December 1st!!

We arrived in the square around 7 pm, just in time to find the whole town out for a Christmas concert, put on by all the children of Puerto Morelos. Starting with the littlest ones, doing several dances to Christmas carols, all the way up to teenagers in sparkly costumes, every age was represented and cheered wildly by all the parents and tourists, all of whom totally enjoyed the show!

The square has been undergoing Christmas decorating for the past week - every day another string of lights gets put up, and the Christmas scene in the middle of the gazebo is especially amazing.

Car sticker

When you only live in Mexico for 6 months, you have to go every time you arrive and get a new sticker on your vehicle, which allows you to drive anywhere for the specified 6 months.

We drove into Cancun to this building in Juarez, which is where the ferries leave to go to Isla Mujeres, and did our business in no time. A few new procedures this year - the fellow processing us came outside, took a pic of the plate with the VIN number, and also the licence plate.

Anyway, in less than an hour we were on our way with our shiny new sticker on the windsheild.

OMG - little Puerto Morelos has a movie being filmed here. Hard to imagine - a small collection of trailers have taken over a block of our waterfront road, right beside Pelicanos, and every night they turn on big lights and film whatever.....they light up the ocean about 100 feet out, illuminating 2 boats moored in the water.






A friend of ours wandered onto the set, sat down to ask what the movie was about and was served lunch....lol. Apparently it is something about the sea.....right.....but we will have to wait to hear more about the plot...!
Sorry about the lousy night pics - but you get the drift....!

PM town square on a Saturday night

Ok, so we didn't get to see Herbie Hancock on Saturday night, but there was a show in our very own town square in Puerto Morelos!! In the afternoon, workers put up a stage and then there were 3 or 4 groups of dancers performing - the charming "old" men, and 2 sets of women dancers from various parts of Mexico.

The town turned out in droves to watch this very special show, and there were crafts for sale, lots of different kinds of food for sale, and even the littlest members of the audience had a good time.
All of this unfolded in front of the bookstore on Saturday, so we totally enjoyed, the music, the dancing and the people.

Friday night was a real treat - we finally got to take in the Jazz Festival!!! We got to see Jim Beard, Spyro Gyra and Sergio Mendes LIVE for FREE on the BEACH in Playa del Carmen!!! It just doesn't get any better than this. When we arrived just before 7, people were setting up their chairs and even making nice comfy chairs out of sand (wish we had brought our chairs...!).
By the time the concert was fully underway, there were thousands of happy jazz fans (most of them local Mexicans, which sort of surprised me) grooving to the sounds of some of the best groups in the world.

Saturday night we had to work at the bookstore, but tonight was Al Jerreau, Pat Martino and Herbie Hancock - amazing line up of artists right here in our midst.
Of course, I can never resist a local sculpture when I see one - this one was on our way back to the car after the concert. Sadly, I started to get a cold today, so will pound it with vitamin C and oil of oregano.

Hockey night in Puerto Morelos????

Thursday night we watched the Canucks play hockey on the computer.....whatever it takes, right?
Ok, suffice to say we are totally enchanted with our street cats - even managed to get boy tabby in the house for a cuddle and treats. The other 4 are so skittish - still don't know if they are male or female even.

A night out!

Ok, so we headed to Playa del Carmen tonight to take in some of the 4 day Jazz Festival. Sadly, we could not find the right location, so decided to just pick a place - that nice little wine bar, for instance - and have a glass of wine and people watch. Lots of folks out walking, tourists, families, people moving and grooving on a warm evening in Playa. Lovely!!!!~


























The Head in the middle of the fountain on Constitutiones Ave is always a treat!

All in all, a nice night out, and we will find the jazz another night. Good thing this isn't the only night it is on.