Town and fond farewells!

A little slow at the bookstore last week...wonder why......????

Now that the town has mayoralty status, our tax money is being spent in town - this is all in aid of new sewers, which is great........

But they DID just pave all these roads last year.......

you never know what you are going to see in the square....like a wedding couple having their pictures taken on the swing..........

Last night Mario and Murielle are in town and we got together for dinner at Pangea with Dominique, daughter Kaitlan and Michele.....

This is Hector......wonderful guitarist.......

Michele is taking the lovely hat that Botas chewed back home to Diane....thinks it will look cute as a gardening hat..........

Good bye you two - good luck back in Grande Prairie Alberta.....!!!

Akumal, Puerto Adventurous and Paamul

After snorkelling, we went to our favourite lunch spot, Buena Vida.....

Awesome food, and the view......

The bay, the water.......

lovely........

and then it was on to Puerto Aventurous, a marina resort ......

lots of money, restaurants, shops.......

and in these waters, beside this little island.....

and DOLPHINS....!!!!!!

Last stop was Paamul...where I promised Mario big iguanas....

check out all these iguanas..........

what a bruiser........

and this guy is just too cute....

Yalku with M & M

Off to beautiful Yalku Lagoon outside of Akumal with Mario and Murielle, who leave for Canada in just a few days.....

Big Mama greeted us at the edge of the lagoon.....

Always such a delight to go snorkel here.....

Now Murielle does not swim and has never snorkelled in her life, but Mario talked her into the water...

Miki cuddles up to Mama.......

In the water, trying on a snorkellllll

my gosh, she has her face in the water......

Can Murielle really be going snorkelling.....?????

And there she goes, folks, led by a smiling Mario.....

Amazing and wonderful.....

Yalku has added several more cabanas for rent for large groups or families...

Lovely place to lie in a hammock after snorkelling....

The sculptures at Yalku are almost as wonderful as the water and fish...

This is how I felt after swimming with all those fish for an hour or so...

and this is how I would like to have done my swimming...LOL

I joined Dinah, Jorge and a lovely gal dog trainer from Spain to attend a fundraiser in Playa del Carmen on behalf of Coco's Cat Rescue there.

It was held at The Blue Parrot Hotel in Playa.....and was very well attended!

Met lots of folks who donate, volunteer and help out with animal rescue in this area....

There was a silent auction with dozens of great things to bid on for the cause...

Dinah (right) and a friend catch up......

Coco (in the pink) started this organization just 3 years ago, and it has found homes and spayed and neutered hundreds of cats........

Not a great pic, but this is a 6 foot tall cat tree from the U.S. someone brought for the auction....!

Live band, Crazy Boy, was awesome...

Jorge, Dinah and Carlos......

Spanish dog trainer, D, Dinah and Carlos

It was a fun night, and more importantly, raised lots of money for Coco's!

Second live entertainment was a drumming trio...WOW!!

Amazing guys.......! The hotel donated all the free drinks, a catering place donated appies, and we all made as much of a donation as we were able to make. Being Playa, there were lots of well heeled gringos, so I am sure she made lots of money. Thanks, Coco, for all you do....!