heading to stay in a tent on the beach for a couple of days so we will likely not try and upload pics until we hit oaxaca next sunday
enjoying my morning coffee i had an oh-oh experience. that happens when i am solely responsible for booking the room and nellie calls from the shower . . . with just a hint of attitude wondering where she might find the hot water. i went oh-oh. i did tell her to be patient and the hot water would come as i started praying . . . and it did . . . whew! dodged one there.
the mayan people of this region are a very short and plump people . . . i keep thinking about butterball turkeys, not too sure why.
after breakfast we headed north to playa del carmen to visit with a friend who lives there. he is a mexican . . . with an interesting story. he is the oldest of thirteen brothers and sisters and after he graduated from school he was expected to help his parents financially with the raising of his younger siblings. he went to work at a resort in puerto vallarta and soon found he was pretty good at selling time shares so he worked hard and saved his money. then he bought some land and put up a small strip mall with a c-store, a laundromat and some retail outlets. as his brothers and sisters grew up they worked in and then managed these businesses while they went to school. they kept half the profits and our friend got the other half. i love guys like this . . . the whole world runs on businesses that grow strong enough to support and provide a living to others. we spent more time than we expected with him as he is just a fascinating guy to talk to.
it was getting dark as we got back into tulum. driving in mexico is often more than just interesting . . . it can be quite challenging . . . especially at night. in town when you are dealing with topes (speed bumps), and only mexicans understand why they are placed where they are, add in stray dogs, kids chasing soccer balls into the streets, pedestrians and motorbikes and cabbies that will pass you on either side and beep their horns if you don't get out of their way . . . it can be stressful. we did manage to make it through town and park safely so we headed into this funky little bar for supper. they were playing bob marley . . . so it was a great ending to a great day . . . or so i thought . . .
there are a few things you need to know to set up this next story. one of the things i call nellie is she's my 'more girly' . . . no matter how busy we are or how long the day is she will always want to do 'more' and i don't always agree. i would rather have a root canal than shop. in our laundromat we play movies all day for the customers, they have to be clean without swearing as we don't want to offend anyone. we started playing 'yes man' with jim carrey a couple of months ago. i thought it might be fun to say 'yes' to everything nellie asked during this holiday. so, after dinner i'm ready to head back to the room, relax a little and hit the hay, when of course nellie asks to me would 'you like to browse in the shops for a while?' . . . EEP! big swallow and i answered 'yes, i would'. i'll leave the rest of my enjoyable evening to your imagination.
just one quick note as we actually start getting into holiday stuff. the internet connection here is not very good and tomorrow we are heading to stay in a tent on the beach for a couple of days so we will likely not try and upload pics until we hit oaxaca next sunday
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