Isla Mujeres holiday - 5th post
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rowanfKurt went off at o'dark thirty this morning to catch a ferry to the mainland to go off with a group to do a cenote dive. I had begged off that even before I hurt myself because it means carrying all your gear up and down a flight of stairs. So I had the day to myself. I slept in and didn't go to breakfast until 8:30! Shocking, isn't it. :)
After breakfast I had been intending to work on my metadata class but the beautiful day beckoned and I jumped in the golf cart and took off for town. I parked and wandered about looking at t-shirts and such. My beloved carpet bag from Costa Rica's zipper had given up the ghost so I bought a new, very colourful, bag with Maya patterns in the weave that says Isla Mujeres. It is wool, which may drive me nuts. But it was too pretty and I bought it anyway.
I stopped by the Carey Dive Center and thanked Gil and Berto for their great care of me during the week. Since I missed the night dive I hadn't had a chance to say goodbye.
I went back to the hotel and had lunch and then my 75 min massage after lunch. They had brought a masseuse over from one of the other hotels and she was great. I can walk pretty normally now and I had hoped to get a dive in with the hotel dive master (talked to him this morning) but he had a snorkel group at 3pm and then I hit my 24 hours before air travel barrier. Oh well. Who knew that this old lady would be back underwater anyway. I count my blessings. :)
I took Helen, of the Birmingham couple I previously mentioned, over to the bead ladies. Have I mentioned the bead ladies? There is a women's co-op where you can buy island style beadwork direct from the makers and the money goes to pay school fees for the kids. I went by there yesterday and did a fair bit of shopping. Nothing new for me today, but Helen got a necklace for her mother-in-law's birthday.
Tomorrow after lunch we head home, so I don't know that there will be any further Isla posts. It has been really lovely. I had never done an all-inclusive resort before and I am really impressed with the level of service and the genuine friendliness of the staff. Isla Mujeres is a lovely island with a small town feel despite being right across the bay from Cancun and all the craziness of the "Mexican riviera". I'd love to come back someday.
After breakfast I had been intending to work on my metadata class but the beautiful day beckoned and I jumped in the golf cart and took off for town. I parked and wandered about looking at t-shirts and such. My beloved carpet bag from Costa Rica's zipper had given up the ghost so I bought a new, very colourful, bag with Maya patterns in the weave that says Isla Mujeres. It is wool, which may drive me nuts. But it was too pretty and I bought it anyway.
I stopped by the Carey Dive Center and thanked Gil and Berto for their great care of me during the week. Since I missed the night dive I hadn't had a chance to say goodbye.
I went back to the hotel and had lunch and then my 75 min massage after lunch. They had brought a masseuse over from one of the other hotels and she was great. I can walk pretty normally now and I had hoped to get a dive in with the hotel dive master (talked to him this morning) but he had a snorkel group at 3pm and then I hit my 24 hours before air travel barrier. Oh well. Who knew that this old lady would be back underwater anyway. I count my blessings. :)
I took Helen, of the Birmingham couple I previously mentioned, over to the bead ladies. Have I mentioned the bead ladies? There is a women's co-op where you can buy island style beadwork direct from the makers and the money goes to pay school fees for the kids. I went by there yesterday and did a fair bit of shopping. Nothing new for me today, but Helen got a necklace for her mother-in-law's birthday.
Tomorrow after lunch we head home, so I don't know that there will be any further Isla posts. It has been really lovely. I had never done an all-inclusive resort before and I am really impressed with the level of service and the genuine friendliness of the staff. Isla Mujeres is a lovely island with a small town feel despite being right across the bay from Cancun and all the craziness of the "Mexican riviera". I'd love to come back someday.
